Female Novel
Chapter 1709
However, Irvin had only said a few words. Obviously, they had not gained the upper hand, and Hendrix must have tried to resist. Still, it was not clearwho would emerge victorious in the end.
Just when I was lost in my thoughts, I suddenly heard the sound of the old window cracking open, which scared me and woke me up immediately. Iglanced towards the window.
Although this castle was well maintained, it was still old. When the wind blew at night, the window board would often drop, and you'd have to close itmanually. I had only been here three or four days, but this was already the third time.
I sighed, got up, and walked over, intending to close it.I had barely taken two steps when I heard a scuffing noise. There seemed to be some movement outside the window.Was it the wind, or was someone trying to break in?Contents belong to NovelDrama.Org
I felt that it was strange, so I cautiously approached the window. When I was about half a step away from it, I stopped where I was, stood on mytiptoes, and stretched out my neck to look outside.
All of a sudden, a hand appeared, grabbed onto the windowsill, and then pulled the rest of the body up. Then, the rest of the torso and legs slowlyemerged...
The man climbed on the wall with his back facing me. Because the candlelight was dim, I could only tell that it was a man from his figure, but intuitiontold me that there was no malice from the man who was taking risks to see me at this critical moment. Therefore, I just watched all of this coolly. I'deven prepared to cover for him if he was discovered
Soon, the man jumped into my room completely. When he turned around, and I could see his face clearly, my eyes lit up. Without hesitation, I rushedover and hugged him tightly.
"Hendrix, thank God you're alright."I'd been so afraid of hearing news about him, because if it came from Irvin, it wouldn't be good news at all.
Hendrix's tight muscles relaxed instantly. He sighed deeply and held me tightly. "You're impossible.”
Somehow, my-nose scrunched up. Ilooked at hig; and my eyes startedtearing up Just as I was about to >speak, some hing suddenly occurredto med + broke away from his afmsand-~an back to the living rogm."Wait a minute.” Content belongs toNovelDrama.Org oF
Hendrix was very cautious. He crept to the door, leaned against it, and listened for a while. Then, after confirming that he had not been discovered, hereturned
"Hendrix, come here." I sat by the bed with the laptop in my arms, and Hendrix eased in beside me.I clicked on the video and placed the laptop on Hendrix's lap. "This is our son. He has your nose.”
I had been looking forward to this for a long time. Although I'd imagined that Hendrix and our child would've met face to face, this was the best wecould do for now.
Hendrix stareghat the screen, and aflurry of emgtions flashed across hiseyes. A few seconds later, he turnedaround I topull me into an embrace."Don’ worry, our baby is a gift givento ustby God. I won't let him 1 staywith them for long.” Content belongsto NovelDrama.Org =With Hendrix's reassurance, I could finally feel at ease. However, when I'd thought of Irvin's attitude, my heart tightened, and I asked solemnly, "Haveyou been alright these few days? Is your family okay?"
Hendrix's expression suddenly darkened and pushed me away. His gaze was as cold as ice, and his voice was emationless. "Now you're worried.Why didn't you think about this when you were kidnapped?”
He hadn't said such harsh words tome for a long time. Even when he'dbeen jealoug:of Irvin, he hadn'tspoken in.sirch atone. Fora aNmoments) was flustered and didntknow how to respond. In the end, Icoulgonly lower my voice andtbevutserable. "I'd gotten too worked upafthat time and couldn't.galm down.I wanted to help, but I'm just awoman. The only thing I could thinkof is..." Content belongs toNovelDrama.Org
"That's funny.” Hendrix did not give me a chance to finish speaking. Instead, he looked at me with a strange expression and said, "I thought you hadalready regarded yourself as a man."