The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1804

“Marlinie, rest assured. Even if the Howard family were to discover your presence here, I won’t let them in.” Bertha kept reassuring Marlinie.

Marlinie gripped Bertha’s hand tightly. “Then help me get discharged, please…”

“Marlinie, because of your condition, you can’t be discharged, and it’s too late today either way. Wait for tomorrow. I’ll have Thaddeus arrange your transfer to another hospital, okay?”

Tears welled up in Marlinie’s eyes as she nodded. “Yeah, I hate to impose on your family, especially Thaddeus.”

Bertha breathed a sigh of relief as she saw Marlinie finally calm down. “It’s no imposition at all, Marlinie. Just remember to keep calm. It’s the fastest way for your wounds to heal.”

Marlinie lay down weakly on her hospital bed. She began staring at the ceiling without uttering another word.

Ida returned to the VIP ward upstairs but did not enter. Instead, she sat on the bench outside the room, lost in thought.

to find her. He spotted Ida sitting outside the room and approached her. “Ida, why are you sitting here? Why don’t you go inside?”

reality. “Your

struggled to suppress his happy grin. “Heh, Ida, you’re always so thoughtful. You seem to

him and stood up. “I need to leave.”

wrist. “Wait, let

stay here with your father. I can drive myself

“Before you leave, come with me.”

respond, Byran was

stairwell, he pressed her

a wolf, ready

glasses, which had been knocked askew.

eyes as he panted slightly. “Not enough! But I won’t bother

to meet his