Chapter 30

This shout abruptly woke Alston up. In his sharp eyes, a flicker of disgust flashed quickly, and he abruptly sat up straight. Cecilia was staring at Alston intently and naturally caught the undisguised disgust in his eyes. She pursed her lips and suddenly snapped out of her daze. Glancing at the IV needle in the back of her hand, Cecilia turned her head slightly and asked in a low voice, "Where am I? Did you save me?" Alston scoffed, exerting force on his legs, pushing the chair back a considerable distance. The chair scraped against the floor, emitting a loud, grating sound, as if he was afraid of contaminating himself with something unclean. "How did you know I was there?" Cecilia asked again, sensing Alston's growing impatience in his tone. Why did she talk so much nonsense? Alston couldn't be bothered with her. Half-closing his eyes, his handsome face took on a lazy expression, reminiscent of the boy from eleven years ago. Cecilia's heart skipped a beat, suddenly remembering what h