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2024-10-29 19:42:56I can't move.
I can't say a word.
All I can do is watch CJ in the unconscious state he's in, lying on the bare ground.
Heaven suddenly enters the office looking stunning in a blue dinner dress.
Maybe the two were supposed to go on a date... Maybe... Coz they are just friends, right?
But then Heaven is always dressed up like this...
She does not freak out like I have. She's just a little astonished. She squats and starts slapping him lightly.
"He's having a seizure. This has been happening for the past three years... It's nothing new," she says softly.
The past three years? But I never left him with the condition. Could that mean I'm the reason he's like this? No... No...
"But lately... Since you came back," she makes it clear. "He has been having seizures more oftenly."
What!
CJ starts breathing hard
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