A Moment in Destiny

“Marley, Aila’s obviously at fault here! Isn’t she jealous of Sylvie, so that’s why she deleted the file?”

“You have to have proof to make an accusation! I am angry over the fact that she skipped out on work!” Marley suddenly said, although his handsome face still looked indifferent as he rubbed his eyebrows. “She’s acting up because she’s upset!”

“Aren’t you upset as well? She’s just a child, and you’re demanding too much. A lot of children like her are still out fooling around!”

“But she’s not a child, she’s the heir to the Mccarthy Group. I made a promise to Cassius, and I intend to honor it! Yes, I’m not qualified either! Both of us should reflect on ourselves! I really am too temperamental today.” In other words, they were both the heirs, and their high status isolated them and made them lonely. There was no way common folks would understand the kind of loneliness they felt.

“Well, first time seeing you berate yourself like this!” Tyler said, “Actually, you don’t have to give yourself that much pressure. Aren’t you two on good terms? And Sylvie looks like she’s doing well! Even as a secretary, she’s doing well these days.”

Marley lowered his tone, “Her work still needs to be examined! But as for what I’ve promised Cassius, I will see it through!”

Tyler kept quiet for a while; he just looked at Marley and sighed.

The second he woke up, Ryan felt pain all over his body, and his throat felt like it was burning. He grunted with his eyes shut.

“Ryan? Do you need something?” Someone beside him asked, “Do you want water?”

“Sylvie?” Ryan was startled. What was she doing here? He couldn’t make sense of it. It appeared that his fever was quite severe.

“Ryan, your fever has short-circuited your brain!” Sylvie was glad to see him awake and handed him a warm towel, “Hear, wipe your face, you’ll feel better. Your fever just subsided, so you can’t shower just yet!”

Ryan then acted as if he just remembered something, “Oh, that’s right! I opened the door for you!”

“Glad you remember!” Sylvie laughed. As long as he was fine, she felt relieved.

As for work, she didn’t care whether Marley was furious or not. She couldn’t handle both sides at the same time. She and Marley didn’t get along well in the morning, and now there was trouble in the afternoon. Surely he must be pissed by now?

Ryan’s mind was clearer, and his fever was gone. His strength gradually came back to him, “Sylvie, you were here this entire afternoon?”

“Yup!” Sylvie nodded.

“You took care of me during this whole time?” Ryan was quite touched.

“I didn’t do much, all I did was sit here and look over you. If your fever didn’t go away, I was ready to call an ambulance!”

“Thank you!”

“What are you thanking me for? I’ve never shown such formality to you before!” Sylvie said as she laughed, “If you have the energy, get up and eat something. I had someone bring some ingredients and made some porridge and simple dishes. Do you want to eat?”

and threw the blanket to

some! You freshen up, I

up and

and sat on the sofa. “Sylvie, did you

yeah!” Sylvie said as she brought the porridge.

Marley’s OK with

the topic. “Ryan, try this cucumber. Do you think

stopped short. He could tell she was trying to change the subject. He took up his chopsticks and tried the food, “Tastes just fine! Good! It’s not too salty or too bland. Looks

are quite convenient. Just give them a call and they’ll deliver!” Sylvie said

secretly glanced at her again, then sighed again. “Sylvie, is

laughed, “I’m doing fine. Why do you

that he knew her well and that she’d try to change topics whenever she felt

“Actually what?”

feeling much

medicine after you’re done eating,” Sylvie instructed. “You can’t take a shower, it won’t do if you catch a

he sighed, “Must be

he was by the ocean all night, he didn’t know whether she’d laugh at him or call him a fool. Thinking

look after yourself; call

leaving?” He said as he

back to my place, just across from you. Call me if you need anything!” Sylvie also poured

said as he nodded.

up the utensils. Her foot was hurt from the broken glass from earlier in the day, so there was a noticeable limp in her step, which Ryan noticed. “Sylvie, what’s wrong with your

felt a bit touched that he noticed her

did you get a cut on your feet? Were you not wearing shoes?” Ryan

shook her head,

take a look!” He didn’t care whether she said she

replied, “Really, I’m fine,

she was done talking, Ryan already picked up her foot and removed her shoe, only to see the bloodstains on the side of her stocking.

beautiful, tiny, white feet. Ryan held onto her small foot, fixated on the blood that came out of the wound. It wasn’t a large cut, but it looked

Ryan held onto it tightly, “Don’t move,

and her toes were rosy red and soft like a baby’s skin. With the stocking torn at the area of the wound,

and his eyes were filled with a deep sense of pity, “What happened? You bled so much already, and you insist on saying that you’re fine. How old are you now? Don’t you know how to take care of yourself?

glared at her angrily, then got up and swooped her up. He brought her over to

explain herself. “There was some broken glass, and I accidentally stepped on them. It’s just a small wound, don’t