Ariana came to the bedside and sat down, sighing, "Annabelle, actually I deliberately kept Ken away because there are some things I must tell you."
"Okay, go ahead."
Although Annabelle couldn't see Ariana's expression, she could sense a pretentious tone in her voice, which made her curious about what she was going to say.
"I looked it up online, there are many blind people who, after adapting, can live just like normal people. These days, I am also helping you find a suitable guide dog. Trust me, everything will get better."
"But Kendrick said that my vision would gradually recover."
Annabelle deliberately acted as if she couldn't accept this fact because she was eager to know what Ariana, with malicious intent, wanted to do.
As for whether her eyes would really go blind, Annabelle wouldn't just take Ariana's word for it.
"Annabelle, Ken was afraid that you wouldn't be able to handle the truth, so he kept it from you all along."
<Ariana said solemnly, "Annabelle, I know this is difficult, but if I were you, I would voluntarily leave him to prevent the man I love from committing a crime."Annabelle raised an eyebrow, finally getting to the point.She sighed and said, "But Ariana, in my current situation, it's even difficult for me to walk out of this hospital room.""Annabelle, if you really wanted to leave, I could help you. After you leave Ken, I would also ensure a worry-free life for you."Annabelle chuckled inwardly, Ms. Murphy did consider things thoroughly, but she underestimated others' intelligence.However, Annabelle still wanted to see what else Ariana had up her sleeve, so even though she saw through her intentions, she decided to continue cooperating with her for a while."Annabelle?""This matter was too sudden; you have to let me consider it.""But don't think too long, because Ken will arrange the surgery for you tomorrow night."L
At this moment, Kendrick's phone suddenly rang, and he said, "I'll take a call first."Annabelle nodded."Jax.""Boss, I have already taken Lisa to the hospital.""Watched over her..."Annabelle didn't hear the rest of the conversation because Kendrick went out into the hallway to answer the call.But what Jax said, Annabelle heard it very clearly, and she felt there was no need to ask anything further.The cornea donor was quickly found within a short period of time. The name of the donor is not disclosed. Meanwhile, Lisa has already arrived at the hospital, and Jax will take care of her.All the information connected together, Annabelle could basically confirm that Kendrick was probably really going to kill Lisa and then transplant her corneas.And Ariana did not deceive her either.Annabelle was in a state of turmoil. If she pretended to know nothing and obediently underwent the surgery tomorrow, she would be a
The other party did not answer immediately, but gently took her hand and said in a deep voice, "Is the wound itching badly?"As soon as she heard the familiar sound, Annabelle almost burst into tears."Master, it's really you! I knew it was you before, right?""Anna, you didn't answer me yet.""Not itchy," Annabelle exclaimed excitedly as she sat up. "Last time you came and applied medicine, my wound got much better."Although she was surrounded by darkness, she could feel Master by her side, which gave her a sudden sense of relief. She didn't have to make decisions on her own anymore; it was as if she could discuss anything with Master.Master helped her remove the bandages from her hands and began carefully applying a cooling ointment."Master, if my eyes do not accept cornea transplant, will I definitely go blind? Are there any other alternatives?"Annabelle had no time to think about anything else, she just wanted to quickl
Master fell silent for a moment and said, "Afterwards, you will have to make the medicine yourself and apply it. I will now tell you the prescription, so remember it well...""Oh, okay..."So Master explained to Annabelle in simple language, and Annabelle carefully and attentively took notes.In the meantime, Master had already helped her change the medicine.Annabelle felt that Master was about to leave, so she hastily grabbed his arm."Master, are you leaving?"The man answered her with silence."When can I see you again?""When the time was ripe, I would appear and take you away openly and honestly, but you still needed to wait for me."Annabelle's heart was filled with sadness because she didn't know when they would meet again after this separation.She could only grip his arm tightly, just like when they parted ways years ago with Master, hoping that this would keep him.Alternatively, Master could sim
Kendrick kissed her neck while asking, "Didn't you miss me at all?"There was surveillance in this ward.Kendrick saw everything that happened after Ryan arrived in the ward.The surveillance only had images, without any sound, but he clearly saw that Annabelle was like a chatterbox, talking non-stop to her Mr. Whitney.The side she showed was something Kendrick had never seen before.And when Ryan was about to leave, Annabelle even held onto his hand, reluctant to let go.And the final kiss.Kendrick saw it all.What did they say exactly? Why does Annabelle have such a conflicted expression?If it weren't for Ryan helping Annabelle with her treatment, he would never have patiently sat in the car, watching the surveillance, waiting for them to finish their affectionate moment before going upstairs.This process was filled with anger, suppression, and torment, only Kendrick himself knew.At that moment, he h
