In Guanling, in the villa.
When Casey opened his eyes, a beam of sunlight was falling on his face. He could only faintly see a fine figure sitting at his bedside. Because the sunlight was so blinding that he couldn’t see who was sitting here.
He subconsciously assumed that the person sitting at his bedside was Edith. He had never felt more exhausted than climbing high ladder for the last few years, so even when he was awake, he was still a little dazed.
He thought he was still in J City, still at his home, and now what he saw was just a scene of his ordinary morning - Edith got up a little earlier than him and was sitting by his bedside to stare at him.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Casey's face, after which he reached out to grab her hand, gently placing it on his face for a moment.
"Why are you getting up so early, come back to bed and rest for a while, I want to hug you." Casey said.
The moment her hand was grabbed, her body already was froze, and when she heard Casey's words, she was startled, then she quickly pulled her hand back and whispered, "Rascal!"
Casey was stunned, then he hurriedly got up from the bed, and only after there was no more direct sunlight blinding his eyes did he see clearly who the person sitting at his bedside was.
That person was not Edith, but Annabel.
Only then did Casey remember that he was currently in Guanling and had just finished climbing high ladder, so Edith could not be here.
Thinking about what he had just said, Casey felt so embarrassed and explained, "Sorry, I was a bit confused just now and mistook you for someone else."
A pink flush spread over her cheeks, because Casey’s words seemed to turn her on a bit. Annabel glared at Casey and said, "What a lame excuse you have."
Casey was about to explain that he wasn't making excuses, but Annabel wasn't going to listen, she got up from the bed, walked towards the window and said, "You were in a coma for two days, Terence said he didn't have a caring girl over there, so he asked me to take care of you over here. Since you're awake now, I don't want to be around a bastard like you all the time."
Casey was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that Annabel had taken care of himself for two days, and it was Terence who asked her to come to take care of him.
Could it be that Terence was trying to set Annabel up with him? He didn't believe that there was no woman at his place that could take care of him.
He remembered that he hadn't told Terence that he was already married. It was understandable for Terence, as a father, to consider his son's marital affairs.
In the end, he just smiled helplessly and said to Annabel, "Thank you."
"Humph! I don’t need your thank-you, I'm just taking care of you for Terence's sake, don't you really think that I want to stay here with you?" Annabel said arrogantly.
At this moment, a girl came into the room and said, "Miss, you need to have a rest, you've been here for two days, I've sent away Guanling’s owner’s people many times, why do you have to take care of him by yourself..."
That girl was Annabel's maid, and she did not expect Casey had already woken up, so she spoke out as soon as she entered the room.
After hearing this, Annabel immediately glared at the girl, winking at her to shut up, but unfortunately that girl spoke too fast and Casey already heard what she said.
When Casey heard the girl's words, he felt a little amused as well, he didn't expect that Annabel was fooling him just now, it turned out that it was her own intention to take care of him here.
He stared at Annabel again, whose face was as red as an apple. She was so embarrassed that she even wanted to bury herself immediately.
"What are you talking about? Who wants to be here with him? I'd like to leave right away. You just get out!" Annabel shouted at the girl.
The girl realized that she had said something wrong, so she covered her mouth immediately and ran out with a smile on her face.
This was the first time she had ever seen her lady to be so panicked, who usually was a cold and calm girl. It seemed that she had a crush on Casey.
Casey smiled and looked at Annabel mysteriously as if he was asking her why she was lying.
When Annabel saw that Casey was laughing at her, she was a little upset, and a feeling of wanting to act like a spoiled child surged into her heart, but she held it back so that she wouldn't lose her temper.
Casey was about to make a joke with Annabel, but when he thought of what happened between him and Lily earlier, he gave it up. In his opinion, it was uneasy to thank a girl or make a joke with her, because it was possible that the girl may misunderstand him and think he was flirting with her by making a joke.
One Lily had already made Casey headaches and felt guilty, and he didn't want that to happen again.
"I am awake now, you can go back." In order to show Annabel how heartless he was, he took his smile back and said with an indifferent expression.
When Annabel heard that Casey had actually sent her off like that, she felt a burst of anger and even felt wronged in her heart.
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