Ashton nodded. “Are you hungry?”

I suddenly felt as though he was the one taking care of me instead of the other way round.

I parroted his question back to him. “Are you hungry?”

Cameron stirred in her sleep and woke up. She stared at Ashton and I for a few seconds before looking at the time on her phone.

Seeing that it was already past noon, she got up and poured me a glass of water. “Here, drink something. Your father went home to make lunch. He should be back any minute.”

I froze for a moment before taking the glass of water from her. I turned to Ashton and asked, “How are you feeling? Do you feel any better?”

He nodded. “It doesn’t hurt as much anymore.”

Cameron got up and headed to the toilet. When she came back out, she wiped her hands on a paper towel and asked, “What do the both of you fancy for lunch?”

Ashton shook his head, expressing his indifference. He turned to me and asked, “Do you have anything you want to eat?”

I thought for a while before shrugging. “Anything’s fine!”

Off the top of my head, I couldn’t think of anything I really wanted to eat.

Cameron picked up her bag and left the room. My phone, which I had neglected since coming into the hospital, rang loudly all of a sudden. Emery was calling me.

She sounded rather sharp over the phone. “How are you doing? Are you feeling alright? Which hospital did they send you to?”

with her barrage of questions, I felt rather confused. After a short pause, I replied, “I’m fine. I’m at a hospital in W City right

“I know you’re in W City. I

Hospital. Is there something

coming to look for you in a short

a glance out of the window, I stammered, “When did you arrive in

Send me the hospital address via

at me and smiled. “Was

think we should let her run around the city in

and pick her up, then.

his bandages. With that,

the hospital and told me not to go and pick her up. However, I still felt a little worried for her. I called a cab for her and personally told the driver where to drop her off, before making arrangements for a room at

from the airport. Emery arrived half an hour later and stowed her

wearing maternity clothes that were loose and drab, it was quite obvious that her stomach

be new year’s eve soon, and it has started to snow heavily in K City. Are the both of you going to

is heavily injured, so he might have to

finished putting her clothes away and shot me a side glance, looking rather solemn. “The Crest family has been throwing their weight around for years. It’s time somebody put them in their

with the Fullers’ youngest daughter, and Macy leaving him proved to be the last straw for

a mess. What else does he have to live for? Most grudges are best left in the past or resolved—otherwise,

full of twists and turns. How could Emery be so sure in her

she asked, “What did the Crest family say about this

investigating the situation further. Instead, he passed on the case to the

he should be about thirty-five or six now. He’ll be in his forties by the time

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