Bam!

Tanya closed the door right after saying that.

Joel: “…”

Joel could faintly hear Pete ask, “Was it not Mommy at the door, God-mom? Who was it, then?”

“Oh, just an annoying fly,” replied Tanya.

Joel: “…”

Half an hour later.

The perturbed and distracted Tanya glanced at the window.

The moment she did, she found herself stunned.

Joel was standing at the door, his tall and straight figure casting a long, drawn-out shadow on the ground.

The dazed Tanya felt as if she had gone back a few years in time. Back then, she would always see a figure like that standing outside every time she walked out of the classroom after class.

At that time, the sight of the man had made her excited and happy.

But the figure instead seemed somewhat solitary and lonely now, making her sad.

Tanya withdrew her gaze, lowered her head, and looked at the floor. Complicated emotions churned in the depths of her heart.

Sometime later, when Tanya looked up once more, she found that the figure at the door was gone. An empty feeling welled up in her.

She couldn’t tell what kind of feeling it was. She forced a smile, looked at Pete, and said, “Your mommy should be home soon.”

Pete nodded. However, he then said, “Uncle Joel looks unwell to me, though.”

Unwell?

Tanya followed his gaze and looked over to see that Joel had changed positions at some point. He was now standing in a corner visible from the living room window.

His head was down, and he had one hand pressed against his abdomen and the other against the wall for support.

She couldn’t tell whether it was the lighting or because he really was unwell, but he looked as pale as a sheet. His lips were so pale that they were practically transparent, and there was cold sweat on his forehead.

“Uncle Joel must be in pain, right? Why not let him in, God-mom?”

Pete’s words interrupted Tanya’s thoughts.

She said coldly, “It has nothing to do with me even if he’s dead.”

saying that, she kept looking

couldn’t help but sneer

the same old

in school. Every time he made her angry, he would always stand outside their dormitory.

always stood there so stubbornly so that

been so naive

sun was bright and glaring, she would worry that he would be sunburnt. When it rained, she would worry that he would

her wrapped

though, so how would she possibly still be

house without bodyguards or his personal assistant. After all, as the head of the Smiths, his status was awfully noble

formed when she saw Joel’s legs give

him. Then, she opened the door and

man, who likely heard her footsteps, turned to look at her. He was very pale, so he probably wasn’t putting up an act. His voice was also very soft, and he sounded a little aggrieved

“…”

tears almost fell from Tanya’s

held them back and looked around. “Where are your assistants?

like he wanted to say something, but in the end, he merely said, “I don’t want to go to the

Tanya was dumbfounded.

to the hospital. He had always refused to go even when they were

so he never went for checkups even when

was he up to now, though? Was

mad that she stretched out her foot, intending

the distance wanted to

Joel made before he fainted was telling us not to

“Even so, we can’t just

“She won’t.”

“What?”

to see that Tanya’s foot had

frowned and wondered out loud,

What if he was sick elsewhere instead?

nevertheless bent over and held the man

in the distance watched as their master was dragged into the house while the woman stumbled

girl also kept on swearing

slept right until the next

sleep, she got out of bed all refreshed and stretched. Then, she looked at her cell phone and noticed that Tanya had

They seemed very urgent.

probably knew that she needed to make up for lost sleep, so she hadn’t

she got home the day before. At that time, when she saw the messages that Tanya had sent, she had replied: ‘I’m home now. You can send Pete back with Joel

had fallen into a deep sleep after

her side

Tanya had

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