Love Coming from the Least Expected

“Not well.” I shook my head whilst pulling a morose expression.

Christopher panicked. He touched my forehead and examined the wounds on my arm. “Does it hurt? I’ll get the doctor.”

“Don’t leave!” I hurriedly called after him as I rubbed my belly pitifully. “I’m so hungry. I’m craving a big slab of meat.”

Christopher stood frozen for a couple of seconds before bursting into laughter. “Little scamp! You gave me quite the fright,” he said as he felt my forehead to ascertain that I was feeling better.

the counter and offered it to me as if he was bearing gifts to royalty. A delicious scent of chicken soup met my nose as I opened it. “Eat up! Good thing

before raising my hand to stop him. “It is my left arm that is hurt, not my right. I can feed

soup to my lips, looking rather serious. I decided to cooperate by opening wide and letting him feed me. I woke up starving because

it was the middle of the night; everybody would have been asleep. The fact that Christopher was watching over me at this time

very reassuring to gaze upon him as soon as I woke

held me tightly. “Do not harm yourself ever again, do you understand?” he chastised, suddenly

manner out of concern for me. Nodding obediently, I replied. “I will only eat and drink what you give

a sigh. “No matter

for his own number. Next to it, he added the words “Little Dog”. Chuckling at his ingenuity, he saved his number to speed

I’ll do as you say.” I snuggled in his embrace. Gazing up at his haggardness and bloodshot eyes, my heart ached for him. “You should get some sleep; I’m feeling better already. My right

to let go of my hand. Instead, the both of us fell into bed and snuggled underneath the quilt together.

cheating. The incident from the night before was witnessed by people who saw that it was getting out of control. Lyle would not be willing to lose face. I did not believe that he would actually make a big deal out of this and place himself and Crystal in the spotlight. As for Mr. Wilson, I did not want to think about how he found

energy, in addition to my brain feeling foggy and heavy. I fell asleep quickly in Christopher’s arms. In the peripheral of my consciousness, I felt a pair of hands touch my face, followed by