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 umbrella against her shoulder, she reached up to flip the main

the umbrella and step down from the stool. But

lost her balance and fell off the stool the next second. Though

making her face pale

stepped out just in time to witness the scene and rushed over with

his voice, Clara looked up at

asked as he helped her up, shielding her with the umbrella.

as soon as he saw Clara

at Wen as he raised the umbrella a

through, the overturned stool, and the electrical panel on the wall

was in the bathroom, he’d worried something might happen to Clara and quickly dressed

he was still a step

air surrounded win as he moved forward and scooped Clara

disappear into the distance before returning

restored, When carefully laid Clara down on the couch. He dropped to one knee in front of her, holding her leg as he reached to remove