ck to My Worst Birthday and Starting Anew
Chapter 377 Dark Memory
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Even so, Sunny’s body slumped; its once–steady black eyes were on the verge of closing forever.
Charmaine could no longer hold herself together. She collapsed and cried out loud, bowing repeatedly to the two towering figures. “Please, please, Sunny can’t hold on any longer. Just consider it a loan, okay? I’ll pay it back, I promise. Please, I beg you, please.”
Sophie sneered. “You’re always sneaking food from home to feed that dog. Maybe you should start by paying me back for that.”
Charmaine cried out, “That was just leftover food you didn’t want.”
Bennett claimed, “Leftovers that I paid for! Haha! I’ve spent all this money raising you, and you better pay me back that money first.”
He pointed to the outside, his Rolex gleaming with an expensive sheen, blinding Charmaine’s eyes. “Get that thing away from here! Don’t let it dirty my doorstep!”
Rain began to pour, heavy drops splashing on Charmaine’s face. She tilted her head back, her eyelashes trembling lightly, as her thoughts gradually pulled away from distant memories and returned to the
present.
The rain came swiftly and heavily, falling in torrents from the sky.
Charmaine had borrowed an umbrella from the security, but it didn’t help much. She was soaked through, her heavy clothes pressing against her, making her shiver uncontrollably.
“Excuse me, have you seen two orange–and–white kittens?” she asked a passerby.
“Have you seen two orange–and–white kittens? They ran out from the holistic medicine department.”
Charmaine asked several people as she hurried along. Finally, an old cleaning lady pointed her in the right direction.
“Over by the cafeteria, near the bushes, I saw a few stray cats. Not sure if they’re the ones you’re looking for.”
“Thank you!”
Charmaine hurried off, and soon she saw two tiny little legs poking out from the thick bushes.
“Meow!”
These were the kittens.
Wait, there were more than just the two.
As Charmaine pushed the branches aside, she discovered several larger cats gathered behind them. It was the same group that had escaped from her office the first day.
They had found their mother.
Charmaine’s heart swelled with joy. As she watched the kittens walk over to her, instinctively sniffing her
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Chapter 377 Dark Memory
“Congratulations, you found your mom. Now you won’t have to wander anymore.”
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The kittens seemed to sense her kindness. This time, instead of running away like before, they stood still, watching her.
One large cat, with beautiful green eyes, stared directly at her. Charmaine smiled warmly, waved at the cat, and gently poked the kitten’s round belly.
“If you keep running around like that, your babies will go hungry.”
The orange cat flicked its ears back, as if not wanting to respond to the comment, and turned its face away.
Charmaine chuckled, amused by the cat’s reaction.
“Alright, now that I know you’re safe, I can relax. Stay close to your mom.”
She gently nudged the kittens back into the bushes, about to rise, when the rain suddenly stopped.
Surprised, Charmaine turned to find Emyr standing behind her, holding a large umbrella.
Without thinking, she lowered her head. Crap!
My face!
“What are you hiding for?”
Emyr, thinking she was guilty, stepped further out from under the umbrella, pulling her closer to him.
When he touched her cold hands, the air around him became thick with tension.
His voice, soft but laced with a hint of frustration, asked, “I called you. Why didn’t you pick up?”
Hmm?
Wait. This isn’t right. How did he recognize me? My face-
She instinctively touched her face and, to her surprise, found yellowish water on her palm.
Well, the rain was too heavy, and it had washed off her makeup. Moreover, she had put away her mask and sunglasses once they got soaked.
She sighed in relief, then timidly lifted her head to look at him. “What brought you here?”
“The Whites came looking for trouble with Robin. It’s the latest scandal. Outside the hospital, patients are causing a scene–everything’s a mess.”
He had been so worried when she didn’t answer his calls that he rushed over.
But he never imagined she would be hiding here, caring for a few stray cats.
“My phone was on silent. I didn’t check it,” Charmaine muttered.
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