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,

couldn’t help but sneer deep

the

back when they were still in school. Every time he made her angry, he would

there

had been so naive at

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

her wrapped around his

now, though, so how would she possibly

or his personal assistant. After all, as the head of the

formed when she saw Joel’s legs give in and he fell onto one knee on

steps toward him. Then, she opened the

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

“…”

almost

looked around. “Where are your assistants?

merely said, “I don’t want to go to

Tanya was dumbfounded.

that he didn’t want to go to the hospital. He had always refused to

sick, so

up to now, though? Was

 

she stretched out her foot, intending

distance wanted to rush

Joel made before he fainted was telling us not to go

can’t

“She won’t.”

“What?”

foot had stopped less than an

wondered out loud, “Did he really

incompetent bodyguards! What if he was sick elsewhere instead?

nevertheless bent

distance watched as their master was dragged into the house while the woman stumbled

rough girl also kept on swearing

right until

she got out of bed all refreshed and stretched. Then, she looked at her cell phone and noticed that Tanya had sent her several

They seemed very urgent.

she needed to make up for lost sleep, so she hadn’t called and disturbed her rest, no

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

a deep

wasn’t Pete by her side when she woke

at the chat again. Tanya had been

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