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.

held it to her

and called but didn’t say anything. Was it just harassment? It didn’t feel like

finished saying and was about

Suddenly Ernie’s voice came from the other

say anything, waiting for him to

know why you married Marley, I really admire you for it. Sylvie, to take such a step for Marley is really very special of you. But I also want to remind you that the person Marley loves is Jemima. You should be prepared so you

Be prepared?

pursed her lips and

Jemima is several times prettier than you!” His tone was cold,

A deep breath!

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

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 own heart, but her heart felt indescribably

was no longer smooth. Her eyebrows wrinkled, she turned

back to the bedroom. He opened the door and saw

him at the door but didn’t move pretending she didn’t see

she was busy and

his dark eyes looked like deep abyss of which she was unable to see the bottom.

unable to breathe. She felt that

the night darkened, clouds came up in the sky and covered the

moonlight, it was dark outside

even the air carried sad

drawing. She thought about buying a sketch book and

that,

closed her notebook and checked the time. It was midnight. She got up to

needs to be disinfected.” A low male voice sounded suddenly

in the bedroom with a medicine box. Carved like a divine sculpture, he looked very stylish, but the smell of tobacco on his body confused her.

embarrassed and hummed in a positive

on the

I was just reading the materials…”

said gently, “You read them all night? Didn’t

“No.” She whispered.

at her and asked, “Does your

was only a slap. She wasn’t that

“What about your foot?”

also doesn’t hurt

“What about your hand?”

to her

careful in the future.”

Let’s sleep. Don’t you have to get

flashed with an unknown emotion, “Sylvie, he is

Okay, I got

all, they were going to get divorced, weren’t

little embarrassed, and if he

bowed her head as she passed him to get the medicine box. Just as she was about to get it, Marley

She turned her head in panic. Under the light, his handsome