Your Love Is But a Dream

Chapter 117

As the water began to boil, a sudden clapet thunder rumbled from outside. In an instant, all the lights in the house went out, plunging everything into darkness.

A power outage

clara quickly pulled out her phone and switched on the flashlight. She turned off the stove before heading out of the kitchen. She then tried flipping a few switches, but the power

was still down

She thought of the electrical panel.

Deciding to check whether the circuit breaker had tripped or if the outage was widespread, she grabbed an umbrella with one hand and used her phone’s flashlight in the other as she stepped outside

The noghboring house was also dark, but she didn’t pay much attention as she made her way to the yard.

The electrical panel was mounted on the wall outside the main gate, higher than usual, to keep children from tampering with it

Clara struggled to see clear due to the rain, so she brought a small stool to stand on.

the switch had tripped. Thus, tilting her head to prop the umbrella against her shoulder, she reached up to flip the main breaker with her phone in her

she prepared to grab the umbrella and step down from the

instinctively reached to it, but in doing so, she stepped on the edge of the stool she lost her balance and fell off the stool the next second. Though Cara reacted quickly and adjusted mid–fall to avoid hitting her head, she still

her foot, making her face

stepped out just in time to witness the scene

Clara looked up

you hurt?” he asked as he helped her up, shielding her with the umbrella. He

filled with concern. But as soon as he saw Clara with Alexander,

at Wen as he raised the

the overturned stool, and the electrical panel on

the power had gone out while he was in the bathroom, he’d worried something might happen to Clara and quickly dressed to find her. He’d guessed she went to check the electrical panel when he

still a step too

tense air surrounded win as he moved forward and scooped Clara up. He then

anxious figure disappear into the distance before returning to his

on the couch. He dropped to one knee in front of her, holding her leg as