Thanks to the effect of the Golden Silkworm Magic, the severe injuries Kelvin suffered seemed to have healed significantly by the second day.
Even the experienced old doctor thought it was a miracle!
On the third day, Kelvin was able to get out of bed and walk around, and the first thing he did was borrow a mobile phone from someone nearby to call Cheyenne.
Because he didn’t know where his own phone had gone.
On the other side, Cheyenne, who was far away in Akloit, was anxious because she couldn’t contact Kelvin.
If it weren’t for her grandfather and father strongly dissuading her, she might have bought a ticket to go to Yocmery herself.
Fortunately, after a long wait, she finally received a call.
But upon seeing a string of unfamiliar numbers, Cheyenne hesitated. She didn’t recognize the sequence of digits.
With a skeptical attitude, she answered the call.
“Hello? May I ask who this is…”
It wasn’t until a familiar yet husky voice came through the phone that Cheyenne’s tightly wound emotions finally found some relief over these days.
“Cheyenne, it’s me.”
After confirming it was him again, Cheyenne’s suppressed anger and grievances exploded.
“Kelvin, where have you been these days? Why didn’t you answer my calls?”
“Do you know how many times I called you?”
“Do you know how scared I was when I couldn’t find you? I was really afraid something bad had happened to you.”
What would she do then?
How could she tell Oliver and Cierra that their dad might never come back…
Her voice went from angry to softly whimpering with grievances by the end.
Every syllable nearly shattered Kelvin’s heart, and he hurriedly apologized to Cheyenne.
“I’m sorry, Cheyenne, for making you worry. It’s all my fault. How about I let you hit me to vent your anger when I get back?”
Hearing this, Cheyenne then noticed his voice sounded gentle but a bit weak.
She frowned slightly, and her tone became serious.
“Kelvin, are you hurt?”
The man didn’t want her to worry, so he deliberately coughed twice, pretending to be fine.
“Cheyenne, you are overthinking it. I’m fine. The reason I haven’t contacted you these days is because I accidentally lost my phone.”
“I’m planning to return to Akloit tomorrow. Unfortunately, I still haven’t found Omari.”
He thought following the child disappearance cases, they could find Omari’s whereabouts, but it seems he’s not in the country.
Cheyenne had seen the news yesterday.
From just a few words in the news broadcast, she could glimpse how dangerous it was.
And Kelvin, who was in the midst of the storm, was probably treading carefully, between life and death.
Maybe she should be nicer to him when he safely returns this time.
“I already have some clues about Omari. Let’s talk about it when you get back.”
“Alright.”
He was using someone else’s phone, and it wasn’t polite to occupy it for too long.
Even though Kelvin was reluctant to hang up, he still had to say “goodbye” to his beloved Cheyenne.
However, he never expected that just at this time, Cheche would push the door and come in, clearly unaware that Kelvin was on the phone with Cheyenne.
So she inadvertently revealed a secret.
“Uncle Foley, it’s time to change your dressing.”
This statement was clearly heard by Cheyenne, she didn’t immediately ask who the voice belonged to.
What did that “it’s time to change your dressing” mean?
He really was hiding something from her!
“Hmm? Kelvin, isn’t there anything you want to tell me? It’s not too late to come clean now, otherwise, wait and see how I deal with you when you get back!”
The thought of wanting to be nicer to him was immediately thrown to the back of Cheyenne’s mind.
On the other side, Kelvin looked distantly at Cheche.
The latter looked at him with a pair of innocent big eyes, spreading her tender little hands.
“I didn’t know you were on the phone.”
“Put down the medicine, and please go out first.”
Cheche guessed who he was talking to, and deliberately shouted before leaving.
“Uncle Foley, remember to take your medicine. You’ve been stabbed and shot five times.”
Meanwhile, Cheyenne was frightened, her voice on the phone filled with concern.
“You’ve suffered such serious injuries and still want to hide it from me, Kelvin… Do you really consider me your wife?”
Thinking of this, Cheyenne’s nose tingled, and two lines of tears couldn’t help but slide down her face.
No wonder his voice sounded so weak, turns out he just narrowly escaped death’s door.
Although the two are thousands of miles apart at the moment, their loving hearts are in sync, thinking of each other.
Her crying made Kelvin feel even more guilty. It was his fault that Cheyenne was crying.
“Cheyenne, don’t cry, I’m really fine. The wound has healed a lot, it’s not as serious as she said.”
“If you don’t believe me, I’ll come back tomorrow, and you can check it yourself, okay?”
Cheyenne thought of the reason he got injured was all for helping her find Omari.
But he didn’t complain at all, he even comforted her.
Honestly, the words she said to him at the hotel that day were a bit too much, if she had the chance, she wanted to apologize to him in person.
She shouldn’t have chosen to ignore all the good things he had done for her over the years.
After her mind cleared, Cheyenne took a deep breath. There was something she really wanted to say to Kelvin:
“Kelvin, listen to me, Omari is important to me;”
“But you are the most important person in my heart, so you can’t have any accidents, do you understand?”
As the last word fell, both people at the ends of the phone fell into silence for a moment.
Only occasional gasps could be heard from the receiver.
Then Kelvin cautiously begged, unable to believe what he had just heard.
“Cheyenne… what did you just say? Can you say it again?”
The Kelvin in Cheyenne’s memory was always cold and domineering, commanding attention wherever he went.
As soon as he appeared, he became the center of attention, his confident demeanor making many people submit without a word.
Now, the Kelvin who used to dominate the business world seemed to disappear before her eyes.
Instead, there was an extremely insecure and hesitant version of him.
“You didn’t mishear, I said – you are the most important person in my mind, I would be very sad without you.”
Kelvin gripped the phone tightly, his deep, dark eyes shining with a strange light because of her words.
Suddenly, a tear fell.
Silent.
“In my mind, Cheyenne is the most important, even more important than my own life!”
He wished he could be by her side right now.
Holding her tightly, kissing her passionately, letting her know how intense and crazy his love was.
But Kelvin had been talking for a while and still hadn’t received a response from Cheyenne.
He couldn’t help but look down.
The screen of the phone had blacked out at some point…