Madeleine was about to speak when Mason suddenly stood up. “I’ll go get you a cup of water to drink since you’ve just woken up.” Then he turned to head over to where the water was kept.
Madeleine stared at his silhouette in a daze. She nearly told him the truth when he suddenly stood up and said that he was going to get her a cup of water.
‘Am I thinking too much? I felt as if Mason was trying to avoid the conversation.’
Madeleine lowered her gaze and pressed her pale lips at that thought.
‘If Mason was avoiding it on purpose, does it mean that he already knew?
‘It comes as no surprise though. I’m in the hospital. There’s nothing that can be hidden.
‘The doctor’s words would reveal the very thing that I’ve been hiding for so long.’
Mason soon returned with the cup of water.
Madeleine received the cup and quietly sipped her warm water but her heart was in a mess and did not know what she should say.
Coincidentally at that moment, someone knocked on the room door and Annette wal