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

that the fact I was

the door, I turned

paced around the room and felt extremely uncomfortable. It was as though I was struggling to breathe. I changed into my flats and went

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

your

Grant said that you're not to be left alone even in the garden." Ms. Zuri

family doctor walked i n and suggested when she

someone to tag along. Although they were all strangers,

did Ms. Zuri reluctantly

out the main door. Neither of us said

City. I couldn't get used to the environment and pace here. M y everyday life

froze a little. "You're not from around

City and stayed here after I graduated,” the doctor said with

sense of closeness to her and began talking. "Although this is a modern city, I

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

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

perfect for afternoon tea. Its interior was elegant and stylish. The ambiance seemed pretty good, which was fitting for the spending power of the consumers living in

an amazing place here." I could not help but

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