Chapter 545:

After a moment’s hesitation, he approached, slid his arm around Camille in a comforting embrace, and suggested, “Let’s go home, darling. We should let Carrie have her rest.”

As Camille looked at Carrie’s pale complexion, she bit back the harsh words meant for Kristopher and silently followed Albin out.

Just as Kristopher was about to take a seat, Carrie, her eyes still shut, subtly turned her head away, murmuring, “You should go, too. I need to be alone.”

Ignoring her request, Kristopher sat down beside the bed and extended his hand to hold hers.

Carrie attempted to pull her hand away. Kristopher, however, tightened his hold.

snapped open as she fixed him with a stern gaze. “Must you persist? Will you only stop if you see me harm myself?” Her eyes, once vibrant, now

her hand, his voice softening as he

from him once more, Carrie faced

got up and moved to the sofa at the foot of the bed. He instinctively took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, only to realize he was in a hospital room. He grabbed a paper cup, extinguished the cigarette in

gaze fell once more on Carrie, who looked like a wounded animal. Perhaps because of the pain, her body trembled slightly from time to time. Seeing her like this broke his

and stationed a bodyguard outside. He took one last deep look at the frail

room, the man wearing an oversized coat. The man removed his hat, sunglasses, and mask, revealing a foreign face. If any of the doctors who had operated on Carrie were present, they would have recognized him as

smoke, asking leisurely, “Is she

a moment before cautiously

might be difficult for her to conceive

noticeably quieter as he

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