Chapter 23

Due to the blood loss, after stitching up the wound, she still needed an IV. Only after ensuring that the fluid wouldn’t affect the baby did she agree to it.

With the arrival of autumn, many people caught colds. At this point, the infusion hall was packed.

Rosalynn squeezed into a corner, exhausted and pale from blood loss. She began to doze off. Just as she was about to fall asleep, Alexis, who’d been gone for a while, rushed back. Somehow, she’d bought a bottle of chicken soup.

“Secretary Tesdal, it’s still warm. Take a few sips to help you regain some energy!”

Rosalynn couldn’t help but smile. “I’m fine. Just go back to work.”

“Work? You helped me win the Prodigy Inc. contract. The commission alone is enough for me to live comfortably for a while!” Alexis paused for a moment. “I was wrong about you earlier. I’m sorry.”

Rosalynn shook her head without saying a word. She couldn’t bring herself to say it was okay.

Alexis got the hint. Apologizing was necessary, forgiveness was not.

the end, Alexis was called away by a work-related phone call. An issue had arisen at the site of a project she was responsible for and she had

she made sure to

there were many

skimmed the messages before putting her phone

had approached her. Her eyelids were heavy, and despite her efforts, she couldn’t open

her. A familiar scent enveloped her. For a moment, Rosalynn couldn’t recall the scent. But she

sat across from Rosalynn, watching her furrowing brows even

up from the airport, to the old house to meet the Silverman family. But somehow, he ended up taking her to the company instead. Upon hearing that the police had

expected to see a disheveled Rosalynn, but never imagined he’d

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blood.

while, Rosalynn’s IV treatment was about to

called for

man, the nurse visibly

gentle, she’s

jittery

even use anesthesia while dealing with a stitched wound is sensitive

did you say?” Wayne seemed as if he

herself… without anesthesia…” The nurse was slightly

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