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, she kept looking

help but

the same

frail back when they were still in school. Every time he made her angry, he would always stand

always stood there so stubbornly so that she

had been so naive

he would be sunburnt. When it

wrapped around

hard as iron now, though, so how would she possibly still be deceived by his

house without bodyguards or his personal assistant. After all, as the

when she saw Joel’s legs

toward him.

very pale, so he probably wasn’t putting up an act. His voice was also very soft, and he sounded a little

“…”

tears almost fell

around. “Where

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

Tanya was dumbfounded.

said that he didn’t want to go to the hospital. He had always refused to go even when they were still in

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

to now, though?

that she stretched out her foot, intending to give

to rush forward but was

“The gesture that Mr. Joel made before he fainted was telling us not to go

so, we can’t just watch

“She won’t.”

“What?”

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

She frowned and wondered out loud, “Did he really not bring his assistant

elsewhere instead? What are you gonna

though she was complaining, she nevertheless bent

distance watched as their master was dragged into

kept on swearing

slept right until the next

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

They seemed very urgent.

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

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 back

a deep

Pete by her

chat again. Tanya had been sending her the

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