Chapter 284
“You don‘t want me to go to work?”
Hearing Brandon‘s words, Savanna felt a sense of loss.
Seeing that she was in low spirits again, Brandon quickly said, “I can handle it. Neil and Justin are capable assistants. They can be helpful enough. Your condition isn‘t that good, and you should stay at home and accompany Mandel. Though he‘s doing better than before, he is still recovering. If anything happens to you or him, I will be distracted. Savanna, now that I‘ve said this much, can you see why I don‘t want you to work?”
Brandon was worried that Savanna would get him wrong, so he simply made it clear at once.
Brandon‘s words were flawless. Savanna stammered, “But… But…”
Savanna couldn‘t find an excuse. The last time, she pestered him for a long time before he allowed her to go to work.
Savanna didn‘t want to say it out loud, but when she realized it, she had already blurted out, “What if those vixens seduce you?”
She touched the hair on her forehead, not daring to look into Brandon‘s eyes. She swallowed a mouthful of saliva and explained, “Of course, I believe you. I just don‘t believe those vixens. They are so good at seducing men.”
Brandon was a bit speechless.
“Savanna, decent men will not be seduced by vixens. We are self–disciplined. We will ignore them.”
Savanna didn‘t buy it.
But she did not dare to refute. She was afraid that once she refuted, he would turn around again and leave her alone at home.
Recently, she seemed to be unable to rouse herself to do anything. She couldn‘t even brace herself up when Mandel came to talk to her and play with her.
She figured that it might have something to do with the poison.
Savanna didn‘t want to quarrel with Brandon anymore. She didn‘t want to be so tired. She nodded, her eyes sparkling. “OK. As you said, I‘ll stay home and be with Mandel. You will go to work to earn money to support us.”
Brandon scratched Savanna‘s nose with his finger. “That‘s my good girl!”
The two reached a consensus and were happy. Savanna took off her coat and went to the kitchen to act as Brandon‘s assistant, his competent wife.
Lizeth and Seth took Mandel out to play, and now they were back. Mandel ran into the kitchen and hugged Savanna‘s thigh. “Savanna, Lizeth, and Seth took me to the Sea World. The fish there are so beautiful and colorful.”
Savanna held Mandel and walked out of the kitchen. After she took Mandel to wash his hands, she took him into the dining room.
When they were having dinner, Savanna saw Seth winking at Lizeth. Savanna did not say anything. She put some food on Mandel‘s plate. “Mandel, eat. After finishing eating, go upstairs and read.”
Mandel ate and replied happily, “OK.”
Mandel quickly finished eating and went upstairs.
Savanna turned around and said to Brandon, who was beside her, “Lizeth‘s divorce is taking forever. Can you pull some strings and help her?”
Brandon was surprised that Savanna would bring this up during the meal. He glanced at Seth and then Lizeth. Seeing that the two looked somehow embarrassed, he suddenly realized what Savanna meant.
Savanna was kind of nosy, wasn‘t she?
But it was the fact that Seth was Brandon‘s man. Brandon wouldn‘t let others point their fingers at Seth and call Seth a third wheel.
“Seth, don‘t embarrass me.”
Brandon said this to Seth. Then he put down his fork and left the dining room.
Seth and Lizeth looked at each other dumbfounded and then cast a grateful glance at Savanna at the same time.
Savanna finished her meal. Just as she was about to get up, a wave of dizziness hit her. She immediately stood in place, wanting to wait for the dizziness to go away. However, it only got worse. The world in front of her blurred and slowly turned into nothing but darkness.
Clang!
Savanna fell to the ground.
Before she passed out, she heard the panicked voices of Lizeth and Seth, shouting, “Savanna!”
“Mrs. Cassel.”
It sounded like he was scolding her. No one knew how anxious and distressed he was.
Hearing that, Savanna remembered that the reason why she fainted last night was that she had taken too much medicine prescribed by Rex.
“Rex gave you medicine, not candy. You almost died last night. lost your life. Don‘t do that ever again.”
Brandon got up from his chair. His face was a bit cold. It was not because he was unhappy. It was because he was terrified. This morning, he had been at Savanna‘s side, but she still did not wake up. He went to Rex and questioned Rex, “What medicine did you give her? Rex, I want to beat you up.”
“Can you blame me? Who takes medicine as candy? Only fools would do that.” Rex was telling the truth. Then he continued, “Brandon, Savanna loves you so much. She was afraid that you would leave. It was too painful for her to live. She wanted to end her life for good and all.”
Brandon was so angry. He wanted to stab himself with a knife.
Why did he quarrel with her last morning?
After she came back last night, she gave him the silent treatment. Then her medicine kicked in.
He was this close to losing Savanna forever.
He couldn‘t accept it. He wouldn‘t accept it.
Seeing that he was angry, Savanna took a sip of water to calm herself down and replied in a low voice, “OK. I will be good. Don‘t be angry, OK?”
Brandon felt like he was a bad wolf as she stared at him with her watery, innocent eyes.
The love they shared made him cautious and fearful, while she became overly concerned with what she had to the point of being a little out of her mind.
He was so tired.
However, he would never give up. Once they developed the antidote, Savanna could get better. He looked forward to the happy life of the family of three.
Savanna also felt tired, but she would not give up either. For her, Brandon was everything.
She could live without Mandel, but she could not be without Brandon. It was the result of the poison controlling her mind.
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