After Nina sighed in her heart, she opened the bedroom door and walked out.

She checked in on the children one by one. They were all fast asleep, not awakened by their moving about.

Nina confirmed that they had not rolled out of bed, then closed the door and shook her head.

'How could Luca have woken the children up when she was so careful all throughout?'

She returned to Luca's bedroom, closed the door, and said, "Don't worry, Lanie and the others are sound asleep. They didn't roll off the bed."

Luca opened her eyes and looked at Nina. A slight smile appeared on her face. She knew that Nina was going to stay here tonight and did not want to turn her kind gesture down. She said, "I have a new blanket in my closet. If you want to sleep here, you can share the bed with me as long as you're okay with the smell of blood on me."

"I don't mind it, but I'm not going to sleep here tonight. I'm afraid that I'll accidentally hurt you when I'm asleep. I'll sleep on the sofa. The sofa in your bedroom is the right size," Nina said. She opened Luca's closet and took out the blanket.

Luca did not say anything. She knew that Nina wanted to stay only because she was worried about her.

"Thank you, Nina," she said.

"At times like these, you don't have to be polite with me. Rest early. You look very weak. You've lost so much blood. I'm sure you're not feeling the best," Nina stepped forward and touched Luca's forehead. She was relieved to find that Luca did not have a fever.

"Mm, good night." Luca closed her eyes again. Nina was right. She had lost too much blood and was not doing well.

Nina watched her close her eyes and left a small night light on so that she could check in on her in the middle of the night.

The next day.

Luca opened her eyes, the

winter. She glanced out the window

up in a hurry and accidentally tugged on the wound. She could not help but frown. She was only thinking about preparing breakfast for the kids and forgot that

glanced at the bedroom. Nina was

the full-length mirror. Looking at the gauze, she did not seem to have bled. The bleeding had probably

opened the drawer, took out the gauze and powder, and

carefully undid the gauze and glanced at the sutured wound. It was covered with scabs and

was used to this kind of wound. She picked up a towel and soaked it in some hot water. She wrung it dry and wiped off the blood around the wound before slowly wiping the

to these injuries from her days on the Island of Despair. Even though it slowed down her movements, she could handle everything

that the smell of blood on her body was fainter. She then

go to the office, so she deliberately wrapped an extra layer of gauze around the

she was done, Luca cleaned up a little and slowly walked

Luca in the middle

had been busy since early in the morning when she

case..." She looked back and made sure the maid

"I took a look at

she looked like a normal person in office attire. She asked, "Your clothes... You're

lot of work that I need to attend to. I have no choice..." Luca

she could say she was sick, she was unwilling to do that for fear

and said, "Wait a

her breakfast on the table in the dining room, and walked up the stairs again. She

not that weak." Luca pursed her lips and smiled but still

while recalling the wound on Luca's body. Without any anesthesia, Luca sutured her wound herself to stop the bleeding. Nina was very frightened. She did not get a good sleep last night and woke up several times

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