Chapter 274


    “Ugh, it hurts! Mister… Ouch…” Corinne’s voice was trembling


    a little and she gritted her teeth to endure the pain. Her face turned pale, and she looked like she was


    about to keel over anytime.


    Jeremy stopped what he was doing, and his eyebrows sank. Why is she yelling when I haven’t even


    done anything to her yet?‘ He never intended to do anything to her in the first ce and merely wanted


    to give her a little scare as payback for her


    words to him.


    “Where does it hurt?”


    Corinne frowned ufortably. Her eyshes trembled slightly, and her eyes were red. “My hands…”


    ‘Hands?‘ Jeremy nced up and looked at the two little hands that he held in a tight grip against the


    mirror. His pupils shrank suddenly as he let go of her and brought her two hands down to eye level so


    he could check them.


    At that moment, Corinne’s two little hands were red and


    swollen like two boiled lobster ws.


    Jeremy frowned tightly and asked her in a deep voice, “What happened? What did you do?”


    Corinne shook her head weakly and was barely able to speak. “I … I don’t know. I didn’t…do


    anything…”N?velDrama.Org holds ? this.


    Her hands were hot, and the unbearable pain she felt could be likened to being dipped inside the hot oil


    of a frying pan. The pain made her sweat all over, and her breathing gradually


    became difficult too. Her throat felt as if it had been stuffed


    with cotton balls.


    Before she finally closed her eyes, she heard Jeremy calling her name in a rather nervous manner.


    “Corinne! Corinne! Corinne…”


    The next second, Jeremy quickly rushed out of the bathroom with the unconscious Corinne in his arms.


    At the hospital, Corinne woke up to see a white ceiling up above and intravenous drips hanging just


    beside her.


    Her mouth was dry, and her throat felt sore. She wanted to get up but was unable to. She wanted to


    reach out for the water on the cab, only to discover that her hands were tightly wrapped in gauze


    just like that of an oversized round ball. Her fingers were not in sight, and she could not grasp anything


    at all.


    Shey helplessly on the hospital bed and looked around.


    Being the only person in the ward, the silence was deafening and terrifying. It was like the time her


    mother sent her to the hospital for treatment when she was a child. Her mother had told her to wait


    obediently in the ward while she went out to buy some food.


    She watched as the liquid in the intravenous drip ran out drop by drop, but her mother never once


    came back.


    Hospitals thus became one of the ces she disliked most.


    She was feeling in low spirits when a loud voice called out to her, “Corinne! You’re awake! I’m so d!”


    Corinne heard the sound and saw that Annie had walked in.


    Annie rushed to the hospital bed and looked at her worriedly. ” I just went to the bathroom. Why are


    your eyes red?”


    Corinne’s lips curled into a smile and she answered hoarsely, I’m okay. I just slept a little too long.”


    Annie then nodded. “Do you feel better now, then? Would you like me to call the doctor over and check


    on you?”


    Corinne shook her head. “No, it’s fine. Could you help me up and pass me the water? I’m feeling super


    thirsty right now.‘


    Annie did as Corinne requested and carefully helped thetter up. She then put a pillow on Corinne’s


    back, then brought a ss of water over with a straw and held it up for Corinne to take a sip.


    Corinne originally wanted to take the water ss to drink by herself, but since she was unable to hold


    the ss with her hands, she could only ept Annie’s help as she stretched her head over and drank


    with a straw.