The room fell silent as soon as she asked the question.Her palms were filled with sweat, and her heart was hammering rapidly in her chest.“If you don’t want to answer the question now…”“I’m not.”Suddenly, a voice came over from the bed. It was not the cold and mechanical voice of the phone but the deep and magnetic voice of a man.Kyran continued. “I’m not mute.”His voice was raspy due to his condition. Even though Deirdre felt surprised at his answer, she was relieved at the same time.It was because his voice was totally different from that of Brendan.“If you’re not mute, then why didn’t you tell me about it? Why do you always use your phone when you’re talking to me?” Deirdre frowned and bombarded him with many questions. “What are you scared of?”Kyran looked at her and placed his finger on his neck. He had prepared in advance for a situation like this. There was a thing that looked like a button on his neck.“Listen to me, Deirdre. I’ve never told you before that I
“Yes.” Kyran got out of his bed. Even though he was still experiencing dizziness from time to time, he steadied himself and walked toward the living room.While Mrs. Cox was heading to the kitchen, she said, “I just made chicken soup, but you need to bear with it as my cooking skills aren’t as good as Deirdre’s. I don’t have her magical hands that can turn even something like Brussels sprouts into the tastiest dish in the world.”The light in Kyran’s eyes dimmed for a moment as he said, “Okay.”“I heard she has been honing her cooking skills daily because of you. Is that true?”Kyran was stunned, and Deirdre hastily turned around to look at Kyran when she heard what Mrs. Cox said. She couldn’t see Kyran’s expression right now, so she didn't know if Kyran would care about her past or not.After all, she had lived a long part of her life for another man.“Mrs. Cox—”When she tried to explain to Mrs. Cox, Kyran chimed in and interrupted her calmly. “Yeah. She has been trying to imp
‘I like you, and it has nothing to do with your previous marriage.’Deirdre’s eyes widened, and she had the urge to cry when she heard what Kyran said.Kyran collected her hair with his fingers and continued. “So, don’t worry about it. Don’t ever think you’re doing a bad thing because you’ve been hiding it from me. Everyone has secrets they don’t want to tell anyone, including me.”“Including you?” Deirdre looked at him.“Yeah.” Kyran gazed into her eyes fixedly and continued. “I have my secrets too.” Deirdre chuckled and was relaxed. “Are you referring to not telling me about the fact that you weren't mute?”Kyran fell silent for a moment and said, “Yeah.”“That’s normal. In that situation, even I would choose not to tell the truth. Besides, you’ve been looking for a chance to tell me about it. You weren’t planning to keep me in the dark forever.”“Then you didn’t plan to keep me in the dark forever, either, right? You’re confessing to me now.”Deirdre felt as if the fog in
“Mr. Reed, your medicine has been prepared.”Mrs. Cox served the medicine just in time to see the young couple hugging each other. She said, “Yikes, have I come at the wrong time? I’m sorry for bothering you. I’ll knock the next time.”Deirdre could not help feeling embarrassed while Kyran loosened his grip over her. “No, you came at just the right time. It is time for my medicine and rest, indeed.”Mrs. Cox served the medicine, and Kyran downed it in one gulp. Deirdre was surprised because she remembered her tongue going numb from the bitter medicine when she took it. Kyran took it well by finishing it in one gulp without stopping before he declared he was done.“Isn’t it bitter?”“It’s fine. It tastes much better than the one I had previously.”When he took it so lightly, his reaction made Deirdre’s chest tighten with anxiety. She realized that he must have endured hardships when he was previously severely ill. She said, “I had to suck on a candy when I took it in the afte
“Hmm… I hope that it was just a dream too.”Kyran stood up and felt dizzy, but he did not feel nauseous like when he walked yesterday. “Wash up first. We’ll pack our things and head back afterward. I believe that Declan has already grown impatient from waiting.”“Sure.”Mrs. Cox did not go foraging today. Instead, she went to the market to purchase beef and pork. She had been bustling about in the kitchen since early in the morning. Deirdre smelled the fragrance of food when she walked into the kitchen. She said smilingly, “What is today’s occasion, Mrs. Cox? Why do I feel that the meal today is extraordinarily plentiful?”“What do you think? It’s because you’ll be leaving today. I thought about it and decided to send you off with a scrumptious meal. You will not be treated shabbily on your last day here!” Mrs. Cox was constantly beaming. Deirdre looked at her with a gentle gaze. “You must have spent a lot of money on this, right?”“How much money can that be? It’s not a meal
Dr. Engle said after examining her, “You’re recovering very well. There won’t be any scars when the scabs fall off. It should happen in the next two days.”Deirdre thanked Dr. Engle smilingly.At that moment, Dr. Engle noticed something. “Has your vision returned, Miss McKinnon?”“Yes.” Deirdre said, “However, I can only see some light and blurry colors of an object, but I can’t see something clearly yet.”“How did you lose your sight, Miss McKinnon?”Deirdre paused for a moment and turned to the area behind subconsciously where Kyran was.Dr. Engle said smilingly, “You can choose not to answer if it’s inconvenient for you. I’m only thinking that there should be hope of recovery for the eyes if you’re not born blind.”“Really?” Deirdre held the hem of her top tightly. It was truly torturous for her not to be able to see. Moreover, she felt the urge to see how Kyran looked. Dr. Engle said, “This is only my prediction. It would be better for you to examine your eyes, of course.”
Deirdre recovered from her surprise. “What?”“Didn’t you lose your sight in prison? Did something happen to you that resulted in your blindness?”Deirdre’s face turned ghastly pale at the mention of prison. She tried her best to put up with it, yet everything that had happened there was unbearable. She had a hard time accepting her powerless self. It was her weakness and powerlessness that had resulted in her miscarriage and her being bullied. “Deirdre?”Kyran could feel Deirdre’s hand shaking. He frowned and grabbed her hand. “What’s going on? You don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to.”“There’s no reason why I don’t want to talk about it.” Deirdre suppressed her shakiness and smiled bitterly. “It’s just embarrassing. I offended Brendan, and he gave the order to bully me. In the end, I lost my eyes in a battery incident.”“What!?”Kyran’s dark eyes were shaking violently. One could even hear his voice trembling if one were to hear closely. “Brendan… gave the order
Kyran had spoken so quickly that Deirdre was stunned and only heard ‘didn’t know it was you’.She furrowed her eyebrows and said, “What do you mean by not knowing it was me?”Kyran clenched his fists tightly, and his gaze dimmed. “What if he didn’t know that the call was from you? Perhaps he would have commissioned someone to treat your eyes if he knew. It’s possible that he is not that merciless that he would seize your ability to see?”Deirdre chuckled. “That is how I used to think. We were married, after all. He should have some feelings for me after being married for two years, at the very least, right? Yet, I was too naive.“Charlene mentioned me when he took my call, and the impatience and disgust I heard in his voice were not feigned. I had no doubt that he would only scold me for ruining his mood on an important day if I were to tell him the truth at the time.”She could still remember Brendan’s tone until today, perhaps because of how profound the incident was to her. She