Chapter 207 - She Will Never Be Alone

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Feeling her face warmed up from his intense gaze, Edith tilted her head down to avoid him. She brought her hands to cover her face and found that her face was damp. It was then that she recalled that she had been crying, thinking of how scared she would be if she would suddenly lose her grandfather. 

The thing that frightened Edith the most was to suddenly lose her grandfather, the only family member she had. 

She grew up without a father and her mother passed away when she was eight. Her grandfather was the only person who she knew would love her unconditionally. Though her relationship with her grandfather was not that good at the beginning, she grew up and began to rely on her grandfather a lot. Her grandfather had become her mother, her father as well as her friend. 

He was so old, but he had to fit in so many roles just to raise her. 

Without her grandfather, perhaps, she would be sent over to an orphanage. There would be no one to look after her and she would truly be alone. 

If she was to lose her grandfather at this time, Edith did not know how she was going to live.

She was not ready to lose her grandfather and to be left alone.

But suddenly, Neil had said that she wanted to marry her and give her a family so that she will never be alone. 

Although the proposal came at a strange timing, his words had warmed her heart. 

However, it was too sudden and Edith did not know how she should react. And then, he dropped another bomb and told her that he loved her for the first time.

At this time, her heart was racing and she was beginning to panic for a different reason. Edith was too embarrassed and was not sure what should she do or say. Should she tell him that she loved him too at this time?

"Silly woman," Neil whispered into her ear. "What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing," Edith answered quickly.

"Really?" Neil chuckled as he looked at the woman who was refusing to look at him. "I am not asking you to marry me right away. After all, I haven't asked for your grandfather's permission to marry you."

Edith peeked at his expression. Her mouth opened to say something but was unable to come out with a sound. 

"I want to marry you. But until you are ready, I will wait for you. For this kind of a lifetime event, we should consider everything and discuss it further. Let's just talk about it slowly, alright?" Neil said. "I just wanted you to know that whatever it is, you will always have me beside you. Don't ever think that you are all alone in this world."

Edith felt her eyes grew hot again. Since she was unable to come out with a word to speak, Edith decided to follow her heart and leaned in to kiss his lips. Her hands moved to hold his face as she continued to kiss him fervently. It was the only way she knew to convey what she was feeling towards him at the moment. 

Her gratefulness that he was around during one of the difficult times in her life and how much she loved him.

The two parted after a long time.

When Edith looked up to meet his gaze, she was surprised to see the way Neil was staring back at her. His eyes were bright and it seemed as if it was sparkling. In his eyes, there was nothing else that he could see except for her.

It was the sort of gaze that was able to tell her how much he love her even when he did not say it out loud.

Edith felt something somersaulting her tummy. His gaze turned her body hot and her breathing grew heavy. At the thought that she might unable to control herself if she continued to stare into his eyes, Edith chose to look away.

His hands continued to run through her long hair as he coaxed her.

Once she was able to calm down, Edith tilted her head slowly to peek at him. It was not surprising when Neil was still looking at her with the same look in his eyes.

Edith bit at her lips and raised her hand to touch his face. It was at this time that she noticed the dark ring under his eyes. Her fingers moved to touch them and her heart grew distressed.

"Why do you have them?" Edith asked. Seeing that he did not answer, Edith bore a thought that this man had stayed up without sleeping a wink to look after her. "You haven't been sleeping?"

He merely answered her with a smile.

Edith leaned in to kiss both his eyes and whispered, "Sleep. Didn't you say that you were going to accompany me to see my grandpa next morning?"

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The next morning, Edith informed Headmistress Fu about her grandfather and was given a day off. After dropping off Hazel at the kindergarten, Neil drove his vehicle to the hospital. 

When they arrived at the hospital, the nurse pointed her to her grandfather's room and Edith quickly went to find him. As soon as she walked in Edith saw that her grandfather had woken up and was chatting happily with a young man beside him.

Hearing the sound at the door, Mike looked up and was surprised to see his granddaughter. The smile on his face disappeared and his expression changed. Seeing that his granddaughter had appeared, Mike was suddenly scared that he was going to be nagged for hours.

"Grandfather!" Edith walked over to his side and gave him a look over. 

Although she wanted to pull him into a hug, Edith was worried that she was going to harm him. After all, his body was wrapped up with bandages and it looked pretty scary.

"Grandfather, how are you?" Edith asked.

"I'm fine." He looked at his granddaughter cautiously and heaved a sigh of relief when she did not show a sign that she was going to beat him. "Are you worried about me?"

Edith shot him a look. She wanted to hit him for making her worry but had to restrain herself because he was a patient.

"Of course I'm worried." Her gaze fell on his old face and suddenly, her eyes grew hot. Edith bit at her lips to control herself, but her brain refused to hear her command. Just like that, a sob escaped and her tears fell her face like a waterfall.

Seeing his crying granddaughter, Mike started to panic.

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