"Why won''t he agree to it? Mom and Dad... agreed, didn''t they?"


    Ivy had thought that everything would be resolved once their parents approved of the rtionship.


    "He thinks that he doesn''t have much longer to live and doesn''t want to drag me down with him," La said.


    "Oh... I see! Wasn''t the surgery a sess?" Ivy asked in confusion. "If it was a sess, why wouldn''t he have much longer to live?"


    "The heart transnt was a sess, but his body will reject the foreign organ. He will be on medication for the rest of his life to keep that from happening. No one can tell how long he will live. He might live a full life, and he might not."


    Realization dawned on Ivy, and she instantly understood how difficult the situation was.


    Ivy naturally wanted La to be with the man she loved, but there was always a concern about Eric''s physical condition.


    "La, you still want to be with him considering all that?" Ivy asked.


    La nodded. "It''s just like how you are happy working night shifts even when it can be challenging."


    Ivy could empathize and wanted to help La with all she had.


    Once they arrived home and the car was parked, Robert hurried outside to help them with their luggage.


    "Robert, why didn''t youe to pick us up at the airport?" La asked.


    He scratched his head. "I was in ss when younded."


    "Why didn''t you call in sick? You do it all the time, right?" La knew why Robert had not called in sick and that he was still embarrassed about what happened before.


    "Exams are approaching, and I can''t call in sick now." Robert helped them carry their belongings into the house.Content ? provided by N?velDrama.Org.


    Avery shot La a look and whispered, "Your brother realizes his mistake, so stop teasing him about it."


    La knew that Robert had been behaving and that what had happened was merely an ident.


    "But I can''t help it, Mom!" she said and followed Robert into the house.


    Elliot grabbed Avery''s hand and gave her a reassuring look.


    There was no need to stop the bickering between La and Robert because they had been bickering since they were young, and Robert was upset irrespective of whether La teased him or not.


    "Robert, what does that woman look like? Show me." La reached her hand out toward Robert.


    Robert knew he could not escape


    La''s teasing and had been


    prepared for it. He unlocked hisà phone and opened his social media ount to locate the woman''s


    ount before handing it over to La.


    им


    "Oh. So this is your type, huh?" La studied the woman''s profile photo and noticed that the woman looked innocent and rather beautiful.


    La was more interested in knowing Robert''s taste in women.


    Robert shook his head. "No. I just thought that she must be a nice person from the way she looks..."


    "Since when can you tell a person''s character from their looks?"


    "It''s just how I felt," he said.


    "So, how was she different?" asked La with a glint in her eyes. She knew that most of the photos of beautiful women on the inte were edited.


    "She looked different, and she was


    dressed differently as well. I was so


    scared Robert''s heart still raced


    when he thought of it. "I won''t ever


    do it again."