Chapter 614

Chapter 0614

The entire trip to the hospital felt unusually silent because of the small incident this morning.

Nicholas sat stiffly in the car, his lips pressed into a tight line as he buried himself in work on his phone. Not a word left his mouth.

Tabitha noticed the tension between us right away. Her little head buried itself in my arms, clearly uneasy. She seemed a little scared as she tried to distance herself from Nicholas.

Once she felt safe, she stayed still like a little quail.

I had no choice but to nudge him, but Nicholas was like a statue, without any reaction.

However, the subtle twitch of his temple betrayed his emotions. He was irritated but forced himself to hold it in.

so why bring up the painful memories again? Or was there something

recall what Claudia had said in the ward. Was he angry because he remembered how I had hurt him in the

straight line of his pants, slowly moving toward the hand he had resting on his knee. Just as I felt the muscles in his thigh tense up, I realized how inappropriate my actions had

he grabbed my hand tightly. Nicholas glanced at me. His bloodshot eyes were full of helplessness and hurt which almost suffocated me. I froze,

forced myself to stay still. But under his piercing gaze, I gave him a somewhat ingratiating smile and

I spoke, my gaze drifted down to Tabitha, who was only showing the

chuckle but quickly wiped it off his face. Closing his eyes, he leaned back against the seat, as if to say, "Why don't you calm me down

and his indifference toward Tabitha only added

away, but he wouldn't let go. I looked at our intertwined fingers and

my fingers over

nudged him gently. He

his tie, cleared his throat, and softened his voice. "Tabitha,

little relieved. But there was still a knot in my stomach

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