"I couldn't control it..."Blushing, Annabelle answered that, in fact, if it hadn't been for her period, she would have been a little hesitant.She knew that Kendrick had always wanted her.And over the past few months of getting to know each other, Kendrick did a lot for her, and she was well aware of it in her heart.Kendrick once risked his own life to save her. How many people in the world would be willing to give up their own lives for another person?She has never had much confidence in human relationships and has always felt that Kendrick's feelings for her are just a passing fancy, and he will eventually grow tired of her. But from his confession until today, in fact, his kindness towards her has never diminished.Tomorrow she will leave without saying goodbye, and Kendrick can imagine how anxiously he will search for her.So in some corner of Annabelle's heart, she also wanted to give herself wholeheartedly to him, which coul
Kendrick also didn't know what he was expecting, always feeling that she was so serious, she should say something like, "Never leave me in the future..."She smiled faintly and nodded, "Yes."Kendrick squinted his eyes and said, "Stop making any more promises.""Give me back my phone. Although I can't see, I can still listen to music on it. Besides, what are you afraid of? You have arranged bodyguards and caregivers to watch over me. Are you afraid that I will run away?"Kendrick hugged her tightly and said, "Why do you portray me as that kind of person? I arranged my own people to be by your side to protect you. I can give you a phone, but you are not allowed to contact those handsome boys of yours."Annabelle was taken aback. It turned out that this guy had been withholding her phone under the pretext of her eyes not being well, fearing that she would contact other men during her illness.Does this person have to be so jealous...Bu
Kendrick was probably really tired from the day and he talked with Annabelle for a while before quickly falling asleep.Annabelle, however, could not fall asleep. She lay quietly in Kendrick's arms, thinking about every single thing that had happened between the two of them from the moment they met until now.Time flies, fate is shallow... I never expected that, it is about to end.Although it was a marriage of convenience from the beginning, and they knew that there would be a moment of separation sooner or later, with Master's return, Annabelle also had to fulfill the promise she once made to Master and put divorce on the agenda.But plans couldn't keep up with the changes, so in order to prevent Kendrick from committing crimes for her sake, she had to leave early.The only regret is that I could only choose this way of leaving without saying goodbye.Annabelle snuggled up to him again, on their last night, she just wanted to let her guard
“Stop it, don’t say that!” Annabelle quickly interrupted him.Kendrick chuckled, “Well, you scared me first.”She had no choice but to comfort him instead. “Maybe I’ve just been too anxious lately and overthinking. Don’t be afraid.”Kendrick sighed and gently rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb. “Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon.”Annabelle nodded. She felt the atmosphere was getting a little heavy. Since they couldn’t change the fact that they had to part, they might as well talk about something lighter.“When you come back, can you buy me two boxes of red bean cakes? From that pastry shop in Bellingham `Alley. One for me and one for Julissa, she loves red bean filling too.”Kendrick smiled and agreed, “Anything else?”Annabelle said, “There’s also a clay figurine shop on Lawrence Street. They make really cute little clay dolls. Can you bring me a pair? I want to put them on the bookshelf.”“Sure. What else?”Annabelle tried to think hard. She had only been to North City once, b
In truth, Kendrick had overestimated her.Five minutes later, Annabelle was completely defeated. She pushed Kendrick away and glared at him, her face red.Kendrick chuckled. “Still mad? Then how about…”“I’m not mad anymore!” Annabelle quickly interrupted.Smiling, Kendrick helped her get dressed, while he himself hadn’t even undone a single button the whole time.Annabelle sighed once more—she really was no match for the sly old fox. The moment she so much as wagged her tail at him, he had her thoroughly handled.She felt exhausted now and truly just wanted to lie down and rest.Kendrick glanced at the time and said there was still an hour before he had to leave. He told Anna to rest here for a bit—he would stay with her.So Annabelle lay on Kendrick’s lap and drifted off to sleep.Who knows how long had passed when she drowsily felt Kendrick pinch her earlobe. “Anna, I have to go. I’ll have Jax take you home to sleep.”Annabelle’s eyes flew open. “No, I want to see you off.”Kendric
Annabelle followed Kendrick back to the sofa and nestled into his arms.“Anna, I need to confirm something with you.”“Mm, go ahead.”Annabelle was tired and slowly lay down, resting her head on his thigh.“When you suddenly took off your shoes on stage earlier, was that improvised or did something happen?”Annabelle looked at him and replied that it definitely wasn’t an improvised move. It was her first time on the runway—she wouldn’t dare be reckless. The heels had a problem, so she had no choice but to take them off.Kendrick nodded. “I see. That explains it.”“Explains what?”Seeing how serious he looked, Annabelle grew a bit uneasy—this didn’t seem simple.Kendrick hesitated for two seconds, then showed her the video Jax had given him.It was footage taken backstage while the models were getting ready before going on stage. The cameraman had been arranged by Gauge to capture some behind-the-scenes content for the post-event promo video. Annabelle remembered this and had even gree
