A Moment in Destiny

“It got scalded while cooking just now. It’s nothing!” Sylvie replied quietly.

Marley’s eyes flashed with distress, “Does it hurt?”

“It’s okay!”

He stood up suddenly and went upstairs.

Sylvie didn’t know what he went upstairs for. In a few minutes, he came back with the medicine box. With the burn ointment in his hand, he said, “Apply some ointment, burns hurt a lot. The injury on your foot hasn’t even healed yet and you got another one. Don’t forget to wipe it with alcohol after shower!”

He even helped her apply the ointment. His hand covered hers as he naturally held it. With such a sudden move, the warmth of his palm seeped through the back of her hand. It made the area that had burned hurt more and made her whole body heat up.

Sylvie stiffened, not daring to raise her head. She just stared at his big hand holding her own hand. His hand was strong and slender with visible joints, tenderly applying ointment on the back of her hand.

When the ointment was applied, the burning feeling on the back of her hand was replaced by a cooling sensation, and it felt a lot better. Keeping her head lowered, she said after a long time, “Thank you!”

“Let’s eat!” Marley let go of her hand, placed the medicine box on the table and went to wash his hands.

Only then did Sylvie look up and saw his back, looked down and saw the transparent ointment applied on her hand and didn’t move for a long time.

When he came back, they had a quiet dinner without any conversation.

After dinner, Sylvie was going to clean up the dishes but Marley stopped her, “Leave them, I will do the dishes!”

Sylvie was slightly surprised but heard him say in his deep voice, “You have just applied ointment on your hand, don’t put it in water. Go upstairs.”

Sylvie was instantly stunned and turned around in alarm, however, Marley had already taken the dishes she was holding and went into the kitchen.

His tall figure stood in the kitchen with no change in his cold and indifferent face as if the one who had spoken just now wasn’t him.

She stood stunned for a long time before turning towards the stairs.

As soon as she took her bag and went upstairs, she heard the phone ring.

She looked at it to see an unfamiliar number. She frowned and answered the call, “Hello?”

“Sylvie?” A deep and playful male voice came from the other side. Sylvie was stunned for a moment.

“Ernie?” Sylvie paused.

“Haha, I am so glad you still remember my voice.” It really was Ernie Hughes.

He laughed faintly on the other end and the voice of his laughter came through the phone making her very helpless.

Sylvie patiently said into the phone in low voice, “Mr. Ernie, I don’t know how you got my number. I really admire you for it, but can you please stop harassing me?”

Having heard what she said, it became really quiet on the other side. It was rare to be so quiet. As Sylvie finally decided to hang up, a sigh sounded on the other side. The long sigh pounded on Sylvie’s heart making her stop.

“Mr. Ernie, what on earth do you want?” Sylvie asked suspiciously.

“It seems that you are really afraid of me. Haha, never mind, I only wanted to send my greetings to you. Good night!” Ernie said and chuckled again as if he hadn’t just sighed like that.

hang up the phone but held it to her ear feeling

and called but didn’t say anything. Was it

finished saying and was

Ernie’s voice came from the

did not say anything, waiting for him to speak.

Sylvie, to take such a step for Marley is really very special of you. But I

Be prepared?

pursed her lips and

you, Jemima is several times prettier than you!” His tone was cold, stabbing her heart like

A deep breath!

“I understand what you said, and I have heard it clearly. Thank you for your reminder but I know what I am doing. If you are worried about

her right now. Especially when she thought about the woman in the photo who was very beautiful. She was so beautiful that she made other women feel suffocated. Yes, the fact that she loved Marley could only be a deep secret in her

pain surged and the breath that accompanied was no longer smooth. Her eyebrows wrinkled, she turned on the laptop and

bedroom. He opened

but didn’t move pretending she didn’t

she was busy and didn’t

looked like deep abyss of which she was unable to see the bottom. After a while, he quietly stepped out and

she suddenly felt a sharp pain as if her heart had been stabbed with a sharp knife, making her unable to breathe. She felt that she had no strength left at all. She

night darkened, clouds came up in

it was

the air carried sad agony.

her head in the material and soon had a sample in her mind. First, she found a notebook, a pen and drew a simple drawing. She thought about buying a sketch book and a pencil tomorrow as there was nothing here, or maybe she should just go back to her own home which was more suitable

just that,

night, Sylvie finally closed her notebook and checked the time. It was midnight. She got up to shower before bed and came

foot needs to be disinfected.” A low male voice

head in alarm and saw that Marley was sitting on the sofa in the bedroom with a medicine box. Carved like a

a little embarrassed and

you busy with?” He leaned back on the sofa and stared at

just reading

“You read them

“No.” She whispered.

at her and asked, “Does

It was only a slap.

“What about your foot?”

also doesn’t hurt

“What about your hand?”

had happened to her recently? Why were there

careful in the future.”

“Yes! Let’s sleep. Don’t you have to get your dad discharged from

slightly startled. He raised his eyebrows and his eyes flashed with an unknown emotion, “Sylvie, he is your father-in-law. He is our dad, not just my dad from

got it!” Sylvie

after all, they were going

it myself; you go wash up!” Sylvie said. She was a little embarrassed, and if he held her foot to disinfect it, she was

to the sofa and bowed her head as she passed him to get the medicine box. Just as she was about to get it, Marley pulled her and she fell into his arms unable

panic. Under the light, his handsome