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Chapter: 168
“Okay. I will,” Theodore answered curtly. He turned to lie on his back and placed his hands on his
stomach. “If you’re going to sing, you have to take it seriously.”
Ariana blinked. He was about thirty years old, yet he was acting like a three-year-old.
Ariana clicked her tongue inwardly.
Under the persistent pressure from the “three-year-old”, she began to sing softly into the evening
quietness.
Her voice softened the tune into a hum at some point. Her arm felt itchy so she scratched it. When
sleep began to creep into her body, she rubbed her tired eyes and her mouth stretched into a yawn.
Noticing her perfunctory attitude, Theodore frowned and said discontentedly, “I said be serious.”
“I know, I know. Stop nagging,” Ariana murmured. She rubbed her bleary eyes again.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSleepiness gradually eroded her vision. She was not as on guard as she was when wide awake. Her
expression loosened and her body relaxed. She reached out her hand and began to pat Theodore
gently on the shoulder as if coaxing a child to sleep.
As he listened to the tranquil song, Theodore’s heartbeat slowed down. Soon the song faded away. He
turned his head to look at Ariana, whose eyes closed now as she had drifted off to sleep.
He gently tucked her in and then fell asleep, too.
The next day, when the first golden ray of sunshine filtered through the window and lit up the room,
Theodore awoke. The first thing he noticed was how relaxed he felt. It was rare for him to sleep so
soundly through the night.
Last time, he found he slept well when Ariana was beside him.
Last night, he tried again and confirmed it was not a fluke.
He looked down and noticed she had clutched onto him in her sleep. He carefully moved her hand
away from his waist and was about to get up when her phone rang.
He stretched his hand above her to take the phone from the bedside table on her side. The caller ID
showed a string of numbers, no name. He answered it.
The caller was a woman. Her loud voice on the other end of the line was audible before he even placed
the receiver by his ear.
“Hello, Ms. Edwards. This is Grace Hospital calling. Your physical examination results have come
out…”
Theodore subconsciously furrowed his eyebrows when he heard the word “hospital”. He listened
quietly as the woman on the other side went on about some physical examination. When he was about
to ask more, the phone was suddenly grabbed out of his hand.
He looked up to see Ariana’s flustered face. She looked at him with an accusatory expression and put
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmthe phone to her ear, turning her back to him.
“Sorry, I didn’t hear you just now. Can you please repeat what you said?”
The caller from the hospital repeated patiently, “We emailed you the examination results. Please check
it. In addition, your physical condition meets the operation’s requirements. You will find the doctor’s
contact information in the email. You can call the doctor to make an appointment.”
“Okay. Thank you.” Ariana hastily hung up the phone.
She wasn’t sure if she was listening properly. Her mind was in a daze. She threw her phone on the
table, feeling a little tense and restless. She pursed her lips, wondering how much Theodore had
heard.
“What examination? Are you sick? Is something wrong?”
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