It just so happened that the screen lit up with a ding, and a text came from Carter…
The air seemed to freeze, and everything felt like it was on hold.
Aurelia and Neil stared at each other for some time in bewilderment before they sprang up to snatch the phone in unison!
In spite of it, Neil's shoulder was injured, so Aurelia got to the device first.
The girl was smart. Knowing that Neil's phone was unlocked with face ID, she shook the phone in front of him once she grabbed it, and the screen unlocked with a click. She then leaped far away from him.
Just when Neil struggled up from bed to stop Aurelia, she had already finished listening to all of Carter's voice messages.
"Neil, shouldn't you wake up now?
"Bro, come on, wake up! The princess has been worried for you these days, and you still can keep up your act?
"Even if you want to keep acting, get another hospital? Retrieving the bullet is just a small surgery, and you won't wake up after three days. If the outsiders were to find out, they'd think there's something wrong with the Irwins' medical skills! Oh yeah, I threw the blame on the anesthesiologist. Don't blow your own cover when you wake up and talk to Her Highness!"
With a beep, the voice messages ended.
Neil had gotten up then and stood by the bed like a statue.
Aurelia brandished the phone and suddenly cracked an inexplicable smile.
Realization struck Neil, and he frantically hunched over. "Ow, my shoulder… hurts so much."
"Mr. Best Actor, is your shoulder or back hurting?"
"Huh?"
"You've spent three days lying down. Didn't get any bedsores?"
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