Cupter So Don’t Leave Me
Albetalning Regata Vila, Adeline fell ill. A peralment high fried her to bed
The fever came aadwent, le rving her on the brink of delirium. Chistopher’s private doctor visited several times and only lift after her temperature was finally stabilized.
By then, it was reening, and the sky was awash in hues of orange and yellow. The evening browse fumered the white curtains of the floor–to–ceiling windows an Adeline lay on the bed, deep
Christopher at the couch nearby, his eyes fixed intently on her sleeping
when she had anythingg
Adeline had a dream. In it, she was back to a time before she burned ten. It was a time when she
Back then, she had been the true heitem of the Keller family, carefree and full of joy. She wished that her current life was just a dream. She would rather remain lost in this diet and rever wakeup
A teat slipped from the corner of her eye, and Christopher caught the glimmer of it. He quickly moved to her bedside. Adeline, who was sill asleep, was only sobbing with her eyes closed.
Te placed a hand on her forehead and could feel that she was still mildly feverish
“Adine,” had
a softly, brushing away the tear from the corner of her eye.
She didn’t wake, but her lips trembled as she whimpered, “Don’t leave me. Don’t
Ashe withew his hand, she suddenly grabbed in rightly. Her levered palm held onto his cooler arm, her was faint and broken “Don’t leave me.
She looked like a small, abandoned laten–helpless and pale Chip then gently this hands clasp her, his lingers lightly stroking the back of her hand.
His voice, low and soothing, whispered, “I won’t leave. I’m right here.”
As if clinging to her last lifeline, the pulled his hand to chest and heldit tightly, refusing to let go. Chrkapher broura son sigh and son down by the bed
With one hand immobilized, he used his forehand adjust her blank, check her temperature, and make sure she was comfortable. He stayed with her for a long time, From then onward, the shept peacefully and obedioty well–behaved
Apact of his heart softened unexpectedly. Unable tous, Christopher reached out and gently touched her moth, delicate cheek. His fingers traced from her elegant browse the rip of her straight, rounded nose, and finally to be slightly dryer soft lips that were parched from the for
He canstully outlined her features, if he were caressing a care and priciestressure. His poured into faint smile, and a tender light filled long, narrow
In the haze of sleep, Adelmo’s tightly shot eyes slowly opened Dazed, she wand herself meeting Christopher’s deep, steady gam
Started by this, he quickly pulled his hand back. His expression remained composed, and his voice was wand steady the asked, “Are you awake?!
Adeline slowly regained dacity as she looked at Christopher’s defined and striking lot. Realizing the was still holding his hand tightly between hers, she quickly let go and turned her had away, choosing to remain silent..
Christopher flexed hit dightly numb band and chuckled lightly. “I’ve been taking care of your hall a day, and this is the attitude I get atter you squeeze my
net you squeeze my hand numb
He had been taking care of her! Adeline was slightly surprised by this Since when did chitopher care about whether she lived or died!
Chapher leaned closet, placing a large hand on her head before gently pressing his forehead against her, Adele fioze, and she instinctively tried to pull back “Don’t move,” he commanded in a four, hudby voice. His worn forehead rested against her tish one as his deep, unreadable eyes studiedber duched fare
They were that Adeline only had to glance and this magnified, flawless face. She could feel his warm breath and the in, woody i funberably intimate, and her alosadyam.ca Bushed an even deeper red.
“What are you thinking about!” Christopher’s soft laugh broken the tention as he leaned back slightly, putting dance between them. “I was just becking your temperature. Don’t
Adeline rolled here at him, umiling to respond. It seems she didverthinki
Cheepher arcaightened and said. “Get up and take your medicine.”
Still weak from her fever, Adeline didn’t feel like moving
“Na“” Christopher’s Ips cachedinou mochievous pin “Do you want to feed it to you mouth—Mu”“
Adaline immediately peshe herself up at his words, skiing spright
He handed her the pits and a glass of water, only smiling warmly when she swallowed them with a slight pinas.
It was then that Adaline noticed he was ill wearing the same clothes from earlier in the day, though he had removed his black leather jacket.
escent that chung to him. The atmosphere
Even in just a simple black T–shirt, his lean and muscular physique was perfectly widene. Her gaze wandered to the back of his hand, where a faint purple bite markcremained reminder of the day she had angrily bien him while asking for divorce. The wound hadled profusely.
He wwwmethis, and Christopher, catching her focus, deliberately held his hand closer to her face, “What’s this? Feeling guilty?”
She was, in fact, feeling guilty
But with Chelikopher saperly exposing her thoughin, she suddenly didn’t feel lilis admitting it.“) birted lightly, I thrive taken a chunk out of you.”
Christopher lidher chin up gently, his is carving into a teasing smile. “Do you hate me that much?”
Adelined deeply intohispt:Hi!
No it wasn’t babe; it was love,
But then that would never understand that
Christopher’seemed to pieren through her as if he was trying to uncover innermes thoughts. “Or is it that you love me too much?”
Jdefine frous for a moment, her gaze flickering instinctively. Why were her thoughts sony for him toread
She wanted his hand inway and rerned her head, deflecting the tople. “Don’t you have anything to ask about what Allia sadd?!
“Mutiladila say?” Chantopher asked.
Adeline basked intobus light how he said you use your power to bully he and ma
“Why would) be atgy?” He parillist fact that line was mentarily at a les has crapanel,
Chapter 50 Dont Leave Me
Seeing her stunned expression, Christopher leaned in and brushed a fleeting kiss across her lips.
“The essence of relationships is an equivalent exchange,” he said casually, “You trade what you have to get what you want. It’s an unchanging rule. You arek my power, and seek you, as a person. Isn’t that perfectly reasonable?”
Adeline was momentarily taken aback by his pragmatic, businesslike perspective. So, the only wanted her body.
“Did your fever fry your brain?” Chiristopher lightly tapped her forehead with his finger, his tone tinged with amusement. “Here’s another rule for you. Equivalent exchange is called a transaction, but the excess value–that’s what we call connection.”
And at the heart of connection was emotion
Adeline didn’t fully understand what he was trying to say. Her mind simply buzzed with confusion.
Christopher stretched lazily, rolling his shoulders as he prepared to take a shower. Suddenly, Adeline grabbed his hand.
She lowered her gaze as she said, “When Emma married into the Keller family, my mother had only been gone for less than a year..”
She unexpectedly started to talk about herself, and Christopher sat back down, listening quietly “She brought Alicia with her back then, who was two years younger Adaline’s thoughts seemed to drift back to more than a decade ago.
r than me
idn’t like it, but
“At first, I thought Emma was just a divorced woman who married Lloyd and brought along her daughter from her previous marriage. I didn’t like it, but 1 told myself to turn a blind eye. But then Lovebeard their conversation one day, and that’s when I learned Alicia isn’t Lloyd’s stepdaughter. She’s his biological daughter”
Christopher’s deep pazo rastad on her calm face, which showed no trace of emotion. It was as if she were telling someone else’s story
“Alicia is Lloyd’s illegitimate child. She’s only two years younger than matronic, isn’t it? Turns out that during my parents‘ decades–long marriage, he had been having an affair for years…. My mother probably died never knowing about Emma and her daughter.”
Adeline’s voice softened, but her words carried a weight that hung in the air.
“So. Christopher,” she said, looking at him earnestly. “I don’t want to end up like my mother. If you’re destined over to love me, then please divorce me. Don’t cheat on me during our marriage and make me a fool. Is that too much to add”
