Right Person, Wrong Time

Chapter 484 He’s Awake

Nicole couldn’t have a good sleep that night. The nightmare of her watching a truck running over Hayden was troubling her sleep.

The terrible scene in her dream jolted her awake. As she fluttered open her eyes, she found herself back in the ward.

She pressed a hand onto her forehead and realized she was sweating heavily. As she tried to steady her breath, she looked out of the window and found it was already morning.

The weather that day was gloomy and the sky was overcast. Even without pulling the curtains close in the room, no sunlight managed to reach them.

“One more, all right?” Nicole snapped out of her trance when a gentle voice reached her. Turning to the side, she saw Colton.

He was holding a bowl in one hand while the other was feeding Hayden the chowder from the bowl with a spoon.

Hayden, who was already awake, was leaning onto a big pillow as he sat on the bed. His round and dark eyes were shining, and he looked wide awake.

turning to Nicole. “Mom, you’re awake!

slid her legs down the bed when she heard his voice, wondering how

weak to stand. Afraid of humiliating herself in front of the two,

only one meter away from each other. As her gaze rested on Hayden, Nicole forced a

dark eyes blinked a few times before sadness emerged on his face. “I’m fine. Grandma protected me in her arms when the truck was speeding at us. I merely passed out because I bumped my head on the hard surface when the car knocked us

recalled the scene, his eyelashes fluttered as he tried to control his emotions and

chance to avoid it, Anna held the boy in her arms without a second

watched Hayden immersing in the sadness, not knowing how she

and patted Hayden’s head. “Don’t worry. She’s out of the woods

He never thought he could escape death the

was the only moral support to Nicole the whole time. If anything bad happened to him, he couldn’t

continued to rest on the bed until the numbness retreated from her body. She rose