Chapter 4

I could only watch helplessly as they gazed into each other's eyes lovingly and embraced each other.

And so, Celeste stayed at the hospital for a few days under Jeremy's unfaltering care, and he was the one who helped her out with all her procedures the day she was discharged too.

After Celeste was escorted home, she held onto Jeremy, not willing to let go. "Jeremy, I don't want to worry my parents, but I'm a clumsy dummy who can't take care of herself… Can't you stay and keep me company?"

Jeremy, as always, enjoyed the feeling of being relied on by Celeste, and he held onto her. "Of course. I'll take a few days off work to take care of you."

The resulting pang in my heart was indescribable.

To think that the man who I didn't dare inconvenience in the slightest was willing to give himself so freely to another woman.

Their sweet embrace was interrupted by a sudden incoming call.

Seeing the unfamiliar number, Jeremy confusedly accepted the call, and the voice of my father's shout