His Secret Spoiled Wife (Lily and Alexander) novel Chapter 1666

Austin groggily opened his eyes, but his eyelids felt so heavy that he gradually closed them again.

He did not know how much time had passed, and it felt like a year later when he reopened his eyes. He saw a wooden roof instead of the unnerving white ceiling. He then looked around him and saw a closet, desk, chair, the bed he was lying on, and the blanket…

Everything was not the cold and hard stuff he had before. Almost subconsciously, he lifted his hand and slapped himself.

‘Ouch, that hurts!’ However, he was glad he felt pain. ‘This isn’t a dream!’

In other words, he finally escaped and no longer needed to suffer in that hellhole. He eagerly tried to get off the bed, but the moment he removed the blanket and his feet touched the floor, he went limp and almost dropped to his knees if he had not propped himself up.

“What are you doing? Are you trying to kill yourself?” The voice was familiar and yet so strange. Austin had not heard it for a long time, and hearing it again felt like a century had passed.

He slowly looked over his shoulder toward the source of the voice, fearing he was hallucinating. Slowly, he took a good look at the face. It was wrinkled, impatient, yet kind. Tears welled up in Austin’s eyes as he got emotional. “Granduncle…”

He called out in his quavering voice, almost about to cry.

“Don’t you f*cking cry!” Dominic said impatiently, “You’re a grownup, yet you cry so easily like a baby. Aren’t you ashamed?”

Austin hurriedly wiped his tears and said, “I-I won’t. I won’t cry if you don’t let me! I won’t…”