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.

my phone? Where is it? I want to listen to my lecture.”

lectures would keep her mind off her dream

phone from the floor and handed it to her. Fia gripped her phone tightly once she felt it, then

plugged it into the phone

into her ears, Fia visibly untensed

back the curtains

after, Fia fell asleep

out of the break room, leaving the door open in case she woke up from a nightmare again. He was afraid he wouldn’t get to her in time if the door was closed.

woke up from her nap feeling

to the keyboard typing

“Conrad.”

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

startled, but he quickly gathered himself

did you wake up? Why didn’t you call me? What if you fell?”

isn’t that far, and it was okay to walk the

in his, and she gripped it tightly. “Help me get

“Of course.”

had just sat down when a knock

called out,

he saw Fia sitting on

up and

he had instructed

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