Chapter178It’sSoGoodThatYou’reAwake
Ericpressedhislipstogether,hisdeepeyesfixedonKate.Afteralongpause,hespokeinalow,muffledvoice,“Headache.”Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.
Katelookedathimanxiously,raisingherhandtogentlymassagehishead.“Isthereanythingelse.ufortable?”
Ericshookhishead.
Henaturallyexudedapowerfndcoldaura,whichhadn’tdiminishedevenafterwakingup.ButinfrontofKate,heseemedtosubconsciouslyrestrainit.KateevenfeltthatEricappearedabitvulnerable.
Maybeitwasjustherimagination.
“Kate,Ibroughtsomeporridgetoday,fromyourfavoritece
Hendrickwalkedintotheroomcarryingafoodbox.Hestoppedmid–sentenceuponseeingEric,nowawake,sittingupslightlywiththebedadjusted,stilllookingabitpale.
“You’reawake?”
Hendrickraisedaneyebrow,pulledupa<b>chair</b>nexttoEric’sbed,andgaveKateplicatedlook.Hesighedlightly,“Youhavenoidea,these<b>past</b>two daysKatehasbeensoworriedabout.you.Shecouldn’tsleepwithoutwatchingoveryou.
“Katehasbeenhandlingyoupany’saffairs,too.
“Whenyoufirstwentmissing,Katesearchedtirelesslyforovertenhoursuntilshefoundyouandfinallytookabreak…
HendrickrattledoffastringofinformationsoquicklythatKatedidn’thavetimetointerrupthim.Shecouldonlyreathim,exasperated.“Hendrick,stopexaggerating.”
HendricklightlytappedKateonthehead,lookingabitannoyed.“Whatexaggeration?I’mtelling
the truth!”
Kateloweredhereyes,feelingabitembarrassed.Shedidn’twantErictoknowallthis,butHendrickhadblurteditallout.
Ericlookedmoved.HegazedatKate,hisheartfilledwithawarmemotion,andasmallsmiletuggedathislips.Hesaidsoftly,“Thankyouforeverything,Kate.”
Kateshookher<b>head</b>.“Itwasn’thard.Ric,are youhungry?Letmefeedyousomething.Hendrickbroughtporridge…”
Shestartedtounpackthefoodbox,carefullyscoopingaspoonfulofporridge.Afterblowingonittocoolitdown,shebroughtittoEric’slips.
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Chapter178It’sSoGoodThatYou’reAwake
makingsuretoinstructsomeomoveLucas’sbedtothenextroom.
WithEricawake,hethoughtitbesttogivethecouplesome privacy.
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KatestoppedfeedingEricafterhehadeatenhalfabowlofporridge.
SinceErichadjustwokenup,itwasn’tsuitableforhimtoeattoomuch,especiallywithhisanorexiaandfragiledigestivesystem.Shecarefullywipedhismouthandthenstartedsippingherownporridge,allthewhilewatchingEric.
Underherintensegaze,Eric’searsturnedslightlyred.Heaskedinalowvoice,“Whyareyou.staringatmelikethat?”
Katesmiledsoftly.“Ric,it’ssogoodthatyou’reawake.”
ShehadbeengenuinelyafraidthatEricmightsufferlong–termeffectsfromthisincident,orworse,thathemightneverwakeup.
Sinceherrebirth,manythingshadchanged.
Even smalleventshadcausedsignificantrippleeffects,andthatscaredher.
EricgazedsteadilyatKate.Theworryinhereyesseemedgenuine.Besides,herememberedhearinghercallinghisnameandtalkingtohimwhilehewasunconscious.
HisKate…itseemedlikeherheartandeyeswere onlyforhim.
Themostimportantthingwasthatwhenheopenedhiseyes,thefirstthinghesawwashisKate,sittingsafelybyhisbedside,her cleareyesreflectingonlyhisimage.
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