Millie accused, her words heavy with both pain and suspicion.

Taking a deep breath, the sharp pain in her belly intensified. A deep concern knotted her thoughts as she couldn’t help but wonder whether the fall had jeopardized a life growing within her.

Shera, now exposed, wore an air of arrogance and disregarded Millie’s concerns with an icy disdain.

“You don’t wanna go now? No problem, then. I’ll lead the way, and I am not going to stop Marcus, unlike you, who feigns fragility after a tumble.

You’re nothing more than a rugged country girl, so stop putting on airs of delicacy?”

Shera’s words stoked a fierce anger within Millie, her entire being quivering with indignation. Shera’s previous falls paled in comparison to the danger Millie had just endured.

Shera had merely stumbled while walking, but what Millie had undergone was a fierce collision with the hard ground beneath when she was running. An obvious difference existed between the two experiences.

Millie wasn’t willing to let Shera

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this time, the sky was slowly beginning to brighten, casting

the turmoil, Millie’s eyes caught sight of a vibrant green caterpillar perched on a nearby leaf. This creature was adorned with menacing spines, and a brush with its venomous sting

childhood encounter with such a caterpillar came rushing back to

the pain and making

leaf-bearing hand behind her back, in which she

act?” Shera raised an

an unexpected jolt of anguish shot through her hand, and she yanked it back with a

hurt, she questioned, “God!

discarded the leaf, revealing the menacing

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