CEO's Dumb Bride novel Chapter 37

Chapter 37 Sleeping in a Shed

"I've got to go."

With that, Francis turned away. Julian almost jumped up in anger. "Francis!"

But the man didn't even look back.

Julian was furious. She had just returned from the hospital, but this detestable man didn't even bother to comfort her.

Francis drove towards the restaurant. But by the time he arrived, the restaurant was already closed, and it was pitch dark inside.

He stared at the dark restaurant from his car. After a moment of silence, he took out his phone and called Lilian.

But her phone was off.

He lit a cigarette in irritation. After taking a few drags, he tossed it away and turned the car around to go back to his villa.

But there was no one in the villa. The bedroom was neatly arranged, proving that Lilian had not returned.

Only then did Francis remember that he had frozen Lilian's card. She probably didn't even have the money for a taxi fare home. How could she come back then?

Thinking of this, he walked outside and called Nelson.

As for Lilian, she had brought Fabiana back to her dwelling. It could hardly be called a house because it was just a shack built on an old car frame near the garbage dump.

According to Fabiana, the owner of the dump had given her the metal frame out of mercy and helped her build the shack.

Lilian felt a mix of emotions. She put the things she'd bought from the 24-hour convenience store into the shack. As she leaned in, she smelled something unpleasant.

Fabiana turned on the solar lamp hanging above. Finally, Lilian found how dirty the bedding underneath was.

She opened her mouth and looked at Fabiana with a complex expression, her eyes in pain.

Lilian remembered her childhood, when Fabiana taught her how to write and fold paper and told her stories to make her sleep. Those caring moments came flooding back, and her eyes turned red.

The Fabiana in her memory shouldn't be living like this.

Fabiana tried to reach out to her, but her hand was thin and withered, covered in black dirt like armor. Then the old woman quietly withdrew her hand.