Chapter 153 It Was All Her Fault

• “What are you doing out of bed? You’re supposed to be resting.”
• Damian’s voice was hoarse, but Lara could hear the hesitation in it. She stiffened slightly in his arms, then turned to burrow into his chest as she whispered, “I thought you left.” I thought you left with Colette and abandoned me here. She was terrified, extremely so. She didn’t dare think that he might have left her all alone, that he would not come back for her.
• He tightened his arms around her as if he could mold her against him, then put his chin on the top of her head as he murmured in a gravelly tone, “Silly little thing. As if I would ever leave you on your own.”