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 someone was

her head and saw 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 it must have been the middle of the night. Had he been at the hospital with her

at his worried face, Dorothy could clearly feel something was

felt like to have someone with you when

she had someone

had been working tirelessly to make money for over ten years. She had gritted her teeth through minor illnesses, and when she had to go to the hospital, she was always

best friend, she tried not to bother her as much as possible because she felt that favors needed to be returned and she had nothing to

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

her temperature was normal, his tense face relaxed

“Still hurt?”

concern, Mr. Lopez. I’m

soon as she said this, Everett’s relaxed eyebrows furrowed again.

Dorothy addressed him

SinoSuccess Enterprises has been

respectful yet distant gaze was irritating.

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