Chapter 1123 Nightmare
The maid was surprised that the man who controlled the economy of Asia was acting like a kid toward a woman. The way he obediently opened his mouth was opposingly different from the high-up, untouchable Young Master Lowry that he usually was. Seeing that, the maid quickly left the room with a smile.
“Open your mouth.” Janet scooped a spoonful of porridge and brought it near his mouth.
At this moment, Mason was staring at the bowl of porridge––to be more accurate, the woman before him. Currently, she was gently blowing on the porridge to let it cool off slightly.
He didn’t know whether the porridge was indeed cooled off, but he knew that he was getting hotter. Just like that, he ate up the bowl of porridge one spoon after another. By the time the bowl was empty, he only felt hotter than ever.
With his gaze trained on her, he tried to conceal his thoughts to himself. “I feel a little hot. Can I shower?” When he said that, he purposely emphasized the word ‘hot’.
“No way. You can only shower when your fever is gone.”
“But I feel sticky…” With his droopy eyes, his pitious look seemed extra convincing. As someone who had always prioritized cleanliness and would always shower at least twice a day, not showering for two days must be horrible for him.
“I’ll help wipe your body then.”
“Thank you, Babe.”
As she made a beeline to the bathroom, she could hear him grumbling nonstop, making her feel like laughing and weeping at the same time.
…
Only a few minutes had passed, yet the conversation that took place in the dimly-lit room was getting more and more scandalous.
“Babe, wipe here too.”
“No, I can’t do that.”
“You can, Babe. If you don’t, I’ll feel sticky here too…”
“You have hands. Wipe it yourself.”
“Babe, I can’t see. You’ll wipe it better since you have a clearer view.”
At last, she still couldn’t avoid it. Her hands were getting so warm that it no longer felt like her own. However, it wasn’t too bad. After she was done wiping his body, he had fallen asleep.
Thank goodness. At least she didn’t have to endure the awkwardness and look him in the eye.
After taking care of Mason for the whole night, she felt sticky too. Thus, she undressed and went into the bathroom. After sitting in the bathtub for a short while, she closed her eyes and began to rest. She didn’t know why but she felt that her energy was more depleted these few days.
Although Emily had left Sandfort, she still felt uneasy. It felt as if something was about to happen. Under the current circumstance where Corey was in the dark and she was out in the open, she was bound to lose the upper hand.
If they were to fight face-to-face, Corey would’ve lost and died over a thousand times. However, Corey was a tactful man who was ruthless. He must be scheming something if he had brought Emily over to Yobril.
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A nightmare came to haunt Janet. She dreamt that there was a large laceration across Mason’s face. Blood was flowing down his face from the wound until it dripped off his chin.
In her dream, his face was pale and he was lying on the bed with a face mask on. She was looking at him from outside the door. The hallway was filled with people.
People of the Lowry Family.
People of the Lowry Family Conglomerate.
People of the Hawke Kingdom.
They seemed to be waiting anxiously for something. Everyone was standing in a circle, and she could not hear what the men were saying clearly. The scene in the dream was changing nonstop. Gradually, the man’s breathing came to a stop.
The entire Sandfort––even the whole world had started to undergo an immense change. All of the changes happened because of his passing.
As for her, her days standing at the top were boring and lifeless. A life without a trace of color. Why would the life of boundless darkness enter her dreams?
She rarely had dreams. If she were to count the number of times she had them, she could do so simply with the fingers on her hand. However, she had dreamt of this dream about Mason for the second time now. Were the dreams hinting at something?
Not daring to overthink, she pinched her thumb to force herself to wake up from the dream. When she woke up, the first thing she registered was that she was lying on the familiar big bed. The moment she opened her eyes, she was met with a beautiful man’s face.
