Chapter 764
"I can''t sleep."
"Why?"
"I have trouble sleeping."
"But don''t you always sleep well?"
Vincent stayed quiet.
Clueless about what to say, ine blurted, "Well, maybe watching the TV can help you to sleep.
Don''t stay up toote. Excuse me."
After saying that, she yawned and went back to her bedroom.
However, as soon as shey down, she didn''t feel sleepy at all. While tossing and turning, she
pricked up her ears to listen to the sound in the living room.
It was quieter than before. Did Howard turn down the volume of the TV because of her?
Thinking of this, she felt that he was quite warmhearted.
With a sigh, she got up again.
Usually, the hearing tended to be more sensitive in the night, so Vincent heard the sound as soon
as she got out of bed that he turned his head to look
at the door.
Hence, when she opened the door, she met with his dark eyes.
His gaze stunned her.
When she saw Howard sitting quietly in the dark looking at her with those round sparkly eyes, she
suddenly thought of... the pet dog that she had raised at home.
They looked so alike.
When she was a child, their family had an obedient dog that was very close to her.
Sometimes, when she had to use the bathroom at night, it was quite scary, and the dog would sit
under the tree in the yard and look at her.
It was as if it was telling her, "Don''t be afraid, I''ll be here with you."
Now, Howard, who remained seated in the dark and looked at her quietly, reminded her of that dog.
Instantly, her heart melted. "Are you still up, Dr. Perkins?"
Vincent quietly looked at her. "Why are you up?"
"Ahem, I think there''re some sleeping pills at home. I''ll have a look."
Howard was a doctor, so he kept a lot of medicines in the house, including sleeping pills.
After a short while, she found one and said, "There''s still some left at home. If you really can''t sleep,
you can have this."
ncing at it, Vincent shook his head and uttered, "It doesn''t work."
"Why? This is a sleeping pill. If I''m not mistaken, you gave me this when I couldn''t sleep."
Vincent smiled faintly. "One isn''t enough."
"But it''s not good to take too much of this pill."
"It''s not enough for me," Vincent thought but didn''t say out loud.
He had been suffering from severe insomnia for ages and it was a norm for him to stay up all night.
Over the years, he had relied on sleeping pills to cure his insomnia, but his body had be
immune to the effect of the drug due to therge dosage he had taken. Because of this, a single pill
was not enough to knock him out.
However, Vincent could not bear to refuse her as she looked at him with expectant gazes, hence,
he took the pill and swallowed it.
ine immediately fetched him a ss of water.
"Here. Drink some water."
Vincent drank it.
After that, she was not in a hurry to return to her room. Instead, she sat on the sofa, intending to
wait for the effect of the drug to take effect, and only went to sleep after Howard.
She started chatting with him, "If I''m not mistaken, you don''t have trouble sleeping all the while.
What happened today?"
Was there something on his mind?
Vincent blinked his eyes and teased, "I can''t have trouble sleeping once in a while?"
With a giggle, she said, "Yes. Of course, you can!"
Lyingzily on the sofa, Vincent nced at her and uttered, "Tell me about yourself."
"Uh, what do you want to know?"
"Everything."
"Haha. There''s nothing much to talk about."
"Tell me anyway. I want to know."
"Well..." Seeing that he was curious, she slowly recounted, "I have an elder sister and a younger
brother. My sister graduated from collegest year, and my brother is still in high school. They are
good kids and treat me very well. They are always very happy when I go back..."
"Is that all?"
"Let me think. Yes, that''s all."
"What about your parents?"
"They are in Cresthill, a small county. They are honest. They are very honest people who have
never been to the big city in their lives."
"That''s all?"
"Uh, what else do you want to know?"
"What about your fiance? Why don''t you tell me about him?"
ine blinked, dumbfounded.
So this was what he was curious about. Darting her eyes anxiously, she said, "He is working in a
small county, and I have only met him for a few times..."
In fact, she didn''t know much about him, so she had nothing much to say.
"A few times?" Vincent''s eyes darkened. "Aren''t you afraid that he''ll cheat on you?"
ine was stunned. Obviously, she had not thought of this problem. "1-1 don''t think he would."
She thought that since her fiance was an honest man, he wouldn''t do such a thing.
As if he could read her mind, he said faintly, "Every man cheat."
His remark stunned her.
After a long while, she looked skeptically at the man on the sofa. "Why are you still up?"
Why did he look so energetic after taking the pill?
"I told you, one is not enough for me."
"So how many do you usually take?"
"How many are left?"
"Five, I think."
"Okay, that is more or less effective if I take them all."
With her eyes wide open in surprise, ine asked incredulously, "Are you kidding me, Dr. Perkins?"
Howard had reminded her before that it was not advisable to take too many sleeping pills as an
idental overdose would do more harm than good, and even fatal.
Never did she know that Howard would need so many sleeping pills to fall asleep.
"No, I can''t let him take it!" she thought.
"What if he falls sick after taking so much?"
After some thinking, ine blurted, "I have an idea. Maybe I can help you to sleep. Would you like
to have a try?"
Vincent became intrigued. "What is it?"
"My parents were very busy when I was young, so I basically raised my little brother. He was
naughty and loved to fuss at night, but as soon as I held him and sang to him, he would settle down
and fall asleep."
After a moment of silence, Vincent asked with uncertainty, "Are you saying that you want to help me
to sleep by singing to me?"
"Yes!" ine nodded profusely. "Would you like to try?"
Vincent was dumbfounded.
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Without waiting for his reply, she sang automatically, "Twinkle twinkle little star, How I wonder what
you are..."
"Do you think I''m three years old?" His lips twitched.
"I''m sorry. I regarded you as my brother just now. Ahem, do you want me to sing another song?"
Vincent didn''t say anything.
"I''ll start singing then..."
Assuming he had agreed by his silence, she curled her lips into a smile and started singing. The
crisp and gentle female voice echoed in the dark and serene night, resonating into his ears like the
cozy spring breeze.