Right Person, Wrong Time

Chapter 500 Awake

Although Nicole fell asleep, her sleep was not a peaceful one as she kept having nightmares. In her dream, she saw her child taken away by a mysterious figure. She kept shouting and chasing after that figure, but to no avail. Then, she woke up with a jolt as she sat up straight on the bed.

Sitting beside her, Colton covered Nicole’s face with a towel after he noticed she had woken up. The towel was warm and seemed to have been prepared for some time. The warmth of the towel was just right as it was comfortable when covering one’s face with it.

After Nicole woke up and realized she was sticky with her sweat, she wiped her face before she got out of bed to find Hayden still unconscious without any indication of waking any time soon. Worried, she looked at the child in bed first before turning her attention to Colton. A brief moment later, she asked hesitantly, “Did anything happen to Hayden last night?”

Colton shook his head. Although he stood up straight, one could easily see from a glance the dark circles under his eyes. Clearly, he hadn’t slept a wink last night. “Everything’s normal.”

while the medical equipment showed no signs of abnormality, she heaved a gradual sigh of relief. Then, she turned her attention to the exhausted Colton and said, “President Gardner, you should get some rest. Your body won’t be able to take it any longer since you’ve watched over

head and said, “I’m fine. However, you should call me Colton from

her lips with her eyes lowered and, without

and walked out the door as he said,

only when she had taken good care of herself could

to her, she took a glance at the child before she focused on eating the chowder one spoon at a time. Although the chowder made by the chef of the Gardner Family was delicious, she couldn’t taste anything at all. Nonetheless, she continued to feed herself with each spoon as though she was a

on the horizon even though it was already seven. As the curtains were drawn open in the room, the gentle sunlight poured through the window into the room. Ever since Nicole woke up, she had never let Hayden out of her sight, while Colton continued to stand beside her and kept her company. Finally, the child in bed opened his eyes

child waking up, Nicole felt a burst of joy as she hurriedly hugged the

he showed no reaction even though he was in the arms of his mother. His