After her uncle’s surgery, she has spent most of her time in the ICU these past few days. Knowing that her uncle’s vital signs have remained stable, she breathed a sigh of relief; at least her uncle survived.

Whether her uncle will regain consciousness, according to the doctor’s words, depends on luck and his own determination.

And right now, for her uncle, this is the best possible situation.

"Uncle will definitely wake up," Mabel Quinn prayed in her heart, and as she looked at her uncle on the hospital bed, she thought that perhaps he was fighting now, trying hard to wake up.

And a few days ago, the decisiveness with which Alice left.

Even Alice wanted to save this child, as a mother, shouldn’t she make one last effort?

So tonight, she actually didn’t sleep, she was waiting for him, lying on the hospital bed with her eyes closed, but her mind was in turmoil.

Until she heard the subtle sound of the door being pushed open, and his very light footsteps.

Go back to Kyle’s mansion, and then find a way to convince him, at the same time buy some time. That was her plan, only under his gaze, her body involuntarily started to tremble slightly, as if all her nerves had been stretched taut.

She knew she was nervous, afraid he would refuse, afraid he would say she must have the surgery to remove the child tomorrow.

At this moment, she nearly held her breath.

In the dim ward, Mabel could feel Kyle looking at her, but she couldn’t see his face clearly, nor could she make out his expression.

She didn’t know how much time had passed before his voice finally sounded in the quiet space, "Alright, I’ll arrange for your discharge tomorrow."

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In the morning, after checking on her uncle, Mabel Quinn followed Kyle back to Kyle’s mansion. Inside the mansion, everything was as usual, yet when she stepped in again, it felt like ages had passed.

As if in these short ten or so days, so many things had happened. That day, as she left Kyle’s mansion as usual, how could she have predicted that so much would occur?

In the evening, after washing up, Mabel casually picked up a book to flip through, though her thoughts were far from the pages. As she read, she frequently glanced at the time on her phone, hoping for Kyle to return to the room. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

However, she waited from 8 o’clock until 10:30, and Kyle still didn’t return.

On her first night back at Kyle’s mansion, Mabel slept alone in the room, and for several nights after, Kyle didn’t come to the bedroom either.

The two of them, living under the same roof, but apart from dinner time, rarely encountered each other.

However, Alice Conley called her every day to inquire about the child, and even visited Kyle’s mansion twice.

Regarding the topic of the child, both Mabel and Kyle intentionally avoided it; neither spoke of it, and she even naively wondered if he had changed his mind.

In the evening, while the two were having dinner, Kyle got up to leave, and Mabel suddenly reached out, grabbing his sleeve, "Kyle, I... I want to watch an animation tonight, will you watch it with me?"