"Ivor, you can tell me if you're sick. I won't get mad unless you hide something important from me," Bonnie said.

Ivor's eyes shifted for a split second. "You know me too well, Bonnie. Do you think I would hide such a thing? I would've told you to indulge in your concern and attention."

After some thought, Bonnie realized he was right. After all, it was uncharacteristic of Ivor to hide something like that. The former said, "I guess I can believe you if you put it that way."

Still, she could not help but think something was amiss. Since she was not with Ivor, she could only trust him.

"Great, then." Ivor sighed discreetly and suddenly felt an intense itch in his throat. He felt a cough approaching and could do nothing to stop it. Even so, he tried his best to suppress it and forced a warm smile. "Bonnie, I have an urgent matter to tend to. I'll talk to you again soon."

Before she could

suppressing his cough and let it out vigorously,

that his face reddened. Then, he turned pale and felt like his lungs were about to

about it. He said, "Wait here, Mr. Ivor. I'll ask your business partner

Instead of rejecting Floyd's suggestion, he let the

and realized something was seriously off. She crossed her legs as she sat on the couch and rubbed her chin, formulating a theory, 'Tonight seems so

he coughed and looked a little pale. Lastly, it didn't seem like he hung up because of an emergency. Instead, it looked more like Ivor was trying to suppress something.' Based on those clues, Bonnie could conclude that he must have gotten sick and did

me he was sick. Now that I think about.it, Ivor looked pretty awful.

she did not question him. She felt heartbroken and annoyed when she picked up her phone and

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