Chapter 648

On the way home, Melina asked Andrew to make a quick stop at the animal clinic so she could check on the kitten. The kitten had undergone surgery, and the vet had treated its various injuries. Now, it was wrapped in bandages, resembling a tiny mummy. Melina leaned in anxiously. "How's the kitten doing?" The vet sighed. "It's alive, and the wounds will heal eventually. But that leg—it's been broken for too long and has atrophied. It probably won't ever stand again." Melina looked at the tiny creature in the incubator, its eyes closed as it rested. Her voice softened. "That's okay. As long as it's alive, that's enough." Turning to Andrew, she said, "Andrew, I want to adopt it." She half-expected to see sympathy in his eyes—even a glimmer of understanding. After all, Andrew had once mentioned he'd had a kitten keeping him company during the hardest time of his life. But Andrew's expression was cold and indifferent, like someone who had stepped on an ant by accident and