Chapter 501

Uh?”

Quincy was about to ask what being a clean freak had to do with anything when she caught sight of her own hands and instantly got it. She tugged awkwardly at her lip. “Sorry, my bad.”

She watched as Everett Lopez moved steadily forward, refusing to be assisted or to lean against the wall. His back remained ramrod straight as if bending was simply not an option.

Quincy knew all too well that Everett must be in agony. The trembling that barely perceptible in his silhouette was telltale. He’d been stabbed clean through with wounds both in the front and back, and his flesh and blood were indistinguishable when he was sent to hospital.

She recalled the first moments of taking charge of Everett. When he barely regained consciousness, his lips were moving. At first, Quincy thought he was moaning due to the pain and tried to comfort him for multiple times. But as she listened closely, he was actually calling out for Dorothy.

Sighing softly, Quincy felt a sudden, intense envy toward Dorothy.

“If only I could be loved like that.” she mused.

when Everett returned to his

form on the bed, and his lips curled into

to himself that he had put her through

chair and sat down beside the bed.

the smile in his eyes deepened.

a bit like

could

elation of finally holding the moon he had longed for since his youth.

had never imagined she could grow fond of him, let alone love. But now, with her lying next to him and willing to

wound inflicted by Heather, and all these were illusory.

reached out and tentatively touched her arm that was placed near her cheek, then her eyebrows, her hair, wishing time could just stop right

before he heard a knock at

Seeing it was

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