He Gave Her Strawberries, Gave Me Hives (Ford and Sylvia) novel Chapter 150

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seraphina’s face flushed with embarrassment: “Dante… you shouldn’t have to do something like this…”

Dante didn’t stop what he was doing, his voice unusually gentle: “You just nearly drowned. Your body’s still weak, you can’t handle cold water. This is nothing.”

Evelyn stood outside the door watching this scene, feeling like all the blood in her body had turned to ice.

n all their years of marriage, when she’d been doubled over with period cramps, he’d never so much as brought her a cup of tea, let alone washed her

Inderwear.

Turns out, it wasn’t that he was naturally cold or clueless about romance.

le just saved all his tenderness and consideration for the woman named Seraphina.

he pain spread through her chest like a thousand tiny cuts. She couldn’t watch anymore. She turned and walked away, step by painful step, toward the billing

ffice.

Over the next few days, Dante never came to see her once.

he changed her own bandages, ate alone, endured the pain from her wounds and the emptiness in her heart all by herself.

In discharge day, she was handling the paperwork when she ran into Dante and Seraphina, who were also checking out.

eraphina saw her and immediately rushed over with fake concern: “Oh my God! You’re being discharged too? That’s wonderful! After we fell in the water. I ept telling Dante he should go find you, but he said you’d probably made it out on your own since I was so weak and needed him to stay with me… I felt so uilty about it. I’m so relieved to see you’re okay…”

very word sounded caring but was actually designed to flaunt Dante’s favoritism toward her.

velyn didn’t want to engage. She just finished her paperwork and tried to leave.

ut Seraphina grabbed her wrist: “Hey, since we ran into each other, why don’t we all go back together?”

velyn instinctively yanked her hand away.

ante immediately stepped forward to steady Seraphina, frowning at Evelyn with clear disapproval: “What’s the hell now? 1 prioritized Seraphina because she’s crucial scientist our country needs! And you? All you do is hang around the kitchen! I know which life has more value! Now Seraphina’s trying to be nice to ou, and you’re giving her attitude?”

velyn’s heart was screaming in pain. She started to speak, but Dante was already impatiently pulling Seraphina toward the car, then coldly told Evelyn: “Are ou getting in or not?”

velyn didn’t want to make a scene in front of the hospital, so she silently got in the back seat.

he whole ride, Dante fussed over Seraphina–asking if she was thirsty, if she was hungry, being incredibly attentive.

fone of which Evelyn had ever experienced.

o this is how he treated someone he actually cared about.

eraphina suddenly said: “Dante, don’t take me home yet. Can we stop by that bookstore? I want to pick up some technical books.”

Jante’s voice was full of admiration: “Still such a dedicated student.”

You have to keep learning to keep growing, right?”

At the bookstore, Seraphina went to browse, and Evelyn casually picked up some advanced physics and fluid dynamics textbooks.

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When Dante saw this, he immediately frowned: “You think you can understand any of that? Just because I complimented Seraphina on studying, now you’re trying to copy her?”

Seraphina smoothly intervened: “Dante, don’t say that. It’s good that she wants to learn.”

Dante said nothing more and pulled out his wallet to pay.

But Evelyn stopped him: “No need. I’ll pay for my own.”

Dante looked startled, like he hadn’t expected her to refuse.

This was the first time she’d shown any hint of independence around him.

Something unpleasant flickered in his eyes, but he didn’t push it: “Whatever.”

After paying, Dante naturally moved to carry Seraphina’s books.

Seraphina protested: “I can manage. You should help your wife–her arm looks injured.”

Dante glanced at Evelyn: “She’s used to doing housework. She can handle carrying a few books.”

With that, he walked ahead to get the car.

Seraphina held her books, a barely detectable smugness flashing in her eyes as she followed toward the stairs.

Maybe it was that smug feeling that threw off her balance, or maybe it was completely intentional–she suddenly stumbled with a cry and went tumbling down

he stairs!

t happened so fast. Evelyn instinctively reached out to catch her but only managed to brush her sleeve before watching helplessly as Seraphina crashed down o the landing below.

he loud noise immediately brought Dante running back from the entrance.

le rushed over and, seeing the scene, went pale. He immediately knelt down to carefully help the groaning Seraphina, then whipped his head up to glare at velyn standing on the stairs above, his voice sharp with accusation: “Did you push her?!”

velyn was about to explain when Seraphina, wincing in pain, spoke in a pitiful voice: “Dante, don’t blame her… she’s probably still angry that you saved me irst… if this makes her feel better, I’m okay…”

his complete distortion of the truth made Evelyn’s eyes widen in disbelief: “What are you talking about? You clearly fell by yourself…”

Enough!” Dante exploded with rage, “Evelyn, when did you become so petty and vindictive? I’ve explained why I saved Seraphina first–haven’t I made it clear nough? If it were you choosing between a valuable asset to the country and someone completely expendable, who would you save first? Besides, you’re tanding here perfectly fine! But if something serious happened to Seraphina, could you handle that responsibility?!”

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