Chapter 23

Her body instinctively chose to trust Everett, and she fainted in his arms.

She didn’t see the man’s sharp face, but it was as tense as a bowstring. His usually stoic eyes now also held a layer of ice.

“Everett…” Mr. Robert was dumbstruck and trembling all over. He hadn’t expected to meet such a big shot today.

“You’d better pray nothing happened to her.” Everett’s voice was flat, but it was chilling to hear.

After seeing him carry the woman away, Mr. Robert was so scared that he slumped onto the chair, unable to stand.

Dorothy felt like she had had a long dream.

The scenes started with her mother’s suicide, where there was blood everywhere, then school classrooms, then Mr. Percy’s angry face. They were flashing past like a slide show.

Suddenly, a wave of great pain woke her up.

She opened her eyes slowly. The white ceiling of the hospital made her feel uncomfortable, so she instinctively wanted to raise her hand to block it.

she moved her hand, she noticed

one hand on the bed and the other tightly holding hers. The lights in the ward were on, so it must have been the middle of the night. Had he been at the hospital with her the whole time? Otherwise, with his cleanliness, he would definitely have changed his clothes.

face, Dorothy could clearly feel something was changing

this was what it felt like to have

it had been since she had someone by her side when she was

She had gritted her teeth

bother her as much as possible because she felt that favors needed to be returned and she had nothing

her movement, Everett also woke up from his nap. Without speaking, he instinctively raised his

temperature was normal, his tense face

“Still hurt?”

shook her head. “Thank you for your concern,

she said this, Everett’s relaxed eyebrows

Dorothy addressed him so

charge of SinoSuccess Enterprises has been handed

good.” Her respectful yet distant gaze was irritating.

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