After Julissa left, Annabelle originally wanted to return to the dressing room to remove her makeup. But the room was packed—during the short time she was gone, her previous seat had been taken by another model.They were all touching up their makeup, preparing to showcase jewelry on stage later.Since Annabelle’s part was already done, it wouldn’t be right to fight for space, so she decided to head to the lounge and change her clothes instead. As for her makeup, she could just take it off at home.With that in mind, Annabelle headed into her private lounge.As she opened the door and stepped in, the lights were off. Just as she reached out to turn them on, her wrist was suddenly grabbed, and she fell into a strong, warm man’s embrace. The man quickly shut and locked the door behind them.She let out a startled cry, but the man silenced her with a kiss, swallowing her panicked gasp.He kissed her deeply. At first, Annabelle resisted, but soon she stopped struggling.Because the scent
Annabelle said somewhat regretfully, “My husband is on a business trip. I’ll probably just go home and sleep after this…”Truth be told, she did long for Kendrick’s praise and appreciation. Even if he only took her to grab some street food or shared a simple bowl of noodles at home to celebrate, she’d still feel completely content.But Kendrick was out of town, too busy to even attend the event, let alone celebrate.The interview wrapped up—everything that needed to be asked was asked, and things that shouldn’t be asked, Linda chose not to bring up. She ended it at the right moment.As she was about to leave, a flicker of emotion flashed through Linda’s eyes. She looked at Annabelle and said, “It’s been years since anyone cared whether I lived or died. Thank you, Ms. Sanchez.”Annabelle shook her head and looked into her eyes seriously. “I’ll be waiting for you to come find me.”Linda gave a slight nod.They parted ways—Annabelle headed toward the dressing room, while Linda told the c
At the check-in area of the press conference, Annabelle was being interviewed.Only one reporter was present today, but microphones and recording devices from multiple media outlets had already been set up on a small podium in advance.Annabelle stood on one side of the podium to make it easier for the microphones to pick up her voice.Before this, Gauge had asked her if she wanted to be interviewed. If she didn’t, he wouldn’t arrange it.Annabelle was a little resistant, but she agreed in the end.First, she was the brand ambassador, and it was her duty to cooperate with the promotion.Second, she had been avoiding the media for a long time, which only made the paparazzi even more eager to get her story. They had been chasing her down and trying everything to interview her.Even more frustrating, when they couldn’t get a real interview, they just made things up.Since that was the case, she figured she might as well accept the interview openly.Gauge understood her personality. To pr
The stylist handed the shoes to the girl, who quickly walked over to Annabelle.“Thank you,” Annabelle said as she took the shoes.“No worries!” the girl replied before hurrying off—she was about to go on stage.Annabelle bent down to change her shoes.The girl looked back at her, the corners of her mouth lifting in a slight smile, then stepped onto the runway.After putting on the heels, Annabelle stood up and took a few steps to get used to them. The heels were high, but she had worn taller ones before—she wasn't worried about twisting an ankle.Time ticked by. The runway show was nearing its end.Finally, it was her turn.Taking a deep breath, Annabelle stepped onto the runway, wearing designer Malina’s signature piece for the season.Applause filled the venue as she made her entrance.It was her first runway walk. Even though she had rehearsed countless times in her mind—and practiced on-site—it still felt entirely different in the moment.So many eyes were on her. To say she wasn
Kendrick paused for a couple of seconds—was Briley on the phone with Anna?After all, among the people going on stage today, the only one she could speak to in such an overbearing tone was likely Anna.Briley ended the call, though it sounded more like the other person had hung up on her. She came out of the stairwell with a dark expression.A male staff member happened to walk by, and she grabbed him to ask, "Hey, where's the models' makeup room?"The staff member pointed toward Kendrick and said, "Ma'am, head forward, turn right, go down to the first floor. The first room on your right is the one."Briley followed his gesture and, of course, saw Kendrick standing there.Kendrick gave her a faint nod. It was obvious from her stiff expression that she hadn’t expected to run into him.But she quickly forced a smile and walked over.They weren’t far apart, so she reached him in just a few steps."What a coincidence, Kendrick. Fancy running into you here. Have you been busy lately? How’s
Dale said that six months ago, she suddenly received an email from a stranger.The email contained dirt on her—scandals from before and shortly after she entered the entertainment industry. That person used it to threaten her into doing their bidding.Almost every piece of negative news about Annabelle on the internet in the past six months had been spread by Dale.But she had only ever communicated with the person via phone calls—never met them in person. What’s more, it was a one-way communication: the person always called her, using a hidden number and a voice changer. Dale didn’t even know if the person was male or female.What she could confirm, however, was that the person knew everything about Annabelle’s life—including her past—and had even provided a large number of photos, both recent and from her childhood, for Dale to use in edited images.Dale hadn’t kept doing it just because the person held something over her. That person had also painted her a beautiful lie—saying that