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

sleeping with 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

worried face, Dorothy could clearly feel something was changing

this was what it felt like to have someone with you when

forgotten how long it had been since she had someone by her side when she

over ten years. She had gritted her teeth through

Karen, her best friend, she tried not to bother her as much as possible because she felt that favors

Without speaking, he instinctively raised

confirmed her temperature was normal, his

“Still hurt?”

“Thank you for your concern, Mr. Lopez. I’m sorry for the

said this, Everett’s

it when Dorothy addressed

SinoSuccess Enterprises has been handed over to

yet

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