No Strings Attached

Chapter 123

Chapter 123

About fifteen minutes had passed. Roger was getting antsy. “He’s been soaking in cold water for ages now. Why isn’t there any improvement? Where’s the person you called?”

“The traffic’s a nightmare. They’re on their way. Just grab all the ice cubes from the freezer and dump them in the water.”

“But he’s already got a stomachache. You add all that ice, and you might just freeze him to death.”

“What else can we do? It’s a last–ditch effort.”

Amidst the chaos, the door swung open. Leonora strode in, Heidi trailing behind her.

Casting a stern glance at lan, who was submerged in the icy water, Leonora said sharply, “Are you trying to kill him? With this kind of drug in his system, no one gets off easy. Your foolish methods won’t do a thing. Heidi, help him.”

Heidi rushed to the bathroom, took lan’s hand, and pleaded tearfully, “lan, you can’t keep this up. You’ll die. I can help you.”

fading, but he could still recognize Heidi’s voice. He recalled the words Heidi had told Clara. He shook her off

hit the floor hard but scrambled back to lan’s side. “lan, I just don’t want you to die. I won’t cling to you

heartfelt as if they could move heaven and earth, but far from being touched, lan glared at her with eyes red with anger.

stopped abruptly. She knew exactly what lan meant. He must have

die than give her a chance to harm Clara.

look of hatred flickered in Heidi’s eyes, but she quickly regained

at lan. “lan, when I see children, I’m reminded that I’ll never be a mother. It makes me sad, and that’s why I said those things to Clara. It wasn’t intentional. You know I can’t control what I say when I have an episode. If my words hurt Clara, I

leaving, overheard this and couldn’t

were some kind

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