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Chapter 1528
Chapter 1528
Edwin stifled a grunt and quickly stood up, sucking in cool air discreetly.
The porridge, fresh out of the oven, had been delivered here at top speed.
Immediately, his chest was scalded red.
Joanne didn't expect Edwin to get burned. A trace of concern flashed in her eyes before she spoke in a hard voice.
"As I said, I don't want to eat. Tail isn't your daughter, so you don't have to worry about her. But I do. If you are
hungry, you can go ahead and eat."
The veins popped on Edwin's forehead. "I didn't know she was so weak."
Joanne was speechless.
"That's not the excuse you can lock a three-year-old child up in a dark room. Would you do that to your daughter?"
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtEdwin's eyes were filled with deep frustration. He had done that in a fit of pique.
His eyes stared at Joanne unblinkingly.
"What can I do to make you satisfied?"
Joanne said with a poker face, "You can't, not until Tail wakes up."
"You know that's not what I meant." He was trying to get her to accept his kindness.
Knowing full well that Joanne wouldn't listen to him, Edwin silently picked up the overturned bowl and left the ward
despondently.
A dozen seconds later, a maid came in gingerly to clean up the mess.
But the aroma of porridge lingered.
Edwin couldn't stand the sticky feeling in his shirt.
He asked for a separate high-class ward and took a shower inside. Just as he wrapped himself in a bath towel, he
heard the doorbell ring.
It was the doctor who had hurried over upon learning about Edwin's injury.
"Mr. Atherton, you're burned? Are you all right?"
His voice rang through the bedroom before he even entered.
Edwin's chest was red and swollen with clear burn marks over a large area.
There were also a few blisters.
They were formed because he hadn't treated the burns timely.
"Geeze, it's all blistered," the doctor said worriedly, afraid of annoying Edwin. "I've brought ointment. I'll help you
apply it."
With that, he prepared to do his work, but Edwin interrupted him indifferently, "I'm fine. You can go."
"But the burns..."
"Leave the ointment here. I'll do it myself."
The doctor hesitated, but Edwin's sullen expression dissuaded him from advising further.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmEdwin stared at the ointment and then looked at the burns on his chest until his eyes flashed suddenly. He threw the
ointment into the garbage can and went into the bathroom once again.
The temperature dropped in the second half of the night as a drizzle came down from the sky.
Sleepy and tired, Joanne took a thermometer and checked Tail's temperature every now and then.
The injection had taken effect and brought her fever down, but due to Tail's physical problems, the doctor changed
the prescription and gave her another bottle of fluid.
The ward was quiet. Joanne tucked the girl in.
She had intended to guard Tail all night, but somehow she drifted off to sleep.
Edwin, who was hidden in the corner, saw it and came in.
Joanne slept lightly, and the slight movement caused her to frown.
Edwin reached out to touch her pale cheek, but even in her sleep, Joanne seemed to feel it and subconsciously
turned her head away.
Edwin's hand awkwardly hung in the air.
After a while, he confirmed Joanne's even breathing and leaned over to scoop her up. His lips pressed against her
cold cheek and brushed past her delicate earlobe as he murmured, "Joanne, I'm sorry."
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