Chapter 283

"I’m tired, can you pick it up for me?" He hugged me even tighter. Having found a comfortable position, he continued to sleep.

I struggled to take the phone out of his pocket and glanced at the caller ID without answering it. I said softly, "It's a call from Miss Reed."

His body froze a little, then he opened his eyes and let go of me. As he stood up, he said, "I need to take this."

I looked at his back and felt a little suffocated. He used to always answer his calls on speakerphone.

After some time, he returned and said to me without a single expression on his face, "I need to go out for a moment."

He then went out of the door.

This same scene had played out many times over the last five years and it was happening again. When I looked at his resolute back, I felt a little sad, but strangely, I was not as upset as I thought I would be.

Perhaps it was because the windows in the room were not open, the room felt a little stifling and I wanted to g o out to get some fresh air. However, as soon as I walked to the door, I thought of the scene that day.

When I thought of the dog, I broke out in goosebumps

It seemed that the fact I was scared of dogs

step out the door, I turned around and went back to

air in the bedroom was growing more stifling. I paced around the room and felt extremely uncomfortable. It

work on hand to go out with me. "Mrs. Grant, Mr. Grant instructed me to not let you go out alone. The bodyguards are not around at the moment. Wait u p, I'll

can go ahead with your other duties. I'll just be around the neighborhood

to be left alone

The family doctor walked i n and suggested when she saw what was

be better for someone to tag along. Although they were all strangers, the doctor was a reticent

only then did Ms. Zuri

and walked out the main door. Neither of

when I first came to Whaldorf City. I couldn't get used to the environment

froze a little. "You're not from

City and stayed here after I graduated,” the doctor

from Salt City, I felt an inexplicable sense of closeness to her and began talking. "Although this is a modern city, I still

there because you can drink tea and coffee at the same time. Most importantly, you can hear

thinking of how hard it was to kill time right now. I nodded when

restaurant perfect for afternoon tea. Its interior was

there’s actually such an amazing place here." I could not help but

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