“You don‘t want me to go to work?”
Hearing Brandon‘s words, Savanna felt a sense of loss.
Seeing that she was in low spirits again, Brandon quickly said, “I can handle it. Neil and Justin are
capable assistants. They can be helpful enough. Your condition isn‘t that good, and you should stay at
home and accompany Mandel. Though he‘s doing better than before, he is still recovering. If anything
happens to you or him, I will be distracted. Savanna, now that I‘ve said this much, can you see why I
don‘t want you to work?”
Brandon was worried that Savanna would get him wrong, so he simply made it clear at once.
Brandon‘s words were flawless. Savanna stammered, “But… But…”
Savanna couldn‘t find an excuse. The last time, she pestered him for a long time before he allowed her
to go to work.
Savanna didn‘t want to say it out loud, but when she realized it, she had already blurted out, “What if
those vixens seduce you?”
She touched the hair on her forehead, not daring to look into Brandon‘s eyes. She swallowed a
mouthful of saliva and explained, “Of course, I believe you. I just don‘t believe those vixens. They are
so good at seducing men.”
Brandon was a bit speechless.
“Savanna, decent men will not be seduced by vixens. We are self–disciplined. We will ignore them.”
Savanna didn‘t buy it.
But she did not dare to refute. She was afraid that once she refuted, he would turn around again and
leave her alone at home.
Recently, she seemed to be unable to rouse herself to do anything. She couldn‘t even brace herself up
when Mandel came to talk to her and play with her.
She figured that it might have something to do with the poison.
Savanna didn‘t want to quarrel with Brandon anymore. She didn‘t want to be so tired. She nodded, her
eyes sparkling. “OK. As you said, I‘ll stay home and be with Mandel. You will go to work to earn money
to support us.”
Brandon scratched Savanna‘s nose with his finger. “That‘s my good girl!”
The two reached a consensus and were happy. Savanna took off her coat and went to the kitchen to
act as Brandon‘s assistant, his competent wife.
Lizeth and Seth took Mandel out to play, and now they were back. Mandel ran into the kitchen and
hugged Savanna‘s thigh. “Savanna, Lizeth, and Seth took me to the Sea World. The fish there are so
beautiful and colorful.”
Savanna held Mandel and walked out of the kitchen. After she took Mandel to wash his hands, she
took him into the dining room.
When they were having dinner, Savanna saw Seth winking at Lizeth. Savanna did not say anything.
She put some food on Mandel‘s plate. “Mandel, eat. After finishing eating, go upstairs and read.”
Mandel ate and replied happily, “OK.”
Mandel quickly finished eating and went upstairs.
Savanna turned around and said to Brandon, who was beside her, “Lizeth‘s divorce is taking forever.
Can you pull some strings and help her?”
Brandon was surprised that Savanna would bring this up during the meal. He glanced at Seth and then
Lizeth. Seeing that the two looked somehow embarrassed, he suddenly realized what Savanna meant.
Savanna was kind of nosy, wasn‘t she?
But it was the fact that Seth was Brandon‘s man. Brandon wouldn‘t let others point their fingers at Seth
and call Seth a third wheel.
“Seth, don‘t embarrass me.”
Brandon said this to Seth. Then he put down his fork and left the dining room.
Seth and Lizeth looked at each other dumbfounded and then cast a grateful glance at Savanna at the
same time.
Savanna finished her meal. Just as she was about to get up, a wave of dizziness hit her. She
immediately stood in place, wanting to wait for the dizziness to go away. However, it only got worse.
The world in front of her blurred and slowly turned into nothing but darkness.
Clang!
Savanna fell to the ground.
Before she passed out, she heard the panicked voices of Lizeth and Seth, shouting, “Savanna!”
“Mrs. Cassel.”
Savanna felt that she had slept for a century. The intense light stung her eyes. Her eyelids trembled,
and finally, she opened her eyes. She gradually regained consciousness, and her vague memories
were slowly flooding back to her. She remembered that after dinner, she got up and was about to leave
the table. Then she fainted.
In her vague consciousness, Savanna felt something stuck in her stomach, so uncomfortable that she
wanted to vomit, cry, and hit someone.
She heard hurried footsteps and unorderly breathing, and the atmosphere was intense. A voice calling
out to her stood out, “Savanna, hang in there. Don‘t go to sleep, Savanna.”
The voice sounded anxious and panicked. It sounded like Brandon.
What happened to her? Without time to think, Savanna fainted again.
By the time Savanna woke up, it was already noon the next day.
The ceiling was white, and so was the wall. Then Savanna suddenly saw a man‘s figure. He leaned
back his head and fell asleep in his chair. Savanna sized his face up. His facial features were delicate,
and there was stubble covering his tough jaw. He was still handsome. Savanna‘s gaze fell on his sexy
Adam‘s apple. She had kissed it countless times.
The suit he was wearing was still the same ash–colored suit he wore yesterday. He did not change his
clothes. Did he stay here for her all night?
Savanna raised her head and looked at the blazing sun outside the window. Indeed, she had been
unconscious for the entire night, and he had stayed here, keeping an eye on her.
People said that one could only see through others after experiencing certain things.
She raised her hand and gently held one of Brandon‘s hands on his knees.
The warm feeling on the back of his hand touched Brandon‘s heartstrings.
His eyelids under his long eyelashes fluttered, and he opened his eyes. When he saw Savanna‘s misty
eyes, he was shocked. His heart ached. He sat up straight and held her hand. He asked eagerly,
“What‘s wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Tell me. I‘ll go to Rex.”
As he spoke, he took out his phone and was about to call Rex.
Savanna pulled her hand out of his palm and pressed the hand that held his phone. “I‘m fine.”
Seeing that Savanna looked normal, Brandon was then relieved.
He mumbled, “You made me worried sick last night. Why did you take so much medicine for no
reason? Did you want to die?”
It sounded like he was scolding her. No one knew how anxious and distressed he was.
Hearing that, Savanna remembered that the reason why she fainted last night was that she had taken
too much medicine prescribed by Rex.
“Rex gave you medicine, not candy. You almost died last night. lost your life. Don‘t do that ever again.”
Brandon got up from his chair. His face was a bit cold. It was not because he was unhappy. It was
because he was terrified. This morning, he had been at Savanna‘s side, but she still did not wake up.
He went to Rex and questioned Rex, “What medicine did you give her? Rex, I want to beat you up.”
“Can you blame me? Who takes medicine as candy? Only fools would do that.” Rex was telling the
truth. Then he continued, “Brandon, Savanna loves you so much. She was afraid that you would leave.
It was too painful for her to live. She wanted to end her life for good and all.”
Brandon was so angry. He wanted to stab himself with a knife.
Why did he quarrel with her last morning?
After she came back last night, she gave him the silent treatment. Then her medicine kicked in.
He was this close to losing Savanna forever.
He couldn‘t accept it. He wouldn‘t accept it.
Seeing that he was angry, Savanna took a sip of water to calm herself down and replied in a low voice,
“OK. I will be good. Don‘t be angry, OK?”
Brandon felt like he was a bad wolf as she stared at him with her watery, innocent eyes.
The love they shared made him cautious and fearful, while she became overly concerned with what
she had to the point of being a little out of her mind.
He was so tired.
However, he would never give up. Once they developed the antidote, Savanna could get better. He
looked forward to the happy life of the family of three.
Savanna also felt tired, but she would not give up either. For her, Brandon was everything.
She could live without Mandel, but she could not be without Brandon. It was the result of the poison
controlling her mind.
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