Chapter 144: I’m No Longer the Person I Used to Be
Translator: End less Fantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
He walked down the stairs towards them with steady steps. When he got closer, he nodded slightly at Calvin Gilbert before his gaze fell on Serenity. “Why are you only back now?”
Although he tried to speak normally, he couldn’t hide the slight anger in his voice.
She bit her lip and endured the pain in her stomach. “I went to the hospital and had dinner with Calvin.”
His calm voice carried a hint of doubt. “What about your phone? Why didn’t you pick up our call?”
If she said that she had left her bag in Gabriel’s car, he probably wouldn’t believe her. “1 left it with my bag in a colleague’s car.”
Calvin noticed how unfriendly John was being and said, “Hey, why are you so serious? You sound as if you’re interrogating a criminal.”
But John had been so worried, which made the tone in his voice sound heavier.
John looked at her pale face and pursed his lips. “Alright, get in the house. Come back early at night in the future so that others won’t worry.”
Serenity’s face turned even paler. He used the word ‘others’ when he would refer to himself in the past.
Her stomach hurt even more as if it was reacting to her emotions.
Helena Turner was probably the only one who was worried about her.
She endured the pain in her foot and walked forward. Calvin gave John a quick and light tap on the arm, trying to tell him that even if he couldn’t hug her, he could at least support her into the house.
John took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it up. With the darkness of the night, the light looked as if it was like the last ray of light.
When Calvin noticed that John was not reacting, he glanced at the stubborn little girl, started to feel anxious, and decided to be a good person.
He approached Serenity and carried her toward the living room. When they reached the door, Serenity got out of his arms and limped into the living room. Calvin still held her arm with one hand as he said, “Take it easy. Don’t sprain that foot too.”
She turned around and glared at him. Couldn’t he say something nice?
Helena Turner handed Eva Grant over to Selena and got up to approach Serenity. “Serene, what happened to your foot?”
“It’s just a sprain. I’ve already been to the hospital. It’s nothing serious.” Serenity was afraid Helena Turner would be overly worried so she tried to update her mother as nonchalantly as possible.
And it worked because Helena Turner looked visibly relieved. “Mrs. Walter, help Miss Serenity back to her room to rest.”
Mrs. Walter did as instructed. And since it took her quite some effort to move around the entire day due to her injury, Serenity’s body was covered in sweat and she was already feeling very uncomfortable at the moment. “Mrs. Walter, help me run the bathwater.”
Since she only sprained her ankle and not a wound, a bath would not badly affect her injury so Mrs. Walter went into the bathroom to fill the bathtub with water. Then, she helped Serenity into the bathroom. “Miss Serenity, I’ll be outside. If there’s anything, just call me.”
“There’s no need for that. You can return to your duties.” It was just a slight injury to her foot and it was not like she could not move.
After Mrs. Walter left, she took off her clothes and went into the bathtub. She had been working so hard in the past few days to decorate the venue. It would take an hour and a half to drive from the resort to the city without traffic. How tiring.
As she comfortably soaked in the hot bath, Serenity gradually felt sleepy and leaned against the bathtub to close her eyes.
She dreamed of the time in Willow Town, of the grandmother who loved her, and the John who always protected her.
Willow Town was known as the heart of Jurvik. Once the pomegranates ripened, they would hang heavily on the branches and fill the entire place with the fragrance of pomegranates..