"Mommy, let us stay. Claudia will be upset if she wakes up without seeing us." Ben was afraid that his mother would ask him to leave. Ben's dark eyes were covered with a layer of mist as if he would cry if Molly refused his request.Molly understood how close these three children were to each other, so she could not bear to ask them to sleep in another room. She got up to help tuck the quilt on the bed and whispered to the two stubborn children, "You two can stay. But, you can't stay up all night. Come lie down next to your sister and go to sleep. Staying up late will make you sick, and if Claudia gets well tomorrow, she won't be happy to see you two sick."After Molly said that, Alex and Ben gave in and obediently lay down next to Claudia. Their idea was that they had to take care of themselves, not let themselves get sick. Hence, they had to sleep well so that they would have the strength to take care of their sister tomorrow. Everyone was exhausted today. The two children took the
When Molly returned with freshly made warm water, she saw Claudia, who was feeling terrible earlier, had magically calmed down and was asleep again under Sean's patient reassurance."Shh!" Sean put his finger to his lips as a gesture to Molly to keep the noise down to avoid waking up Claudia.Molly, of course, knew that Claudia would feel better when she was asleep. She nodded in acknowledgment. But, she was worried that Claudia's fever would come back, so she stayed by Claudia's side, not daring to leave. It was not until four in the morning that the fever left Claudia. Molly was completely exhausted. She had been working in the research lab all day, and she was worried about Claudia's condition when she got home. Now, she was finally relieved but exhausted. She leaned back on the couch and dozed off in just a few minutes.Sean had put Claudia to sleep. Because the fever had gone down, she was sleeping soundly without waking up again. So, he put her to bed and covered her with a
Molly gasped, as she had not been aware all this time that she had slept on Sean's lap for so long.Even though the two of them had more interactions and had some physical contact that was no longer as awkward as before, he was still a patient.Molly felt bad for that. She came closer and asked with concern, "Is your leg okay?" 'If you feel tired, you should've woken me up. Why didn't you? It's not like you're that stupid.'Sean looked at her with bated breath and froze for half a minute as she came close. He saw the concern in her eyes, which was very unadulterated like a clear lake, reflecting his own face.As they looked at each other, Sean lost control of himself. His heart was racing. "It's only a little trouble." Her scent filled the surrounding air, and he found her smell indescribably good and even alluring. He stared at Molly, speaking very slowly as he tried to get the scent deep into his bones and engraved it in his soul. "But, it's okay. I can't walk anyway."Molly had
"You're going to get it if you don't stop spitting," Sawyer spoke and warned him coldly. He clearly felt very uncomfortable with all that saliva on his hand.That was the hand he used to draw! Molly did not let what happened to bother her as she massaged Sean for a while. After she was done with it, she stood up and said, "I'm going upstairs to take a look at Claudia. Her fever should be getting better by now.""I'll go with you."Claudia was feeling thirsty. She looked at the cup of water, and she was about to reach for it.Suddenly, a hand as white as snow appeared and gave her that cup of water.Claudia looked over, and her eyes brightened. "Mommy!"Claudia did not even want to drink the water anymore as she threw herself into Molly's arms. She said while snugging up to Molly, "Mommy, why did you wake up so early?"Molly embraced Claudia and hugged her as she gently said, "Have some water first."Molly thought that Claudia was getting better after seeing how active she w
Molly stayed at home to accompany Claudia. She looked at Claudia and said, "You have to tell me right away if you're not feeling well, okay?"Claudia was drawing while holding her head down. She nodded obediently. "Okay, mommy."After lunch.Molly tested Claudia's body temperature again. She wanted to make sure that Claudia was fine before she left the house. Then, she went to the research laboratory.Molly parked her car before pressing her car key. "Beep-beep." She locked her car and walked toward the research laboratory. Then, she heard some noises coming from inside.She looked at the screen at the door and went inside after going through the facial recognition scanner. Molly could distinctly recognize Sharon's voice among the noisy crowd.She lifted her brows and walked forward. She calmly went to the location where the noise was coming from. Then, she asked while looking at the people circling around, "What happened?"Most of the people stopped talking after hearing Moll
Molly broke the silence and spoke to the person beside her, "Cailyn, check the cameras." She took it very seriously, and she was not planning to give Sharon any special treatment!Sharon did not expect Molly would be so vigorous. She watched Caitlyn walk away as she clenched her fists, and her palms were drenched with sweat.It did not take long for Caitlyn to check the cameras. Molly was the only person in charge of the research laboratory, so they did not have to through any complicated procedures to do so. After a while, Caitlyn returned, and she threw Sharon an indescribable look before handing the recording to Molly.Molly did not say anything and played the recording in front of everybody.It turned out that Sharon lied."What do you have to say now?" Molly looked at her emotionlessly.Sharon had already prepared herself and knew that she would get caught, but she could not help but explain herself after she heard what Molly said, "I'm sorry. I made a mistake."He put th
Molly was no exception. She rubbed her sore eyes and went to the restroom to get changed. It was then she realized that she had unread text messages on her phone. It was from Sean. "Are you still working?"Are there a lot of things to do in the lab today?" Molly did not expect Sean would notice that she was still working because she had not gone back home yet.She received another text message when she was reading it. "It's already one in the morning. Why are you not home yet? Are you okay?"Sean texted Molly again. Molly was surprised to find out that Sean was still awake. She looked at the time and it was already late.Molly replied briefly as she did not want Sean to wait for her any longer."Yeah. I was a little busy today. Only now, I saw your message, and I just finished my work."Molly sent the text without mentioning that Sharon was the reason everybody had to work overtime. Sean sent her a reply after she changed her clothes."Are you coming back tonight?
"It's not. Ms. Newman, please take a cab instead." Sean rejected her without hesitating.Tony stepped on the pedal and left Sharon behind after hearing what his boss said.He regretted it the moment he stopped the car. He would not have deaccelerated, and he would go right past that person if he knew that it was Sharon.'How could I allow that woman to affect my boss's mood?'I have to make sure that nothing goes wrong with my year-end bonus.'Tony could not help but glance at the rear-view mirror. Then, he looked forward grumpily and focused back on driving.It was already midnight, and the road was serene and empty. They passed through the dark forests. Traveling at night would make people feel strange and the tires rolling against the road was the only sound that could be heard.The windows on both sides were completely shut. Tony turned on the heater and isolated themselves from the cold and desolate forest.Molly felt like she was looking at another world from inside the