“Mr. Reed, your medicine has been prepared.”Mrs. Cox served the medicine just in time to see the young couple hugging each other. She said, “Yikes, have I come at the wrong time? I’m sorry for bothering you. I’ll knock the next time.”Deirdre could not help feeling embarrassed while Kyran loosened his grip over her. “No, you came at just the right time. It is time for my medicine and rest, indeed.”Mrs. Cox served the medicine, and Kyran downed it in one gulp. Deirdre was surprised because she remembered her tongue going numb from the bitter medicine when she took it. Kyran took it well by finishing it in one gulp without stopping before he declared he was done.“Isn’t it bitter?”“It’s fine. It tastes much better than the one I had previously.”When he took it so lightly, his reaction made Deirdre’s chest tighten with anxiety. She realized that he must have endured hardships when he was previously severely ill. She said, “I had to suck on a candy when I took it in the afte

“Hmm… I hope that it was just a dream too.”Kyran stood up and felt dizzy, but he did not feel nauseous like when he walked yesterday. “Wash up first. We’ll pack our things and head back afterward. I believe that Declan has already grown impatient from waiting.”“Sure.”Mrs. Cox did not go foraging today. Instead, she went to the market to purchase beef and pork. She had been bustling about in the kitchen since early in the morning. Deirdre smelled the fragrance of food when she walked into the kitchen. She said smilingly, “What is today’s occasion, Mrs. Cox? Why do I feel that the meal today is extraordinarily plentiful?”“What do you think? It’s because you’ll be leaving today. I thought about it and decided to send you off with a scrumptious meal. You will not be treated shabbily on your last day here!” Mrs. Cox was constantly beaming. Deirdre looked at her with a gentle gaze. “You must have spent a lot of money on this, right?”“How much money can that be? It’s not a meal

Dr. Engle said after examining her, “You’re recovering very well. There won’t be any scars when the scabs fall off. It should happen in the next two days.”Deirdre thanked Dr. Engle smilingly.At that moment, Dr. Engle noticed something. “Has your vision returned, Miss McKinnon?”“Yes.” Deirdre said, “However, I can only see some light and blurry colors of an object, but I can’t see something clearly yet.”“How did you lose your sight, Miss McKinnon?”Deirdre paused for a moment and turned to the area behind subconsciously where Kyran was.Dr. Engle said smilingly, “You can choose not to answer if it’s inconvenient for you. I’m only thinking that there should be hope of recovery for the eyes if you’re not born blind.”“Really?” Deirdre held the hem of her top tightly. It was truly torturous for her not to be able to see. Moreover, she felt the urge to see how Kyran looked. Dr. Engle said, “This is only my prediction. It would be better for you to examine your eyes, of course.”

Deirdre recovered from her surprise. “What?”“Didn’t you lose your sight in prison? Did something happen to you that resulted in your blindness?”Deirdre’s face turned ghastly pale at the mention of prison. She tried her best to put up with it, yet everything that had happened there was unbearable. She had a hard time accepting her powerless self. It was her weakness and powerlessness that had resulted in her miscarriage and her being bullied. “Deirdre?”Kyran could feel Deirdre’s hand shaking. He frowned and grabbed her hand. “What’s going on? You don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to.”“There’s no reason why I don’t want to talk about it.” Deirdre suppressed her shakiness and smiled bitterly. “It’s just embarrassing. I offended Brendan, and he gave the order to bully me. In the end, I lost my eyes in a battery incident.”“What!?”Kyran’s dark eyes were shaking violently. One could even hear his voice trembling if one were to hear closely. “Brendan… gave the order

Kyran had spoken so quickly that Deirdre was stunned and only heard ‘didn’t know it was you’.She furrowed her eyebrows and said, “What do you mean by not knowing it was me?”Kyran clenched his fists tightly, and his gaze dimmed. “What if he didn’t know that the call was from you? Perhaps he would have commissioned someone to treat your eyes if he knew. It’s possible that he is not that merciless that he would seize your ability to see?”Deirdre chuckled. “That is how I used to think. We were married, after all. He should have some feelings for me after being married for two years, at the very least, right? Yet, I was too naive.“Charlene mentioned me when he took my call, and the impatience and disgust I heard in his voice were not feigned. I had no doubt that he would only scold me for ruining his mood on an important day if I were to tell him the truth at the time.”She could still remember Brendan’s tone until today, perhaps because of how profound the incident was to her. She

