Chapter 221

Julian Archer's gaze softened a bit. Just thinking of her made the exhaustion lift slightly. He still felt bad for not picking her up himself last night. Thankfully, everything turned out okay, and Brandon Harris had gotten her home safe. "Julian, my dear..." Viola Coleman’s weak voice came from the hospital bed. She’d been rushed in for emergency treatment after the accident. Although they’d stabilized her, she’d been restless all night, caught in nightmares, twitching in her sleep. Julian and his father, Vincent Archer, hadn’t left her side the entire night. The doctors said it was a severe case of shock. Probably from falling into the lotus pond—her dress soaked up water and weighed her down, and then the roots tangled around her legs. She fought like hell to get out, ending up with cuts and scrapes all over. Some were quite deep. When Julian first heard “lotus pond,” his mind immediately went to the worst-case scenario. Fortunately, though his mom was always a bit timid, her will t