His Heart Is Now Elsewhere

Chapter 4

The tall Tyrell saw something and without saying a word, he abandoned me and disappeared

instantly.

Ten minutes later, following a series of tinkling laughter, I saw Lucia wearing a flower crown in the backyard of the old house.

She was being carefully supported by Tyrell as they played the childish game of tiptoeing across the wooden bridge.

“Tyrell, you must hold on tight… Ah, brother, help me!”

As she was playing, Lucia slipped and fell into the man’s chest, her face turning red.

The two of them were initially stunned, but then they exchanged a knowing smile.

The smile in Tyrell’s eyes vanished as soon as he noticed me.

“Huh? Lailah, how did you end up

here?”

Lucia looked at me innocently, blinked a few times, and then started softly punching the man’s chest with her small fists, saying, “Oh, I know now. Bad brother finally decided to bring the ugly

meet the parents.”

“Congratulations, Lailah.”

but her tone was tinged with a sob, which made Tyrell purse his lips and feel heartache. “It’s just a meal, there’s nothing

fool.”

looked at me with an extremely indifferent expression and asked, “Is dinner ready?”

dozens of long snakes, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, suddenly dropped from the treetops above, catching me off

to the ground, Lucia let out a piercing

Tyrell didn’t even look at me and

then hurriedly

man only remembered me when the forestry personnel came to catch the

and right, only to be informed by the security guard at the gate that I

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the

my phone kept vibrating non–stop.

until the

Tyrell urgently questioned

returned home and

did not give him a direct answer, only saying, “It’s none of your