Noticing that Deirdre was not joking, Declan immediately became serious. “Miss McKinnon, it will be my honor to enjoy the feast you prepare if you can see, yet you can’t see. Are you sure that you can do it? You might burn yourself accidentally.”Kyran said, “Deirdre, we can just order takeout. The oil and smoke of the kitchen are not good for you.”“I’ll be fine.” Deirdre found their anxiety to be amusing. “I cooked when I was living with Mrs. Cox. Moreover, my eyes can still see to a certain extent. I can tell where the cooking pan is. It will be fine if I have ingredients prepared.”Declan was hesitant. “Are you sure?”“Hmm.” Deirdre nodded. “Let me give it a try.”Declan looked toward Kyran, and the latter did not intervene. Instead, he said, “Be careful. I’ll help you.”“Sure.”Deirdre smiled. She had an ulterior motive. She used to cook to get on Brendan’s good side, but this time, she would do it for Kyran because it was all she could do. Deirdre asked Declan before she

Kyran put up with it for a while before he relaxed his frown and answered, “I won’t let her associate me with him, even for the slightest bit. I want to separate myself from Brendan and be the Kyran that she knows.”“Yet, you’re not Kyran. You’re Brendan.”Kyran took a glance at Declan upon hearing that and found Declan’s expression to be unpleasant. “Brendan, I hope that you can keep a clear head. I understand that you are determined to get Deirdre to trust you, but if you continue to behave like this, you’re going to have a hard time. Your body is utterly incapable of tolerating meals of this spice level. If you can endure and finish the meal today, how about the next time? How about in the future?”“I’ll get used to it in the future.”“Used to it?” Declan was incredulous and could not help laughing from anger. “Can you guarantee that you won’t give yourself away for every day that follows? Even if you force yourself to get used to eating spicy food, how about your face? You can’

“Sure.”Deirdre stretched out her hands in preparation to clean the table after Declan left, but Kyran took over the task. “I’ll do it.”“You have just only recovered from a fever. Sit down.” Deirdre was worried. Kyran smiled and said, “You cooked, so it’s my duty to do the dishes. Having moderate exercise is good for health too. You sit down.”He took the utensils from Deirdre’s hands and walked to the kitchen. He checked his phone before he walked away and found a text message from Declan. [I hope that you will think it through.]Kyran turned off the screen and walked to the kitchen. He bustled about in the kitchen while Deirdre sat on the sofa by herself until her phone rang. She picked up and heard Hoyt’s voice coming from the other end. “It’s me, Miss McKinnon.”Deirdre paused for a moment, yet she was not surprised by Hoyt’s call. They had left in a hurry, and she did not wish to disturb him, so she had left her phone number with Mrs. Cox. “Mr. Leigh, I’m sorry for t

‘Charlene has already been captured?’Deirdre was incredulous, and her grip on the phone tightened from excitement. “Are you serious?”The police officer said, “Miss McKinnon, we’re the police, so we don’t lie.”Deirdre calmed down her breathing. She had almost given up on pursuing the case and did not expect that there would be a change in the abduction investigation. After all, Charlene was Brendan’s lover. She could not possibly be captured as long as Brendan still loved her.She calmed herself with great effort. Kyran walked over and asked softly, “What’s going on? You sounded very emotional earlier.”Deirdre turned around and wrapped her arms around Kyran’s waist. “The police just called and informed me that the culprit who abducted me has been captured.”“Really?” Kyran’s gaze was tainted with ferocity at the mention of the abductor. “The police work rather quickly and haven’t disappointed us. Do you need to be at the police station now?”“Hmm, they’re asking me to identif

Noticing Deirdre’s unusual behavior, Kyran immediately turned to her and inquired softly, “What’s going on, Deirdre? Is something wrong?”The voice from the speaker continued to speak. “The reason I abducted Miss McKinnon is very simple. I don’t have money, so I wanted to blackmail and extort money to spend.”‘The voice! It’s a man’s voice!’Deirdre shook her head desperately. “This isn’t right! This isn’t right!”“What isn’t right?”Deirdre said, “Trust me, Kyran. This man is not the mastermind of my abduction!”It was no wonder the mastermind of the abduction would be found—it was no wonder that Charlene would yield obediently. It turned out that she had figured out a way to find herself a scapegoat!Deirdre’s chest was burning with anger. She felt as if the man in the interrogation room was herself in the past.On the other hand, this was precisely Charlene’s special trick!She turned a blind eye to the law, and when she got herself in trouble, she would get someone random