Chapter 333 Love Shouldn’t Come In Shackles

Josephine shook her head. She didn’t want a present.

“What is your New Year’s resolution, then?”

She thought about it for a while before signing, “I want you to get better.”

Lewis was slightly taken aback, the intensity of his gaze deepening. “What else?”

“And to be with you forever.”

Lewis chuckled. The younger she got, the harder it was for her to hide her real thoughts. Her inclination to blurt out whatever she had in mind now amused him.

Josephine couldn’t understand the meaning behind his smile, but as he ceased to explain, she could only purse her lips and accompany him as he received his IV treatment.

She had no phone, but being by his side was hardly mundane.

Lewis switched on the TV, and she leaned against the headboard as they watched the New Year’s gala on screen.

The crackling fireworks outside were almost hypnotic by now, their incessant rhythm and the chatter on the television gradually lulling her to sleep.

Lewis switched off the lights, leaving only the white glow of the television and its muffled sound filling the room’s emptiness.

If he tilted his head at just the right angle, he could see her face through the dim lighting surrounding them both, her head resting on his shoulder as she slept soundly. The weight of her face was light on him-perhaps a result of her mindfulness of his injuries. Strands of hair fell on her cheeks as well, and he tucked them back behind her ear gently.

The next day, Gerald and Conrad came by to see the two.

Gerald carried a large fruit basket adorned in red, complete with his equally vibrant

a radiant smile on his face. “Happy New Year, Chairman Alvarez.”

outfit and

Conrad placed the breakfast he had brought on the table as well. “I just asked the doctor about your recovery, Chairman Alvarez, and he said you’re recovering well. You can return home. after a few more days of observation in the hospital.”

Lewis glanced at him briefly. “What about Seth?”

Conrad, too, was startled by his sudden question. It seemed that Seth was nowhere to be found since they’d returned from the island.

“I don’t know. Maybe he went back to Elysium?” he replied.

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frowned, a thoughtful expression crossing his face, though none of them could tell what was going on

he spoke, he dialed Seth’s number and

not picking up,” he reported shortly after.

dismissing him.

to leave the ward

Josephine leaned against the window curiously, peering downward. Despite not

pulled the needle tip out and

around her waist, and pulled her into his embrace. “What’s

and shook

hear what Conrad said just now? He said I could be discharged.”

hint of confusion flickered in her eyes, but she did not question it any further. It really seemed that Conrad had said something similar,

attention.

waste any more time reasoning with

her out of the

the hospital, they managed to call

Ecstasia.

movement was simply impossible. It had been too long since Josephine had last been amid a crowd so raucous, so she gripped Lewis’ hand tightly, afraid that they would be

worn by many other guys they’d passed on

as she followed him through the jam- packed queues,

for the both of them, granting

consisting of various amusement rides and quaint, scenic

them avoided the more thrilling

They were fortunate enough

the bus passengers did not simply include

The

to be in her thirties and was currently explaining their next stop to

elderly couple who were seated across from them,

happiness radiating from their faces, her grip on Lewis tightening imperceptibly.

her hand in his and gently caressed

The old woman couldn’t hide her smile

froze, scarcely knowing how

for dating, she couldn’t quite understand

the elderly woman’s smile, the blatant interest on her face not unlike the other gossiping women he’d encountered in the past. He was silent for a long while

accept his definition of their relationship, but she found that

undeniably piercing. “You don’t look alike at

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