That night, Kimberly had a dream.

She dreamt about that night from a month ago, when the man forcefully held her waist. His kisses were hasty and mad. His breath was hot as he grunted lowly.

Kimberly flipped over. Her body was feeling a little warm. She opened her eyes and lifted the quilt.

It was already bright outside, and the room was filled with the morning sunshine and the cool breeze of the dawn.

Kimberly got up, feeling a little confused.

"It's been so long. Why am I still dreaming about that man?"

In her dream, the man was as still strong as ever.

However, she couldn't recall his voice anymore.

Kimberly wiped the sweat from her forehead and her throat suddenly felt itchy. She covered her mouth with her hand as she coughed a few times. Then suddenly, as if she had thought of something, her gaze darted to the bed.

Maddox was still asleep. Kimberly didn't want to disturb him, so she suppressed the coughs, but her throat was extremely uncomfortable. She got up quickly and hid in the bathroom.

After coughing in the bathroom for a long time, Kimberly squeezed some toothpaste and she started brushing her teeth. Maddox was a light sleeper. He woke up the moment Kimberly turned her body, but he didn't open his eyes.

Maddox heard a cough, but it was quickly suppressed. Then, he heard her hurried footsteps into the bathroom.

He heard her suppressed coughs coming from the bathroom, as if she didn't want him to hear her.

However, the room was only that big. No matter how hard she tried to suppress them, there would still be a little noise. Furthermore, the surroundings were very quiet and there was no other noise. Maddox could hear her coughs clearly.

Maddox suddenly thought of what Sam Sorrento had told him last night.

"Miss Shell is pregnant now. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for her to sleep on the floor?"

Even though winter had yet to come, they were already approaching autumn. The floor had only a layer of blanket. Furthermore, she was a woman. It would be strenuous on her body if she kept sleeping on the floor.

Maddox opened his eyes and blinked a little. After a while, he closed them again.

His mind was filled with the images of the woman trying to suppress her coughs in the bathroom.

After a while, Maddox irritably removed the quilt from his body and glanced at the clock on the bedside table. There was still an hour left before his usual wake-up-time.

and found that Maddox was already up. She

when he

woman was quite self-aware. She knew that she

morning to get

she saw Maddox, Kimberly suddenly thought of this

you keep the noise down if you knew that it would wake me

Maddox. She had indeed disturbed him from his sleep. She lowered

weak and timid look made Maddox

she know how to explain herself? It wasn't her fault that she coughed! Why did she just accept whatever he

is the

her feel uneasy. She wanted to run and hide in the bathroom. Maddox didn't know why he was acting like this either. There was a nagging feeling in him that made him fee; that Kimberly was just different from what he imagined her

thought that she would know how to fight back when she was bullied by those people. But he

a while, Kimberly finally looked up

into a straight

"Come here."

Kimberly's face changed as she subconsciously shrank

not

lower lip and stood still, not

started to get upset,

actions look awkward. Maddox

her over. Kimberly was yelled out in shock and she immediately squatted

and the

a while, Maddox frowned. "What the hell are

not

"Hmm?"

have a stomachache." In the end, Kimberly found herself a lame excuse. She just didn't want to get up no matter

Sam had said again. Was she having a stomachache because she got a

possibility, Maddox felt a

and Kimberly continued to squat

the two of them remained in their

up without Sam's help. Kimberly, on the other hand, refused

squatted there for a long time, and her legs started to feel numb. She looked at

neither of them

at me? Don't expect me to

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