Chapter 124

Grace could already imagine how Oliver looked as he stood before the supermarket shelves, picking out her favorite snacks. Apart from feeling extremely grateful, she also wanted to kiss him. However, she was just too shy to do so. Oliver caressed the back of her head and entered the hospital room, sitting on the couch. "What did the doctor say, darling?" "Dad's fine," Oliver said. "His condition was acute, and since he's getting old, he needed to be hospitalized for his treatment." Grace nodded before opening a bag of chips and started eating. The room was so quiet that all Oliver could hear was Grace crunching away at the bag of chips. He turned around to look at Grace enjoying her snacks. One bag was emptied, then a second, then a third. She picked up a different brand of snacks and dug into that before finishing it and opening another one. Oliver watched her eat for almost a whole hour. "Did you have breakfast, Grace?" "Of course," she replied. She then looked at the e