Chapter 1295:

Words failed Laney completely.

After finishing two bowls of soup, Cliff prepared additional nourishing dishes for her.

Laney managed a few more bites before drifting off in his protective embrace.

With her youth, her resilient body began healing swiftly. By the time Cliff applied medication before bedtime, significant improvement was evident.

Watching him meticulously apply the soothing balm, Laney squirmed with embarrassment.

“Isn’t it done yet?” she urged softly.

“The balm needs to melt to be properly absorbed,” Cliff explained matter-of-factly.

A deep blush colored her cheeks.

melt on

trembling legs, Cliff’s

relax, willing her nerves to steady. But her face, flushed as ripe

with

need to apply it

widened

“Why?”

got washed away

words, she burrowed deep into the blankets, seeking

live on

to the Hopkins family estate, determined to oversee her care

Karina, Merrick’s father, that Laney and Merrick had parted ways due to irreconcilable differences—a gentle fiction to spare the elders any

Merrick

flushed with embarrassment as she explained to Cliff, “That foolish boy got a girl pregnant and is trying to dodge responsibility! Please forgive

to family drama, responded with a subtle

you needed,

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