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.

phone but held it to her

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

and was about to

voice came from

not say anything, waiting for him to speak.

really very special of you. But I also want

Be prepared?

her lips and stayed

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

A deep breath!

Sylvie endured the sadness in her chest and then said softly, “I understand what you said, and I have heard it clearly. Thank you for your reminder but I know what

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,

accompanied was no longer smooth. Her eyebrows wrinkled, she turned on the laptop and began to

first came back to the bedroom. He opened the door and

noticed him at the door but didn’t

she was busy and didn’t

abyss of which she was unable to see the bottom. After a

door closed, 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 leaned back on the sofa, maintaining

up in the

moonlight, it was dark outside

seemed like even the air carried sad

found a notebook, a pen and drew a simple drawing. She thought about buying

was just that, would

It was midnight. She got

be disinfected.” A low male voice sounded suddenly

bedroom with a medicine

felt a little embarrassed and

on the sofa and stared at her questioningly with his

the materials, I was just reading

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

“No.” She whispered.

asked, “Does your face still

It was only a slap.

“What about your foot?”

also doesn’t

“What about your hand?”

her recently? Why were there so

more careful in the

smiled and said, “Yes! Let’s sleep. Don’t you have

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

got it!” Sylvie

were going to get divorced, weren’t

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

she passed him to get the medicine box. Just as she was about to

her head in panic. Under the light, his handsome face looked really