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 noticed someone was holding

Everett, wearing a wrinkled shirt, sleeping with one hand on the bed and the other tightly holding hers. The lights in the ward were on, so

face, Dorothy could clearly

what it felt like to have someone with you when you

she had someone by her side when she was

and her hospitalization, Dorothy had been working tirelessly to make money for over ten years. She had gritted her

as much as possible because she felt that favors needed to

his nap. Without speaking,

confirmed her temperature was normal, his tense face relaxed a

“Still hurt?”

your concern, Mr.

said this, Everett’s relaxed

it when Dorothy addressed him

of SinoSuccess Enterprises has been handed over to the

that’s good.” Her respectful yet

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