Raina snickered from her position at the door, but she wiped her smile off her face the moment she noticed Zachary’s chilly glare.

“Ahem. Mr. Nacht, Ms. Windt is rather feeble, and she fainted due to excessive anxiety, but I’m sure she’ll wake up soon,” Raina reported.

“Excessive anxiety?” Zachary asked, frowning. “Was it because of Mrs. Berry’s illness?”

A strange sense of jealousy gripped his heart. I bet she’s closer to Mrs. Berry than me!

“Yeah, she’s probably exhausted,” Raina said. “She had to take care of Mrs. Berry and her three kids while nursing her own injuries, which must have been really hard.”

“What happened to Mrs. Berry?” Zachary asked.

“She is diagnosed with mild stroke, so she needs time to recover,” Raina said.

“Direct all attention to her and get in specialists from overseas if needed,” Zachary ordered.

“Of course, Mr. Nacht,” Raina said with a smile. “I didn’t expect you to be so caring towards Ms. Windt’s loved ones too!”

“I’m just being compassionate, you know,” Zachary said coldly. Though, Raina could hear the lack of confidence in his voice.

covered her mouth and let out a small

pointing at Fifi. After that, he walked into the

paramedics were in the midst of wiping Charlotte’s body down with a damp cloth, and they immediately

sitting down by Charlotte’s bed and staring

sick and

she really

I’m the reason for all

the door, Fifi took the chance to

head and pecked her hair gently.

“Be quiet!” Zachary bellowed.

him timidly and stopped squawking. Instead, she burrowed herself into Charlotte’s blanket and

felt a lump forming in his throat. That bird may be dumb, but she’s

to save Charlotte the last time she got attacked, and how her mangled wing from that incident

to a paramedic standing nearby

“Yes, Sir.”

parrot food, and Zachary proceeded to pour some into

for a moment before fluttering over to his hand and

really hungry as Charlotte had only fed the parrot

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