"Are you planning on sleeping here tonight?" Wendy asked.
‘'It's so cold, and this room has no proper heating.Ryan is bound to catch a cold if he continues to sleep
on the sofa the entire night.There is an equally furnished room next door"
"If you can't bear to see me, then I'll go somewhere else," Ryan said with slyness in his eye.
Wendy was stunned.
'Damn it! It's none of my business! It has nothing to do with me if he wants to fall sick!"
Wendy covered her face with the quilt and said through gritted teeth, "Whatever!"
Then she turned on her side, so she didn't have to see him, and promptly closed her eyes to fall
asleep.
Ryan's eyes twinkled, and a slow smile started to creep on his face.
An hour later.
Wendy was restlessly tossing and turning in the bed.She removed her arms from under the quilt in
frustration.
Within a few minutes, she felt them get uncomfortably cold.She shivered a little and quickly tucked her
arms in the warmth of the quilt again.She turned on her back quietly.She raised her head slightly to
look over at Ryan.
In the dim light, he looked so uncomfortable and pitiful.
Ryan was curled up on his side and was breathing evenly.He seemed to have fallen asleep even
though it was clear that he was feeling cold and uncomfortable.
His suit jacket had fallen on the floor.
It looked as if he would fall off any time from the sofa.
Wendy gritted her teeth and exhaled angrily.
'What a stubborn fool! There is an empty room next door, yet he chose to sleep on that sofa.He should
have at least taken the quilt from the other room to cover himself.What does he want to prove by
pretending to be so pitiful? Forget it! It's no skin off my back! I'll just ignore him."
Wendy stubbornly turned on her side.She closed her eyes and forced herself to sleep.
A minute passed.
Then two.
Finally, five minutes passed.
'Fuck! I can't sleep!' All she could think of was Ryan curled up pitifully on the sofa, with his jacket on the
floor.
'Damn it!'
Although Wendy knew he was pretending to be pitiful, she couldn't help but feel sorry for him.She
slowly and quietly sat up straight.She reasoned with herself, 'Ray still needed Ryan's help concerning
the operation.
If Ryan fell sick, then it would have a direct impact on Ray.
Also, didn't Precious just recover from fever? If Ryan got sick, then he would infect Precious, and she
may fall ill again.I don't want anything to happen to her.
She is my daughter.
So I'm doing this for Precious' sake.
That's right! I'm doing this for Ray and Precious! Wendy finally pacified herself with that excuse and
quietly got out of bed.
Wearing her slippers, she slowly tiptoed into the other room.She brought the quilt and bent over Ryan
to carefully cover him with it.
While doing that, she accidentally touched his hand.
His fingers were as cold as ice.
She efficiently tucked the quilt around him.
Seeing the suit jacket on the floor, she bent down to pick it up.
She kept it on the armrest of the sofa.
Wendy was not wearing any warm clothes.
By the time she was done, she was shivering, and she was covered in goose bumps.
She hurried over to the bed and quickly got in it.
She breathed a sigh of relief as she snuggled under the warm quilt.
Precious mumbled in her sleep and snuggled in Wendy's arms.
Feeling Precious' warm body snuggled against her, Wendy felt a warmth spread in her heart.
She kissed the little girl lovingly on the forehead.
She then switched off the bedside lamp and fell off to sleep.
In the dark, Ryan, who was supposed to be asleep, opened his eyes and looked at the bed.
A satisfied smile appeared on his face.
In fact, he didn't feel sleepy at all.
Although his insomnia did get better after meeting Wendy, he still was a light sleeper and couldn't just
fall asleep anywhere.
Wendy knew he suffered from insomnia, but she had forgotten all about it.
What did that mean? It meant that she cared for him so much that seeing him suffer, she forgot about
anything else.Ryan laughed silently.
The next day, early in the morning, before Wendy could wake up completely, she heard someone
whispering in the room.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Precious' bright eyes.
Precious was fully dressed.
She was drawing something with a pencil.When she saw Wendy wake up, she grinned and exposed
her tiny white teeth.
"Good morning, Mommy!"
"Good morning, darling!" Wendy sat up in bed and subconsciously looked at the sofa.
It was empty.
"Daddy's gone to the bathroom to freshen up."
The corner of Wendy's mouth twitched.
'Who said I wanted to know where Ryan is?' she thought.
"Ahem...Precious, what are you doing?"
"Mommy, I'm drawing a picture of you!"
Precious picked up the piece of paper and handed it over to Wendy.
"Mommy, do you like it?"
Wendy glanced at it and was stunned.
'Oh my God! Is that really me?' The features of the figure weren't visible clearly, and it looked like she
had hair all over her body.
If Precious hadn't told her in advance, Wendy would have guessed it was a monkey.
"What do you think, Mommy?"
Looking at Precious' expectant eyes, Wendy couldn't praise her against her will.
So she just said, "Well, it's very abstract."
As if she had just been praised to the skies, Precious laughed out loud and clapped her hands.
"I'm the best.I have never learned how to paint before, but I can paint so well.I'm so talented.Mommy,
I've decided to learn painting in the future."
Wendy was speechless.
'I don't think that's a good idea.You'll just piss your teachers off"
The two chatted till Ryan came out of the bathroom.
He had a shower.His black hair was still uncombed, and water was dripping from his forehead.He had
changed his clothes.He wore a gray sweater and a pair of black pants.
These casual clothes softened his look a bit.
While drying his hair with a towel, he handed Wendy a paper bag.
"What is it?" She lowered her eyes.
"Your clothes.I asked someone to bring them.
You will feel better after you have a shower."
"Thank you!"
Wendy took the bag silently.
Neither of therm mentioned what happened last night.
"Why don't you go and freshen up while I go downstairs and get you some breakfast?"
Ryan looked at his watch and continued, "Leo came over a while ago and said that he needs to do a
few routine checks for Precious.And as for Ray, his condition is now under control with the help of the
medicine.He can leave the ICU today.However, he does have to undergo a series of tests.This is to
prepare him for the operation the day after tomorrow Tears welled up in Wendy's eyes.
'Thank God! How long have I waited for this day! Finally, we were able to find a matching donor"
Wendy looked at Precious.
Precious was chubby.
Her eyes were bright, and her cheeks had a healthy blush.
'After Ray recovers, he too can be as healthy as Precious"
"Precious, thank you!"
Precious pouted and said, "Mommy, what are you talking about? I'm so happy that I can save my
brother!
In the past, Precious didn't know that Raymond was sick, so she didn't understand why he had to stay
at home every day.Now she knew about his illness, and knew that was the reason he was always so
careful.
It turned out that he wanted to avoid any kind of infection by not getting hurt.
"Once Ray recovers, I will go to the amusement park with him.We'll ride the roller coaster and go to the
aquarium too.We will play all the games that Ray wasn't able to play before."
Wendy touched her head with a gentle smile.
"Okay!"
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