Feeling inexplicably flustered, Eliana subconsciously raised her hand to cover Maurice’s eyes.

“Stop looking…”

At that moment, Maurice was hopelessly immersed in the agonizing memories of his past. But Eliana’s voice was like a lifeline, pulling him back to reality and saving him from drowning in his pain.

Was she worried about him?

Maurice pulled her hand away from his eyes and pretended to be calm. “I’m not scared.”

Eliana pursed her lips. How stubborn was this man? Did he think that she was blind? He had no idea how bad he looked just now!

However, she couldn’t help but feel sorry for him.

Instead of exposing his lie, she said, “You’re not scared, but I am.”

As she spoke, she moved closer to him, and threw her arms around Maurice.

At such a close distance, she could clearly see the truth: Maurice’s face was ghastly pale.

He was just pretending to be tough.

Overwhelmed by the need to comfort him, Eliana hugged him tightly and continued, “I’m a little scared. Maurice, can you just let me hug you for a while?”

last piece of driftwood.

but the two of them seemed to have their own moment. On the way back, they were much closer

arrived at Eliana’s apartment

stopped, Eliana looked out of

you, Maurice. I had a good

speaking, she didn’t dare to meet Maurice’s eyes, and her whole face was flushed red. As soon as she finished her words, she unfastened her seatbelt and got out of the

to Eliana,

saw her standing outside the car,

on the way,” she

Maurice put the

he felt a stab

upstairs, he couldn’t help but stare at her receding back until he saw her

except for the sound of

he was soon interrupted by the

was a call

What an annoying woman!

the phone. As soon as he answered the call,

if my uncle did make a mistake, how could you do that to

me. Tell him that if he dares to do it next time,

words, Maurice curtly hung up the

in the hospital. Fuming at how abruptly Maurice had hung up on

was obviously acting like this because he didn’t take her and the

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