I crouch next to the door, take out my phone, and let my trembling fingers slide across the screen.
Ryan Campbell’s pov
I had just returned to the hotel at another location and was going to call her after I took a bath, but I did not expect her to take the initiative to call me.
In a good mood, I went to the sofa and sat down. I assumed a comfortable position and plugged in the phone she called.
However, the expression of relief did not last long. The soft sobbing on the other end of the phone made me furrow my brows and I immediately asked anxiously, “What’s wrong?”
I did not get an answer from her, but I could clearly hear the sound of her snotting, and it was clear she was crying.
“Speak, what’s wrong?”
Irene Nadine’s pov
The moment I heard Ryan Campbell’s voice, I cried even more uncontrollably, and all my weaknesses were exposed in front of him. “I am so scared…”
I cried in a fear-filled voice and heard her heart tighten, “What’s wrong, Irene? Where are you now?”
“… I miss you.”
Ryan Campbell’s pov
I always remained calm. At that moment, I followed my inner urge. I got up, grabbed my coat, grabbed my car keys, walked outside the door and gently asked, “Are you home now? Do not leave, wait for me.”
After nearly five hours of driving, I returned from another place overnight. When I arrived, it was already late in the evening. I stood in the elevator and looked at the clock. It was almost twelve of the clock.
The voice of her crying repeated in my head the entire ride, and the faint words made me desperately try to get back to her right away.
I do not know what happened, but I know she needs me now.
When I pushed open the door, almost all the lights in the house were on, the TV was loud, and she fell asleep on the sofa.
I was relieved to see her alive and well. Whether she was in a bad mood or headstrong, I did not regret driving back overnight.
As I walked toward her, it was probably the shadow blocking the light from her eyes. Just like that, she woke up. I did not dare think about what had frightened her so much that she became like that.
When she opened her eyes, she showed discomfort and panic. I quickly bent down and touched her head, “Do not be afraid, I am back.”
Irene Nadine’s pov
I sat up and looked at him, my eyes moistened again, and then I hugged his waist.
Ryan Campbell did not hurry to ask what was wrong, but gently touched my head, hoping to take away my fear.
After a while, the shirt of his stomach was soaked with my tears.
I looked up and looked at him with tears in my eyes. A little embarrassed, I mumbled and asked, “Why did you come?”
Ryan Campbell picked up the remote, turned off the loud TV, bent down to pick me up, and as he walked up the stairs, he said, “Did not you say you missed me?”
This time I did not deny it. I put my hands around his neck and looked at him unblinkingly.
At that moment, his appearance seemed to give me the greatest sense of security.
Outside the window it was dark, and the light illuminated the room. Ryan Campbell bent down and gently sat me on the bed. I sniffled, looked at him unhappily, and said, “I have caused you trouble again.”
He chuckled, “It’s not like it happened once or twice.”
“You always thought I was trouble, did not you?”
“I like your trouble.” Then he asked me, “What happened? That you cried on the phone like that.”
I glanced. I do not want to bring up the past, and I do not know how to tell Ryan Campbell. Anyway, it’s over. It’s good not to contact Mark Collins in the future, and I do not want Ryan Campbell to worry too much. It’s enough to worry him.
“Do not tell me you feel lonely at home alone and that you cry?”
She lowered her head and said nothing, which seemed like agreement .
I just touched her head and said, “It’s okay. Go to bed.”
Irene Nadine’s pov
I held him tightly, refusing to give up. Ryan Campbell smiled helplessly and said, “I have not bathed yet.”
“But I do not want you to go.”
“I’ll sleep with you after I shower, and I will not go anywhere. I will not go far during that time.”
I looked at him skeptically and then slowly let go of my hand around his waist.
Ryan Campbell does not know what I’m thinking when she’s home alone, but it’s good to be attached to him like this. Anyway, he likes the feeling that I can not live without him.
After I took a bath, i was afraid that he would cheat on her. I kept looking at him with wide eyes and did not fall asleep.
Afraid of delaying my sleep, Ryan Campbell quickly dried his hair and lay down next to me. He took me in his arms, turned off the light and said, ” You can not sleep alone?”
I did not speak, but put my body in his arms, and that was the only way I felt in a completely safe state.
Nevertheless, I had a nightmare at night. In the dream, Mark Collins took a blade and gestured at my stomach, saying he wanted to take out my child to see what it looked like. Blood stained my skirt, and there was blood everywhere, as if the tip of my nose had already smelled blood.
I suddenly opened my eyes. The room was dark and I could not see anything. As I startled awake, the voice of Ryan Campbell reached my ears, “Did you have a nightmare?”
I looked up at him and knew I had only been dreaming. I was relieved. I pressed my body into his arms and murmured a little discontentedly, “Hold me more tightly!”
Ryan Campbell’s pov
I lost my smile and increased the strength of my arms, “I am holding you and you say you can not breathe.”
She stopped answering, which would probably calm her down.
In the past, she was not so anxious. She slept until dawn and would not get up.