The Beginning Of All Sins

Chapter 4

Tyler sat down beside the bed, looking gentle. “Are you feeling better? Would you like to eat an apple?”

Naomi shook her head while lying in bed. “I feel terrible. I don’t have any appetite.” Then, she called out eagerly to the person at the door. “Come in, Olivia.”

Olivia watched everything happening in the room as she entered slowly. It felt quiet and strange inside. Her palms wouldn’t stop sweating, while Tyler seemed much more at ease. He tucked Naomi

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Naomi asked, “What would you like to eat, Olivia?”

Glancing at Naomi and seeing her seeming normal, Olivia realized she was the only one feeling strange. She made an effort to chase away the odd feeling and answered as naturally as possible.”

Anything.”

Naomi smiled upon hearing that and said to Tyler in a coquettish tone, “Go wash the grapes, Tyler.

Olivia loves them.”

He replied, “Sure.” He didn’t want to interrupt the sisters and removed his hand from Naomi’s to head to the ward’s pantry.

there. Naomi waved at her eagerly again. “Come here, Olivia. Sit

other. It felt strange to Olivia, but she was a good girl. She walked over after Naomi called out to her and cautiously sat beside

“How’s school?”

down, appearing reluctant to engage in conversation with her sister. They fell into silence for a while.

told her, “Get Olivia a glass of milk.”

The nurse then went to

Olivia was cautious as she sat there, keeping

head remained low. Unfortunately, she was careless and failed to

milk, and Naomi was also startled, looking at the nurse.

saying, “I’m sorry, Ms. Olivia. I didn’t hold

fault for not grabbing it properly. I’ll

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could say anything. However, when she got there,

she

his muscular forearm beneath the

slender fingers brushed over the clear grapes, with water droplets dripping from them. It was strange that what came to Olivia’s mind was

she felt

the door and raised his eyebrows.

of her denim pants and