Chapter 74


    After taking her medicine, Izabe dozed off, and she didn''t even wake up when Brett lifted her


    nket.


    Izabe''s thin and delicate figure had be even thinner after running around for more than half


    a month. When she took off her clothes, her protruding ribs were visible.


    Brett sat down and pinched Izabe''s face, "Time to get up and eat."


    Izabe rubbed her body ufortably and unwillingly opened her sleepy eyes. Herplexion


    was not good, and she pulled the nket saying, "I don''t feel well; I don''t want to eat."


    Brett forcefully dragged her out of bed, "You''ve got a stomach problem and still don''t want to eat?


    Do you want to turn it into stomach cancer?"


    Izabe felt a sudden sting in her heart at his casual remark. If only Brett had shown her this kind of


    care back then, she might not have let her stomach problem turn into stomach cancer.


    Izabe suddenly smiled and obediently got up and followed Brett downstairs.


    When they reached downstairs, dinner was already served with a variety of dishes. Kaley was


    sitting in her usual ce, smiling gracefully and looking very much like thedy of the house.


    The chairs were casually arranged, and Brett didn''t pay much attention to it. But Izabe could see


    Kaley''s obvious intention to rece her.


    "Trista, bring another set of tableware," Kaley instructed Trista before turning apologetically to


    Izabe. "I thought you weren''t eating dinner tonight."


    "I wasn''t nning on getting dinner since I''m not feeling well, but Brett specially came up to call me


    down, so I came here." To Kaley, her words sounded like showing off.


    Izabe''s lips curled into a sweet, obviously malicious smile. She simply enjoyed seeing others


    feeling ufortable. Kaley had been living there for a while and still liked to provoke her, even


    though she never had the upper hand. She kept walking on thin ice.


    Izabe nced at the dishes on the table. Kaley''s cooking skills were good, and she seemed to


    have prepared the dishes ording to Brett''s preferences.


    As Izabe sat down, she stared at the grilled fish in front of her and sniffed its aroma. Suddenly,


    her stomach churned with nausea, and she felt like vomiting.


    Pushing her chair away, Izabe rushed to the bathroom and started throwing up. She had run so


    fast that she left the door open, and her retching sounds could be heard clearly outside.


    Kaley, who was sitting at the table and serving herself some soup, turned disgusted with anger. She


    wanted to drag Izabe out of the bathroom.


    Since Kaley and Izabe were at odds, it was inevitable that she''d have some biased thoughts. She


    assumed that Izabe was intentionally trying to disgust her with the food.


    After a few minutes, Izabe came out of the bathroom, propping herself against the wall. Her face


    was pale, and her body was shaky, as if she had contracted some horrible disease.


    "What''s wrong with you?" Brett asked impatiently. He had already lost his appetite, and his desire to


    eat was further diminished by Izabe''s vomiting. "Are you doing this on purpose?"


    Izabe had no energy to argue and weakly said, "My stomach isn''t feeling well; I don''t want to eat."


    "Why don''t you let Brett take you to the hospital?"


    "No need. It happens. I''ll just take some medicine and drink some hot water. You guys eat." After


    retching violently, tears couldn''t stop streaming down her face. Her pitiful appearance made her


    seem rather endearing.


    Brett''s gaze remained on Izabe''s face. He was staring at her, while Kaley was staring at him.


    What Brett didn''t know was that despite his ims of indifference, his eyes were full of concern for


    Izabe, which was palpable.


    What is a third wheel? The unloved one in a rtionship is the real third wheel.


    Before this, Kaley confidently defended herself, saying that Brett loved her. But now, her passionate


    words were stuck in her throat.


    Watching Izabe go upstairs, Brett turned to Trista and said, "You go watch her, and if it''s serious,


    call the doctor."


    "Okay, I''ll go check on Ms. Salotti right away," Trista followed Izabe.


    Brett put another piece of fish into Kaley''s te. "Let''s eat, and don''t worry about her."


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    Kaley stared at the fish in her bowl. In the past, Brett would carefully pick out the bones before


    putting it in her bowl.


    Izabe felt a bit better after drinking some lemonade. Shey in bed, touching her abdomen. This


    bout of stomach cancer was different from the previous ones.


    She used to experience pain so severe that she''d vomit blood, but now she felt nauseous and


    wanted to vomit every time she saw greasy and fishy food.


    Coupled with her recentck of energy and fatigue, Izabe wondered if she had contracted


    hepatitis B in addition to her stomach cancer.


    Her already unhealthy body would be further burdened .


    Izabe clenched her lips. Could she hold on for another year, long enough for Brett to fall in love


    with her?


    She had to think positively. Her symptoms might resemble hepatitis B, but they weren''t definite


    proof. Moreover, if she did have the disease, she might transmit it to Brett, and both of them


    wouldn''t survive.


    It would be a bargain for her to step down and take Brett with her since she didn''t have long to live.