The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 1240

“You’re so brave, honey. And that lady over there is brave too. She must’ve had a rough patch. Don’t tease her.” The little boy’s mom replied and led him away.

Kids often just scratch the surface, but adults see deeper. If it was just a simple tumble, she wouldn’t be crying her heart out like that.

It’s clear she’s dealing with something more, using the fall as an excuse to have a good cry.

Gasping for breath, Hertha’s vision blurred by tears. She watched the mother and son walk away, blinking tears that fell from her eyes.

Looking at her palm, she could see the abrasions where the stone had cut her.

Sure, it hurt, but not enough to cry over. Hertha wiped away her tears, flicked the pebbles from her hand and clenched her aching palm.

She took a deep breath, trying to ease her pain

the heaviness in her chest and the suffocating ache persisted, making her eyes uncontrollably

so hard, her heart, felt as if it had been scooped

usually laid-back and lively, rarely one to weep.

this time, tears

figure bent down to look at Hertha, surprise in his voice, “Hertha,

up abruptly, her eyes meeting Spencer’s refined, handsome face, concern

face only made her more flustered. She quickly wiped her tears and turned her

saw the tears on her face and the blood in her palm. His expression immediately filled with worry as he grasped her hand and asked, “What

she couldn’t free herself, she just slumped down and blinked back tears, “Nothing, just took a fall.”

palm, noting the gravel-imprinted cut and glanced at her knees, which were scraped too, blood mixing with dirt trickling down.

must hurt. You need to clean up your wounds. There’s a pharmacy just ahead. Wait here, I’ll go get some iodine for you.”

urgency as he let go of Hertha’s hand and hurried to the pharmacy.

iodine, he found Hertha still sitting on the same place. Unconsciously, his tense heart relaxed a bit.