Chapter 304

His voice was hoarse, each word spoken with evident difficulty. "Alston, is your throat bothering you?" Alston grunted, taking a sip through a straw. Hmph! For Cecilia's sake, he had almost lost his life, yet he couldn't even drink the milk Cecilia had brought? The warm liquid slid down his sore throat, the fiery sensation exacerbating the discomfort. But with the dryness gone, Alston's throat finally felt some relief. In one go, he drank most of the milk from the paper cup, then squinted with his deep eyelashes fixed on Cecilia. "Answer me!" "Where did it come from?" Cecilia hesitated, tucking her long hair behind her ear and murmuring, "Brian bought it." Hmm? Alston stared at Cecilia intensely, his gaze instantly freezing over. "Who?" "Brian. He saw I wasn't feeling well and bought it for me." Not feeling well? She seemed perfectly comfortable with Alston! True, he wasn't dead yet; Cecilia couldn't just move on with Brian, especially with their affair still a hot topic online. No mat