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?”

hold Eliana in his arms, as if he was clutching at the last piece of driftwood. The warmth of her skin

them seemed to

arrived at

car stopped, Eliana looked out of the window and

you, Maurice. I had a good time today.

and her whole face was flushed red. As soon as she finished her words, she unfastened her seatbelt and

to Eliana, was

standing outside the car, waving goodbye to him through

on the way,” she said with a

silence, Maurice put the

again, he felt a

as Eliana turned around and went upstairs, he couldn’t help but stare at her receding back until

the sound of crickets chirping. Maurice

he was soon interrupted by the

again, it was

What an annoying woman!

As soon as he answered the call, Harriet’s voice

uncle did make a mistake,

break one of his hands. It’s a small price for provoking me. Tell him that if he

Maurice curtly

visiting her uncle Kelvin in the hospital. Fuming at how abruptly Maurice had hung up on her, she

was obviously acting like this because he didn’t

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