The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 1882

Lea obediently affirmed.

As soon as Bertha opened the door, she spotted McNeil hesitating at the entrance, his steps abruptly halted.

Bertha looked at McNeil in surprise, then turned her gaze towards Marlinie on the hospital bed.

Marlinie was still covering her chest, trying to regulate her uncomfortable breathing. Realizing that her best friend’s footsteps had stopped and not hearing the door close, she raised her eyes towards the entrance of the room, then her pupils suddenly contracted!

A man she hadn’t seen in nearly twenty years suddenly appeared before her eyes, leaving both parties somewhat astounded.

After what seemed like a minute, Marlinie shifted her gaze away and coldly said to Bertha, “Bertha, close the door!”

Bertha snapped back to reality, casting a complex glance at McNeil before closing the door.

door didn’t shut successfully. It

to realize how unwelcome he was. He spoke in a low voice, “Let me in; I want

glanced back at Marlinie. Seeing her best friend still looking away, radiating a

McNeil.

see you. You should

door, unwilling to move his hand.

that attempting to close the door now would

had

reality and tried to stop him,

the room, not daring to get too close, standing about

eyes, took a deep breath and said, “What? Are you disappointed that

time, darkened. He opened his mouth as if to explain something but in the end, all he said

unwell, felt her breathing worsen upon seeing someone she