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.”

that,

couldn’t help but

the

they were still in school. Every time he made her angry, he would

there so

been so naive at that

she would worry that he would be sunburnt. When

really had her wrapped around

though, so how would she possibly still be

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

only just formed when she saw Joel’s legs give in and he fell onto one knee on

took a few steps toward him. Then, she

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 as

“…”

a moment, tears almost fell from

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

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

Tanya was dumbfounded.

Joel said that he didn’t want to go to the hospital. He had always

it out whenever he was sick, so he never went for checkups

up to now,

out her foot, intending to give him a

hiding in the distance wanted to rush forward but was stopped by

Joel made before he fainted was telling us not to

so, we can’t

“She won’t.”

“What?”

over to see that Tanya’s foot had stopped less than an inch from

loud, “Did he really

was sick elsewhere instead? What are you gonna do

though she was complaining, she nevertheless bent over and held

like that, the bodyguards in the distance watched as their master was dragged into the house while the woman stumbled and bumped him

rough girl also kept on

until the next

making up for all her lost sleep, she got out of bed all refreshed and stretched. Then, she looked at her

They seemed very urgent.

Tanya probably knew that she needed to make up for lost sleep, so she hadn’t called and disturbed her rest, no

was still at the point when 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

fallen into a deep

why wasn’t Pete by her side

chat again. Tanya had been sending

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