Bam!

Tanya closed the door right after saying that.

Joel: “…”

Joel could faintly hear Pete ask, “Was it not Mommy at the door, God-mom? Who was it, then?”

“Oh, just an annoying fly,” replied Tanya.

Joel: “…”

Half an hour later.

The perturbed and distracted Tanya glanced at the window.

The moment she did, she found herself stunned.

Joel was standing at the door, his tall and straight figure casting a long, drawn-out shadow on the ground.

The dazed Tanya felt as if she had gone back a few years in time. Back then, she would always see a figure like that standing outside every time she walked out of the classroom after class.

At that time, the sight of the man had made her excited and happy.

But the figure instead seemed somewhat solitary and lonely now, making her sad.

Tanya withdrew her gaze, lowered her head, and looked at the floor. Complicated emotions churned in the depths of her heart.

Sometime later, when Tanya looked up once more, she found that the figure at the door was gone. An empty feeling welled up in her.

She couldn’t tell what kind of feeling it was. She forced a smile, looked at Pete, and said, “Your mommy should be home soon.”

Pete nodded. However, he then said, “Uncle Joel looks unwell to me, though.”

Unwell?

Tanya followed his gaze and looked over to see that Joel had changed positions at some point. He was now standing in a corner visible from the living room window.

His head was down, and he had one hand pressed against his abdomen and the other against the wall for support.

She couldn’t tell whether it was the lighting or because he really was unwell, but he looked as pale as a sheet. His lips were so pale that they were practically transparent, and there was cold sweat on his forehead.

“Uncle Joel must be in pain, right? Why not let him in, God-mom?”

Pete’s words interrupted Tanya’s thoughts.

She said coldly, “It has nothing to do with me even if he’s dead.”

that, she

help but sneer

was the

time he made her angry, he would

apologized, but always stood there so

had been so naive

would worry that he would be sunburnt. When it rained,

had her wrapped around

hard as iron now, though, so how would

his personal assistant. After all, as the head of the Smiths, his status was awfully

when she saw Joel’s legs give in and he fell onto

him. Then, she opened the door and

wasn’t putting up an act. His voice was also

“…”

a moment, tears almost fell from

back and looked around. “Where

end, he merely said, “I don’t want to go to the hospital.” Then, his eyes closed

Tanya was dumbfounded.

go to the hospital. He had always refused to go even when they

whenever he was sick, so he never went

to now, though? Was

 

so mad that she stretched out her foot, intending to give him

the distance wanted to rush forward but was stopped by Joel’s

“The gesture that Mr. Joel made before he fainted was

we can’t

“She won’t.”

“What?”

looked over to see that Tanya’s foot had stopped

frowned and wondered out loud, “Did he really not

sick elsewhere instead?

nevertheless bent over

master was dragged into the house while the woman

rough girl also kept

right until the next

all refreshed and stretched. Then, she looked at her cell phone and noticed that Tanya had sent

They seemed very urgent.

for lost sleep, so she hadn’t called and

chat was still at the point when she got home the day before. At that time, when she saw the

had fallen into a

her side when she woke

at the chat again. Tanya

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