Chapter 1637:

“Try not to hold onto what’s already gone. Locke’s doing fine now, and after you recover, we’ll have time together—just the three of us.”

He used his hand to wipe her tears away. “No more tears, alright? Your eyes are all swollen.”

He couldn’t help but worry that all this crying would only make things worse for her frail health.

“I’ll try,” Elissa said, blinking hard and forcing the tears to stop.

“Just close your eyes now,” Ernest said softly. “You need rest.”

As he started to pull away, a sudden tug stopped him.

Her fingers clung to his wrist, her eyes wide and afraid. “Are you leaving?” Her voice quivered.

shifting inside

but the answer

leave when you’re like this? I’ll stay

Elissa managed to answer him. With her eyes puffy and red, she lifted her

“Great.”

smile curved at the corners


“I’m not leaving.

cried so much that by morning, the swelling would be impossible to ignore unless he did something

mentioned you hardly ate this

head slowly. “No,

a world of

“Okay.” Ernest didn’t argue.

heavily, pushing her to eat would only

holding an ice pack, which

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