Dr. Halliday appeared slightly surprised. "She's starting to eat?""Yes, I just brought her the meal. I feel relieved now that she's eating," Mrs. Larson sighed with relief. These past few days, she had been on edge, fearing that something might happen to Josephine and that Conrad might blame her.D
Josephine's head shot upward with a flabbergasted expression at Lewis.The latter smiled slightly before speaking with a gentle voice. "You can finish your meal later if you don't have the appetite now."Still, Josephine kept her gaze on him. She wanted to find traces of the old Lewis on his face, y
With that thought, Lewis returned to the living room and found Josephine sleeping in a fetal position on the couch. He approached to scoop her up in his arms. Yet, she awoke once he touched her.Josephine's eyes widened at him. "You should sleep on the bed." Lewis gazed down at her before carrying
Josephine kept facing her back at him. Silence filled the bedroom while she waited the longest time. After confirming the rest of the world had fallen asleep, she withdrew her arms from Lewis' hold. Josephine squeezed her eyes shut and felt around for the scab's edges with her fingers. Then, she p
The more blood she lost, the more her thoughts drifted away while her consciousness became foggy. Yet, her memories became clearer. They flashed through her mind like a movie in fast-forward. In the end, Josephine landed on a selfish thought. She figured things would have been better if she remaine
The doctor glanced at Lewis' murderous stares, gulped, and anxiously spoke. "W-What I meant was Mrs. Alvarez isn't doing great. She's lost a lot of blood. Most of her body is showing signs of—"Lewis' gaze sharpened as he let go of the doctor. He even smoothed out the doctor's collar. "Signs of what
Nancy paused in her step to sneer, "How much more can there be? Why can't I tell, then? If Lewis cares so much about that mute, what's his deal with Sierra?""Maybe he doesn't want others to know. After all, he insisted on marrying Mrs. Alvarez, and nobody objected—" Murray replied but soon shut his
"Yes, and I swore to Mr. Alvarez that I would never tell this to anyone," Murray explained while nodding. At the same time, he secretly mused, "Or I'll die a miserable death.""Well, that's perfect! Just peachy! I thought Lewis hated that mute. Who'd have known he actually had such deep feelings for
"Daddy …" Serena murmured the two syllables. Then, she beamed brilliantly and repeated the word with more conviction. "Daddy!""Dada!" Elliot called out, too.Lewis smiled and reached out to pet Serena's head. "That's my little girl. Are you upset that I haven't come home all this time?"Serena shoo
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Lewis asked.Josephine snapped out of her daze and shook her head. "I didn't think—""Didn't think what? Your parents are my parents. It's only fair that I give a proper gesture to my parents. What's so shocking about that?"Josephine had never heard him say su
"Well, we should visit your parents first—show them their grandkids. Plus, I don't think we need to return to Elysium anymore. We'll bring Serena over once we settle down. Let's stay here for a while," Lewis answered.Josephine nodded. She agreed that it was unnecessary to go back there since the co
Seth shot the former the side eye like he was looking at an idiot.Daxtor felt offended at once. His face darkened to his usual sternness. "Why? Are you unwilling to accept your actual identity?"Seth replied, "I hear the Leigh family is in trouble. I don't want to join a sinking ship.""About that.
Daxtor stopped reminiscing and cut to the chase. "Your mother was my first love. I'm probably hers, too."The two had dated when they were in school. They had deep feelings for each other, but their social statuses were too different. Daxtor had tried retaliating against his family and convincing h
Seth came in secret. Some things were easier to do here than in their home country. Still, doing so came with some risks. He said, "You two can forget about having a peaceful life if I hadn't come here. How do you plan to repay me, Lewis?"Lewis responded, "You can go home. We don't need you here."
Lewis fell silent. "Not so soon."Josephine didn't understand. "Do you have any matters left to resolve? Or ..."Or did he want to stay here? It seemed like they didn't have a place to return to.They didn't have a house in Hardington. Apart from the villa in Styx Mansion, nothing else belonged to t
The sudden blast created a disturbance, making the image tremble as static sounds disrupted the audio.The next moment, the signal was interrupted, and the TV screen went black.Although the screen had turned dark, Josephine had keenly noticed that something had exploded in the court.Blood scattere
Josephine didn't have much to do these days. Lewis was rarely home. Alone, she felt bored. Avery didn't want to visit her either.Avery wasn't on good terms with Lewis. So she tried to avoid running into him.Josephine didn't know what Lewis was up to. Avery seemed to have no acquaintances here but