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.

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

lectures would keep her mind off her dream so she

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

it into

filter into her ears, Fia

then pulled back the curtains to let the sunlight shine

long after, Fia

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

up from her nap feeling better and

and listened to the keyboard typing sounds coming from outside, which grounded her.

“Conrad.”

Fia standing at the doorway, holding the door frame for support.

quickly gathered himself and walked over to

you call me? What if you fell?”

The door from the bed isn’t that far,

she gripped it tightly. “Help me get to

“Of course.”

just sat down when a knock came

turned and called out, “Come

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

is it? Hurry up and say

had long since forgotten that he had instructed Silas to

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