Chapter 417

He was worried that Fia would disappear from his world just like Esme.

When he realized the possibility of that happening, his heart couldn’t stop beating anxiously. He never felt that, even when Esme left without a word.

In her dreams, Fia was in her gray world again. She was surrounded by the baby’s cries.

She couldn’t see anything, touch anything. She knelt on the icy water, her body slowly drowning down.

“Mommy! Mommy! Ahhhh! Mommy...”

The baby’s cries pierced through her heart.

She could feel the pain extending to her limbs. She couldn’t fight back. All she could do was let her body drown. First, it was her chest, shoulder, chin, and mouth, and the water entered her mouth and nose.

The suffocation was killing her. Just when she thought she would die from drowning, a worried voice called out to her, and she opened her eyes.

“Fia...”

“Fia, are you having a nightmare?”

Conrad held her shoulders and looked at her, drenched in sweat. He looked at her curiously and asked, “Wha