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 want to listen to

to her lectures would keep her mind off her dream so she wouldn’t panic so

her

then plugged it into the phone and her ears.

the voice filter into her ears, Fia visibly untensed and

couch, then pulled back the curtains to let the sunlight shine in.

after, Fia fell

with her for a few minutes before walking out of the break room, leaving the door open in case she woke up from a

hour, Fia woke up from her nap feeling better and refreshed.

the keyboard typing sounds coming from outside, which grounded

“Conrad.”

to see Fia standing at the

momentarily startled, but he quickly gathered himself and walked over to her.

did you wake up? Why didn’t you call

far, and it was okay to walk the

her hand in his, and she gripped it tightly. “Help me get to the

“Of course.”

sat down when a knock came

and called out, “Come in.”

hesitated when he saw Fia sitting on the couch.

it? Hurry up and

had long since forgotten that he had

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