LOGINAfter returning to the city, Melissa shut herself away in the Dawn family’s old residence, refusing to go anywhere or see anyone.Every morning, as soon as she woke up, she had several cases of liquor delivered to the room where Luke had once stayed. She drank herself into a stupor, day after day.H
When Luke returned to the room, he found out Giselle was already awake and trying to get out of bed.The moment he saw what she was doing, he strode over, set down the water jug and gently but firmly pressed her back onto the bed.“Didn’t you promise me you’d rest? Why are you getting up again?”Gis
Luke had never seen Melissa like this before.Even when she had spent night after night drowning her sorrows in alcohol after Reuben went abroad, he had never seen such naked fear and desperation on her face.However, after what had happened yesterday, whatever respect and awe he had once felt for h
Melissa felt a bitter ache in her chest watching Luke and Giselle playfully bicker like a loving couple.She clenched the IV tubing so tightly that the fluid stopped dripping, and blood began to flow back into the line.However, she seemed oblivious to the pain, her eyes fixed intently on the room b
Lost in her thoughts, Melissa gradually drifted off to sleep without even realizing it.When she woke again, it felt as though her entire body were on fire. Her throat was dry, itchy and sore, and she had no strength left in her limbs. Her head felt heavy and foggy, as though her mind were wrapped i
Whenever she was upset, he would surprise her with all sorts of unusual little gifts to cheer her up. He would share the latest news with her too. When she returned home in the evening, he would prepare a basin of warm water and massage her feet after a whole day in high heels.Every time she woke







