My Husband, Warm The Bed

Chapter 1958

Jefferson thought that Maxwell would use all means to make him stay so that they could spend more time together.

Surprisingly, he had barely even sat down before Maxwell began chasing him away.

He stood by the windows of the airport, staring up into the sky.

The sky was clear blue, with white, fluffy clouds scattering in it.

Most people would feel rejuvenated at the sight of such weather.

But at that moment, Jefferson felt as if there was a void in his heart, which made him feel particularly uneasy.

Adrienne had been gone for fifteen days now.

For those fifteen days, he had not heard anything about her.

He had no idea if she would be down this path he was currently trekking.

When he thought of that cruel woman...

He couldn't wait to hoist her back and teach her a lesson.

At Blossom Ville.

The morning sunshine spilled in, warming the room.

Adrienne opened her eyes and was about to get up. However, after getting up halfway, she flopped back in bed.

It had slipped her mind that it was the weekend. There were no classes that day and that was a perfect opportunity to sleep in.

She turned over lazily and was ready to resume her sleep. However, a loud voice suddenly came from outside, "Miss Carter, are you home?"

So jarring was the voice that Adrienne felt like the walls were shaking, down to the spider webs. All the sleepiness she felt was suddenly swatted away.

She immediately grabbed her coat and put it on. She got up, opened the window and leaned out halfway. "Phoebe, why are you looking for me so early in the morning?"

Outside the wooden house, Phoebe lifted the basket in her hand and said with utter excitement, "I just picked some fresh veggies and I wanted to give you some. I hope you don't mind it."

Adrienne quickly turned around and fetched some change from her wallet. Opening the door, she went out. She took the vegetables from Phoebe and gave the money to her. 'TH take them, but you have to accept my money in return."

Anxious, Phoebe shoved the money back into Adrienne's hand. "Miss Carter, these were from our farm and it's not worth much. How can I take your money? No can do."

"Phoebe, if you won't take my money, I won't take your veggies either." Adrienne took Phoebe's hands in hers. "Even though they aren't worth much, you grew them yourself. It makes me uneasy to think that I'm eating your food for free all the time."

"Miss Carter, you came to our village to teach our children. So what's wrong with taking some food we have to offer? To tell the truth, I don't quite like the way you've put it." Phoebe's voice was rather loud, which garnered the attention of the nearby villagers.

Through Adrienne's eyes, Baldrick Black could tell that she was asking for his help, He came over in a hurry and Adrienne greeted him, "Mr. Black..."

Baldrick was old, and he was in poor health. Though he walked much slower than the average person, his steps were still steady.

He took the money from Phoebe and handed it back to Adrienne. "Miss Carter, we know that you came from a big city and you don't lack these measly coins. But we really can't accept this money."

Adrienne felt helpless. "Mr. Black, how can I..."

Baldrick interrupted her, "The villagers here don't have much money, but we have plenty of home- grown vegetables. We can still afford to give you these veggies as a gift."

Adrienne fumbled for an explanation, but Baldrick did not give her a chance to speak. "Although we have never been out of this mountain in our life, we know how to repay an act of gratitude."

"And please let me make things clear right here. For every day you teach in our village, we will provide you with our home-grown vegetables. You came here to teach voluntarily, so what's wrong with eating some of our vegetables?"

The other villagers, who gathered around, echoed, "That's right, Miss Carter, you teach our kids how to read and write, so how could we take your money? We are not ungrateful people."

Someone else chimed in, "Baldrick is right. You don't eat much anyway. You'd barely make a dent in our food supplies."

Adrienne was speechless.

This discussion went on for quite a while, but Adrienne was already lost in the midst of it.

The villagers there were not highly educated people. Many of them had never received education, resulting in them being illiterate. However, there was one principle that they understood very well, that was, kindness must be returned with kindness.

On the other hand, Sheridan had grown up privileged. He had been well educated, yet he ended up committing such sickening things.

Despite being arrested and imprisoned, he still hadn't realised his mistakes. He had no clue how many families he had destroyed and how many lives he had taken.

Without her knowing, tears welled up in her eyes, and they fell down from the corner of her eyes, drop by drop.

She was not sad but touched.

Soon, someone noticed the tears on her face and said, "What's the matter, Miss Carter? Why are you crying?"

Hastily, Adrienne raised her hand and wiped her tears away. "I'm fine. I'm just really moved by all of you. Thank you for being so kind to me!"

She thanked them for making her feel the warmth of society in a place so far away from her hometown.

She thanked them for having helped her find her raison d'etre in this world.

Her gratitude toward them was profuse.

All she could do in return was teach their children to read and write.

"Oh, no! Bennett has fallen into the water. We need to go over now."

The shouting from dozens of meters away snagged everyone's attention. Têxt belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

Upon hearing that, everyone rushed in that direction.

Adrienne put the vegetables on the ground and followed suit.

By the time they arrived, there was already a crowd flocking around the pond at the entrance to the village.

Bennett was lying on the ground motionlessly, and his mother was kneeling beside him, shaking his body and crying uncontrollably. "Bennett, my son... If you leave me now, how will I carry on living?"

The people around wiped away their tears in silence, thinking that Bennett was probably gone.

"Yura, don't touch him first. Let me see if I can do anything to help him." Adrienne broke through the crowd and pulled Yura aside.

She knelt beside Bennett to get rid of the water and dirt in Bennett's mouth and nose. Then, she rested her palms on his chest and started performing CPR.

The villagers had heard of this technique before, but it was their first time witnessing it in real life.

Everyone held their breath, looking forward to the occurrence of a miracle.

At moments like that, time seemed to trickle by ever so slowly.

Some time had passed when Bennett let out a cough all of a sudden.

Everyone's eyes brightened. Yura was so excited that she teared up as she called out, "Bennett, Bennett..."

Adrienne wiped the sweat on her forehead and advised, "Yura, we'd better take Bennett to the doctor first."

It was only then that everyone started to move.

As for Adrienne, perhaps it was because she was overly worried or because she had been kneeling on the ground for too long, she felt her vision had gone dark and the next second, she had lost all consciousness.