Chapter 440

“Conrad, do you think… Do you think she could still be alive?” Fia whispered, clutching Conrad’s hand as if holding onto a lifeline.

Conrad frowned, bringing up his hand to pet her head gently.

“She’s dead.”

He pressed a finger to smoothen the furrow between her brows and continued, “She’ll never hurt you again.”

Fia shook her head, her body trembling as she felt like her nerves were fried from the terror of her dream.

“It felt so real…!”

Conrad felt his heart ache at her state, and he carefully pulled her into his arms.

“Fia, it’s all over now. It was just a dream.”

A suffocating feeling overwhelmed Fia when she thought about the dream again, and she pushed Conrad

away.

“I can’t breathe. Don’t hold me too tightly.”

Conrad was stunned. He hadn’t been holding her too tightly, but he released his grip on her when he heard

her words.

around the bed frantically and said, “Where’s my phone? Where is it? I

lectures would keep her mind off her dream so

the floor and handed it to her. Fia gripped her phone tightly once she

gently helped her, then plugged it into the phone and her

Fia visibly

over to the couch, then pulled back the curtains to let

Fia fell asleep

the door open in case she woke up from a nightmare again. He was

an hour, Fia woke up from her nap feeling

to the keyboard typing sounds coming from

“Conrad.”

break room to see Fia standing at the doorway, holding the door

momentarily startled, but he quickly gathered himself and

did you wake up? Why didn’t you call me?

far, and it was okay to walk the distance.”

she gripped it tightly. “Help me get to the couch?”

“Of course.”

just sat down when a

and called out, “Come in.”

in, but he hesitated when he saw Fia sitting on the couch. When Conrad saw this,

it? Hurry up and say

that he had instructed Silas to look into

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