It felt like a nuke was dropped right in the middle of Deirdre’s chest. Her eyes began to water. How dare he tell her to calm down? How could he still be thinking about continuing this stupid charade!?Deirdre’s head was spinning. She placed her hand against her temple and shut her eyes, gnashing her teeth to endure the pain before opening them again. She turned in Declan’s direction, her glassy eyes boring through his face. “Who is Kyran Reed really?”“Who is Kyran?” Declan paused. “Er, you’re losing me, Miss McKinnon. Kyran is, well, Kyran. He’s my friend. My brother from another mother. What? You suspect he has a crimefighting alter ego or something?”“You really think this is the time to keep up this stupid charade!?” She exhaled, her fists tightening. She took a deep breath. “I heard what the nurses said. The man who’s staying in No. 1106 is Brendan Brighthall. But Kyran is the one who’s there, isn’t he? Which means Brendan and Kyran have been the same person this whole time!

Deirdre’s face was as white as a sheet. Hearing both his name and a question about their relationship triggered her. Fortunately for her, Declan knew better than to pursue the thread. “No, never mind. It must have been something deeply distressing from the looks of it, so I won’t press on it anymore.”“Thank you,” Deirdre muttered under her breath. “God, I told Miss Charlene McKinney Mr. Reed’s room by mistake just now. That’s not good,” the first nurse murmured. “I should go up there and inform her of the change.”“You don’t have to,” replied the head nurse. “I’ll inform the nurses on that floor.” “Okay.”Their conversation died.Deirdre bit her lips as a new question took hold of her mind. Should she go up there? Charlene was there right now…“You wanna take a break, Miss McKinnon? I’ll get you a room in a nearby hotel. You can come back in the evening. How does that sound?”Deirdre stiffened for a moment and replied hastily, “T-That’s great.” She felt lucky to have met

“Good call, Dee Dee. It’s a snowstorm here, Dee Dee. The roads have been blocked for the time being! I feel better knowing that Mr. King and Mr. Reed are taking care of you.”Eilis’s lecture went on for a little longer. Her wide-ranging topic included Deirdre’s safety and how she should never run off alone. Finally, the call ended.Deirdre sat on her bed, indecisive. After mulling it over, she punched Tobey’s numbers. The recipient practically answered it on the first beep, “Dee?”Deirdre was still a little surprised at how fast he was. “Toby! You’re… quick. Aren’t you supposed to be resting or something?”“I rested,” Tobey replied, massaging his temples. “I went to work after a short few hours of rest.”Deirdre felt a pang of guilt. “Sorry. I cost you last night, didn’t I? And you still have to work the next day.”Tobey could not help letting out a cackle. “God, Dee. I swear, if you’re calling me just to say you’re sorry, then I wish I didn’t answer you at all.”Deirdre gave a

“Wait, so you two are not…” Tobey froze for a moment before sighing in relief. “Oh my God, Dee! You almost gave me a heart attack!“Listen very carefully. The last thing we common folks wanna do is to find ourselves involved in these nobles’ skirmishes. We don’t have status or wealth to back us, Dee. The only thing that’s gonna come out of this is us being chewed up and torn apart by the chaos.” Deirdre felt her entire body turning into stone. She closed her eyes, her eyelids trembling, and wished someone had told her this earlier. If only someone had told her sooner. God, things would have been so different!“I know what you mean, Toby. But I’m only acquainted with Mr. King because he’s the man behind the plans to develop Alnwick into a tourist spot.” “Oh, so it was him.” A severe look crossed Tobey’s face. He mulled it over for a second and frowned. “It’s a profitable business and all, yet I can’t help but find this a little suspicious. Why does a man with that much power and r

“Miss McKinney is—”The assistant hardly got one more word in before the shrill sound of high heels stabbing the floor reverberated throughout the hall. Its fitful beat was indicative of the wearer’s frazzled concern.“Brendaaaan!” Charlene called out frantically, her fingers gripping her handbag. “Why aren’t you lying on your bed right now?! Did you listen to what the doctor said? You’re in no shape to walk around, darling! You must get on with the operation and take a long break!”Not a hint of warmth surfaced in Brendan’s frigid visage. His icy tone hardly thawed. “Make me stay inside any longer, and I’ll be no different from a corpse.”“But you should at least tell me before you leave! And look at your buttons. They are mismatched, darling. I can’t let you suffer even the weakest winter breeze!” She tossed her bag to the assistant and latched her manicured fingers around his buttons, ensuring they were all done properly. Only after Brendan’s coat hugged tightly around his che

