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

his phone. “Let me get in touch with him.” As he spoke, he dialed

not picking up,” he reported shortly after.

dismissing

to leave the ward with

were abuzz with life. Parades swathed the streets in vivid colors, but none of it was visible from the hospital room. Josephine leaned against the window curiously, peering downward. Despite not being able to see anything, she could hear the sound of drums and

tip out and changed into a fresh set of clothes.

pulled

her gaze and shook her

you hear what Conrad said just now?

not question it any further. It really seemed that Conrad had said

attention.

reasoning with her. He laced his fingers

her out of the

hospital, they managed

Ecstasia.

been too long since Josephine had last been amid a crowd

many other guys they’d passed on their way. Yet, his attractiveness still stood. out despite the volume of the crowd.

as she followed him through the jam- packed queues,

tickets for the both of them, granting

was very large, consisting of various amusement rides

injuries, the two of them avoided the more thrilling rides and opted to visit the

tulip field, reachable only by bus. They were fortunate enough

simply include young tourists but rather a few other elderly

The

laughed, led by a female tour guide who seemed to be in her thirties and was currently explaining their next stop to them. Their conspicuously white hair and presbyopic reading glasses stood out, against all

seated across from them, their hands

from their faces, her

not break free from her hold-instead, he wrapped her hand in his and

old woman couldn’t hide her

scarcely knowing

marriage felt beyond distant. As for dating,

at the elderly woman’s smile, the blatant interest on her face not unlike the other gossiping women

his definition of their relationship, but she found

kindly, her knowing expression undeniably piercing. “You don’t look alike at

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