The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 782

Chapter 782

Arthur and Sophia cleared the required background checks. All they had left to do was get their marriage license and have the wedding.

Then the disasters hit.

Arthur called off the wedding and took on the mission his country assigned him.

Sophia cried for days, but she couldn’t stop loving him. In the end, she followed him to the military base.

Whenever she wasn’t working, she quietly did what she could to take care of him.

Arthur put everything into building and running the base, dealing with one crisis after another

Just as Sophia worked up the courage to talk about their relationship again, Irene showed up with Camila.

Sophia spent most of her twenties and thirties loving the same man. Now, she was almost forty, and few people understood how hard those years were or how much pressure she faced.

Even Arthur told her more than once to stop waiting for him and find someone else to marry. Sophia tried, but she just couldn’t do it.

“I love you. That’s my choice, and you don’t have to do anything about it. Just do what you need to do. Anyway, what does finding a good man even mean anymore? With all these disasters, I could die any day. Getting married isn’t everything.”

No one knew if they would live to see tomorrow. It was hard to blame either of them.

“That’s enough gossip,” Erin told the younger women. “Focus on your work instead of talking about everyone else’s business.”

The others exchanged sheepish looks. They finished up in the restroom and hurried back to work.

Nicole left the stall and went to get the water.

In the hallway, she ran into Sophia, who carried a bowl of freshly brewed herbal medicine. “Nicole, this is Commander Hunt’s medicine. Could you take it to him?”

Nicole studied her a little more closely, thinking about what she overheard in the restroom.

Sophia wasn’t as beautiful as Irene and didn’t have her presence, but there was something quietly appealing about her face.

More than a decade had gone by, and the harsh conditions of the apocalypse left fine lines around her eyes.

Nicole had learned a lot from Mitchell and Wesley. She recognized most of the herbs by smell, but still asked, ” What’s in it?”

Sophia kept a close eye on Arthur’s condition and knew the formula by heart. She listed every ingredient without hesitation.

One disaster after another wiped out much of the medicinal herb crop, leaving the doctors with few options for

treatment.

Nicole took the medicine without comment and headed back to Arthur’s room. When no one was looking, she slipped a few tablets into it.

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Sure enough, Arthur was back at work. As soon as he saw her, he hurriedly set the papers aside, looking almost guilty.

Nicole told him plainly, “Sophia asked me to bring this in.”

Arthur said nothing about his relationship with Sophia. He just took the medicine and drank it without protest

One of the pills Nicole added was a sleeping pill. At least he would get a few hours of uninterrupted rest.

They barely knew each other, and making conversation felt awkward. Nicole didn’t stay long.

“I should go.”

Arthur didn’t ask her to stay, but he watched her for a few moments.

After they left the hospital, Nicole told Zeph what she learned about Arthur and Sophia.

Zeph took her hand. “I’m a lot luckier than he is.”

Giving so much of yourself to others came at a cost. Zeph couldn’t live that way, but he respected Arthur for it.

They went home, ate lunch, and took a nap. After her nap, Nicole went into the storage space to find some medicinal herbs.

Worried Zeph might get the wrong idea, she explained, “The hospital barely has any medicine left. They can’t treat everything that’s wrong with him with what they’ve got. I’ll make him a few things. That’ll pay him back for the storage space, and we’ll be even.” 1

Zeph saw through her excuse but let it go.

“Alright. I’ll help.”

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