Kyran was panting. Obviously, he had been rushing over.Deirdre woke up, raised her head, and said, "Have you finished the examination?"Kyran paced forward and hugged her vigorously into his embrace.The clothes on his body were cold. As Deirdre smelled his faint aura, she inexplicably felt calmed down and said jokingly, “Why did your full body checkup take so long? Did you come here only after sleeping there?”Kyran released her and took out his smartphone.“I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long. There was a temporary problem with the equipment, so I waited for a while. Declan told me that you are in the ward, but I couldn’t come over immediately.”“Now worries.” Deirdre cast a comforting smile. She didn’t care about it at all.However, Kyran clenched her hand tightly. He frowned when he felt her cold fingertips, and he took off his coat and put it on her without much thought.Deirdre was shocked. She quickly refused and pushed the coat away. “No, thank you. The last time

“They don't make friends just because you give me extra candy, I smile at you, and they are friends. Since they were born, they will only make friends for the sake of connections, to go higher and farther."If Kyran Reed was a person with no identity, how could he mingle with Declan? As for you saying that Kyran Reed wouldn’t be noticed, don’t you think that it’s ridiculous? People who can mingle with the youngest son of the King family are either rich or noble. As long as the two are together, it is impossible for others not to pay attention. Are you sure you aren’t being deceived?”Following that, Tobey gave another shocking piece of information that there wasn’t any wealthy family called Reed in Eastgene.In an instant, Deirdre’s mind went blank. Everything became pale and white.What was Kyran's identity, and who was he? Declan said that Kyran and he had been friends since childhood, but Tobey’s investigation showed that Kyran did not exist. It was as if Kyran had appeared out

“Aren’t you tired?”“I’ve taken a long rest, so I’m good.”Kyran wanted to say something but stopped and only replied with the word “Okay”. Following that, he went to lie down on the bed.Deirdre switched off the lights. It was already late at night, and the room was very quiet. Deirdre waited until Kyran fell asleep from the sound of his breathing, which became calm, before she got up from the sofa.She walked to the bed. Even though the room was pitch black, it was no different to her. She could even discern Kyran’s position by listening to his breathing.Taking a deep breath to cheer herself up, Deirdre stretched out her hand, and her fingertips slowly landed on the man's eyebrows.She groped bit by bit downwards, from his forehead to his high, straight nose. Deirdre opened her eyes. When her hand was about to reach his lips, a hand suddenly grabbed her wrist. In the dark, she felt the man's eyes were wide open and locked on her face.It was a vigorous hand grab, but when Kyr

Boom!Deirdre seemed to be struck by lightning. She was so shocked that her soft lips couldn't even close together. "What?"She thought she had misheard, but Kyran was extremely sure.“I like you. The first time I saw you, I already liked you.”Kyran typed very quickly, and his eyes were flowing with endless affection. “Actually, if I hadn't fallen sick, you would have known it the day before yesterday. I asked you out to confess to you and formally pursue you.”"How could it be?" Deirdre's mind was completely numb.Kyran liked her? How could it be? How was it possible!?“Why can't it be?” Kyran rebutted calmly. “The first time I saw you, I already got the feeling that it’s you. It must be you. I’ve never had this feeling all these years. I think it’s called falling in love at first sight.”Deirdre gasped and couldn't believe that Kyran had fallen in love with her at first sight.That was simply too ridiculous.“With such an appearance of mine, you can obviously have a better

Charlene couldn't believe that Deirdre could be seen here.Why was she here? And for whom? The answer was almost imminent.Charlene was furious and cursed her inwardly, calling her a b*tch.She had already feigned death and escaped, yet she was still lingering around. It seemed that she regretted it again. As such, she returned, trying to rekindle Brendan's longing for her.Upon thinking her relationship with Brendan had finally settled down, a vicious look flashed across Charlene's beautiful eyes.She would never allow Deirdre to appear in front of Brendan again, even for a second.…Deirdre lay on the bed again but couldn't fall asleep. She had been tossing and turning with the one and only doubt, which was why Kyran would fall for her.She was obviously nothing. If it was just because she was blind and he was also a person with a disability, it would be too casual to show compassion.A person like Kyran should have seen a lot of blind people.In short, she couldn't accept