Jacqueline pursed her lips and said nothing else.
Soon, the van drove off and disappeared on the horizon. It was as if it were never there.
Meanwhile, in a small hospital ten kilometers away from the razed industrial area.
A pleasant-looking young woman in her twenties was entering a ward with a thermal food jar in her hand.
When the nurse in the room saw her, she smiled at her. “Ms. Rivers, you’re here.”
“Yes. I’ve made some soup for him so that he can drink it when he wakes.” Lucy Rivers glanced at the man who was in a hospital gown with a pale face. There were bandages around his head, but the bandages could not hide the fact that he was a handsome man.
At that, the nurse teased, “Ms. Rivers, you’re really sweet to your boyfriend.”
At the mention of him being her boyfriend, Lucy’s heart raced. She blushed, and she lowered her head. “O-Of course. He’s my boyfriend, after all,” she replied, a trace of guilt flickering past her eyes.
Nevertheless, the nurse did not notice it. She closed the medical records and said, “You’re a very nice woman, and your boyfriend is lucky to have you. All right. I won’t disturb you and your boyfriend anymore. I’ll take my leave now.”
“All right, bye.” Lucy nodded.
Once the nurse was gone, Lucy and the man on the bed were the only ones left in the ward.
Lucy breathed out a sigh of relief. After putting the food jar at the side of the bed, she lowered her head and stared at the man.
She had lied earlier. The man on the bed was not her boyfriend. She had found him by the side of the river when she was on her way home after visiting her relatives.
She had never seen a man so handsome, so she had fallen for him at first sight. It was then she brought him into her car and drove him back to the town she grew up in.
She did not know who the man was nor what his name was.
There was nothing on him to identify who he was either, so she could not contact his family.
However, that was good news for her. Although she did not know what brand of clothes he was wearing, she could tell from the quality that they must be expensive.
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