Raina snickered from her position at the door, but she wiped her smile off her face the moment she noticed Zachary’s chilly glare.

“Ahem. Mr. Nacht, Ms. Windt is rather feeble, and she fainted due to excessive anxiety, but I’m sure she’ll wake up soon,” Raina reported.

“Excessive anxiety?” Zachary asked, frowning. “Was it because of Mrs. Berry’s illness?”

A strange sense of jealousy gripped his heart. I bet she’s closer to Mrs. Berry than me!

“Yeah, she’s probably exhausted,” Raina said. “She had to take care of Mrs. Berry and her three kids while nursing her own injuries, which must have been really hard.”

“What happened to Mrs. Berry?” Zachary asked.

“She is diagnosed with mild stroke, so she needs time to recover,” Raina said.

“Direct all attention to her and get in specialists from overseas if needed,” Zachary ordered.

“Of course, Mr. Nacht,” Raina said with a smile. “I didn’t expect you to be so caring towards Ms. Windt’s loved ones too!”

“I’m just being compassionate, you know,” Zachary said coldly. Though, Raina could hear the lack of confidence in his voice.

and

pointing at Fifi. After that,

down with a damp cloth, and they

down by Charlotte’s bed and staring at

falling sick

really

the reason

of the room through the door, Fifi

head and pecked her hair gently. “Mommy…

“Be quiet!” Zachary bellowed.

she burrowed herself into Charlotte’s blanket and

in his throat. That

she got attacked, and how her mangled wing from that incident had yet

a paramedic standing nearby and said, “Bring me some parrot

“Yes, Sir.”

a bag of parrot food, and Zachary proceeded to pour

before fluttering over to his hand

hungry as Charlotte had only fed the parrot a small amount of food

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