After saying that, Essie's eyes turned red.
Then, she stood up.
She slowly ran her fingers along the man's face.
The man's face was bluish- gray, like a zombie right out of the grave.
Essie murmured, "I know you miss your sister, but I can't take you to her. If they catch you, they will destroy you. Lothar, they will most definitely destroy you,"
Selina had slept for a very long time during the day, so she couldn't sleep at night.
Fortunately, Matthew was there to keep her company.
Unfortunately, she couldn't eat a lot of things because she was in confinement.
Matthew heated up some milk for her.
After drinking a lot of warm milk, she felt full.
Now that she had time, she started to think about what had happened that night.
She seemed to be asking both Matthew and herself, "Matthew, do you think I was hallucinating or did I really see Essie and Lothar that night?"
She then shook her head, "No, even if Essie wasn't a hallucination, Lothar couldn't have been real,"
Matthew didn't reply.
He only stared at her with his deep eyes.
He was certain that neither Selina nor Yesseca were having any illusions.
If Essie was real, then what about Lothar?
Lothar was dead.
He had given his heart to Selina through a transplant.
How could a person survive without a heart?
It was impossible for Lothar to be human if he did.
If he wasn't human, what was he?
Matthew's scalp turned numb.
He couldn't tell Selina any of this.
Matthew held Selina's hand. "You'd better focus on getting better now. This is your only priority at the moment. Don't think about anything else."
She sighed. "Can I not think about it?"
However, then she was happy again. "This time, I've settled things between Yesseca and Kylin. I think that Lothar is happy in heaven. Even if I have another hallucination and see Lothar again, I can still face him calmly, because I've taken good care of Yesseca."
Matthew smiled, "That's a good thing to keep in mind, don't think about whether it was an illusion or not. You've taken very good care of Yesseca. You don't need to feel ashamed of facing Lothar,"
As soon as he said that, the baby started crying.
The baby had woken up.
Matthew quickly picked up the baby.
Selina wanted to laugh as she watched him.
Matthew had always been calm and composed in whatever he did. This was the first time she had seen him so flustered.
He was like this all the time with the baby.
Matthew was really panicking.
Because the baby was so small, Matthew was afraid that he might injure him by accident.
After calming the fussing baby back to sleep, Matthew was covered in sweat.
Selina smiled sweetly at him, "Matthew, you look so flustered,"
Matthew smiled bitterly.
However, after a short while, he said, "Don't worry, give me some time. I promise I'll be a qualified caretaker,"
She looked at Matthew and said, "Why do you want to be one? Looking after the baby is a woman's job,"
Matthew looked at Selina and smiled faintly. "It takes a lot of effort to take care of a baby. How can I let you do all of that? I'll do it. It was hard enough for you to give birth to him. Let me take care of the rest."
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