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.

opened her eyes,

glanced out the

She could not help but frown. She was only thinking about

at the bedroom. Nina was

got out of bed and lifted her nightdress in front of the full-length mirror. Looking at the gauze, she did not seem to have

walked to the dresser, opened the drawer, took out the gauze and powder, and walked into

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

up a towel and soaked it in some hot water. She wrung it dry and wiped off the blood around the wound

these injuries from her days on the Island of Despair. Even though it slowed down her movements,

was fainter. She then

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

up a

this moment, Nina was going upstairs with her breakfast. She bumped into Luca in the middle of the stairs

I'll be okay," Luca said. She knew that Nina had been busy since early in the morning when she saw the breakfast that Nina prepared for

looked back and made sure the maid was not in the living room before she whispered, "What if the

explained while holding onto the handrail of the stairs. "I took a look at the

than that, she looked like a normal person in office attire.

I need to attend to. I have no choice..." Luca said helplessly. She did not want to ask for

was unwilling to do

and said,

breakfast on the table in the dining room, and walked up

lips and smiled but still

scared me to death," Nina said 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 to check on Luca.

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