Chapter 248
“Grace, I’ve brought you dinner. Grace, open the door!” Yancey shouted.
Grace’s head throbbed with pain. She wanted Ed to open the door, but then remembered he wanted to be kept in the dark. Slowly, she got up and reminded
him.
“You stay in bed. I’ll go talk to him for a bit.”
Just as she got out of bed, Ed wrapped his arms around her waist, stopping her. “Don’t go.”
His tone was low and heavy, as though his mood wasn’t good.
Grace was puzzled, but her voice remained calm and even.
“Ed, just rest for now.”
His hand slowly loosened, and he lay back down, covering half of his face with the blanket, not saying a word.
Grace couldn’t tell if he was angry or deep in thought. But somehow, she felt he had this ability to make her heart soften.
She had originally planned to meet Yancey, but now, she wasn’t in the mood for it anymore. Instead, she climbed back into bed.
“Are you feeling down? You seem a bit off, like something’s weighing on you,” she said.
Ed turned around and pulled her tightly into his arms.
Grace wasn’t sure why he had been upset, but he was holding her so tightly.
She had taken a nap in the afternoon, so now she felt a bit more energetic and decided to gossip with him.
“Ed, let’s talk for a bit. Tell me about your life. Has anyone been giving you trouble in The Obsidian?”
“No one’s giving me trouble.”
He answered quickly, but then added, “At least not for now.”
It seemed like he had been bullied before.
Grace turned to face him, poking at his chest with her finger. “Is that so? You’re so fierce now, huh?”
Her words were teasing, and he immediately caught her finger, holding it firmly. “Except for you, no one else will.”
Grace honestly felt wronged. When did she ever bully him?
Just as she was about to close her eyes, she heard him speak again. “Tell me about your life, your boss, your colleagues.”
“There’s not much to say about my colleagues. My boss is pretty ruthless,” she replied.
As soon as she mentioned the word “ruthless”, the atmosphere became noticeably quieter.
Grace didn’t seem to realize it, snuggling into his arms. “Anyway, he and I aren’t from the same world. This afternoon, I had a dream about him at the hospital. It scared me so much I broke out in a cold sweat.”
Ed looked down at her, but remained silent for a long time.
By now, Grace had closed her eyes, but she felt a large hand rest on the back of her head. Then, a heated kiss followed.
He liked deep kisses, the kind where he would hold her tight, and they would get tangled up.
But Grace didn’t enjoy it as much. It felt like she had completely handed over the power to him, leaving her suspended in the air with no control.
“Ed…”
She could barely breathe, leaning against his chest to catch her breath.
This wasn’t the first time she felt this way. He had something weighing on his mind-something heavy-but he wouldn’t say a word about it. She wouldn’t ask either; everyone had their secrets.
The next morning, when she woke up, Ed was already gone.
She opened the door of her room and was suddenly startled to see Yancey stumbling inside.
Had Grace not had a strong heart, she might have screamed at the sight of him first thing in the morning.
Yancey had slept by the door last night, and he quickly got up when Grace opened the door.
“Grace! Are you feeling better now? I rang the doorbell last night, but you didn’t come to open the door, so I figured you were probably asleep.”
Grace looked him up and down, her tone slightly odd. “You waited here the whole night?”
Yancey nodded and circled around her. “Good thing you’re alright. I thought maybe you had a man
hiding in here, and that’s
didn’t open the door.”
you
So, he had been waiting here the whole night, secretly hoping to catch a glimpse
of some man, but there was no one.
Grace ignored him, taking out her phone to send Ed a message.
How did Ed avoid Yancey?
“Yeah, he was sleeping like a log. I kicked him, and he didn’t even flinch.”
Grace couldn’t help but laugh. Was he purposely mocking Yancey?