Patricia nearly jolted in response. The two of them had merely slept in one bed. Sleep in its literal sense, not that kind of sleep!

“I just fell asleep in his bed last night, Old Mrs. Arnold. Nothing happened. No one has to take responsibility for anything.”

As if she would want to hold Isaac responsible for anything when she was already fearful of seeing him!

With that, she withdrew her hand at once. “I’d better get going, Old Mrs. Arnold. I still have my three kids waiting for me at home. They’re all so worried about me now.”

Patricia’s mind went black when she blurted that out, so she had no clue of what she just said at all. But whatever it was, it would do as long as it allowed her to leave that instant.

She had to slip away before Isaac came down, or an even bigger medical bill might be waiting for her.

More than that, she used his arm as a pillow the whole night last night. It’d be half-maimed at this point, wouldn’t it?! And then, there was the nose bleed. Who’d have thought her accidental whack in his face the second she stirred would give him a nose bleed?!

Ah!!! Isaac would surely screw her over for good. She’d be an idiot not to run.

woman just

normally slicked back hair hung loosely in front of his forehead as well, masking his stern

is Tricia married?” Elizabeth

helped Isaac

away. At that, he pursed his lips lightly, went up to his grandmother, and wrapped an arm around her. “She has three kids but

bewildered after hearing so.

Patricia was a widow while a sliver of frost

in response and asked, “Do you really

was—kind and just. It was rare to find

as a hint of darkness

that he had a desire to be close to this woman and

table with one arm around her. After the two seated, the maid served

how her dear grandson looked, Elizabeth had a feeling he had probably fallen in

I told you to acquire some time ago? That company had actually tricked my friends and me into putting our money in them. I was so tempted back then. I thought it didn’t

Patricia and his grandmother knew each other, so he listened

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