“No,” Larry replied.
When he saw how calm Larry was, Caspian was puzzled. Nevertheless, he left the office without saying anything further.
“How did it go? What did Larry say?” Jessica asked anxiously.
Looking at her, Caspian shook his head in silence.
Forget it! If he is not concerned, there's no reason for us to be. Jessica turned and left.
“Joan, what was our relationship previously?” Dustin stared at her and asked.
Briefly stunned, Joan averted her gaze as she didn't want to answer his question.
“We were friends,” Joan pretended to act casually as she replied.
Despite knowing that he would one day recover his memory, she didn't have the courage to tell him about their past.
“Is that so? And yet, here I was, thinking that we were husband and wife,” Dustin mumbled as he took a bite from the apple in his hand.
At that moment, Joan felt an inexplicable bout of sadness.
“In that case, what kind of man do you like?” Dustin asked again.
Why is he asking such a nosy question? Joan looked at him with a smile.
“Someone nice.” Her answer was simple but deep at the same time.
“Do I look like someone nice to you now?” he followed up at once.
At that moment, Joan was stunned. You do but as a friend. She laughed awkwardly and pretended to not have heard him.
As Joan gradually grew closer to Dustin after spending so much time together, Larry began to worry.
After twenty days, when Dustin was well enough, the doctor recommended he be discharged. Hence, both of them could no longer stay together.
“Joan, I don't want to be away from you,” Dustin insisted softly as he grabbed onto Joan's hands tightly.
“You have recovered now, and it's time to learn how to take care of yourself,” Joan comforted
him.
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