Chapter 4

When I woke up again, I found myself lying in my familiar bedroom.

Charles was sitting beside me and gently tending to my wounds. His eyes held a softness he didn't even seem to notice himself.

He didn't realize I was awake, and once he finished bandaging me up, he walked out of the room.

The door wasn't fully closed, and through the gap I could hear him on the phone with Vivian.

Vivian said, "Charles, I've got a new idea. Wilderness survival is super trending right now, so I already found this abandoned mountain spot. Why don't you trick…