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I sighed, my heart filled with endless fatigue.

"You don't have to emphasize it anymore, I know it very well in my heart." I said lightly.

River was about to speak when he was interrupted by a knock on the door. That was the takeaway I ordered.

I stopped talking, opened the takeaway box, and started eating. River frowned and looked at me for a long time before he slowly spoke:

"You're just going to eat this?"

"Forget it. Today is our eighth anniversary after all. I don't want to argue with you anymore. Since you threw away the takeaway, I will cook for you myself."

I haven't had a drop of water since noon, and my stomach is already growling with hunger. I just want to fill my stomach quickly, so how can I have time to wait for him to cook?

"I'll just eat this, you don't have to..."

Before I could finish, River rushed to grab it.

" I said it was lost!" he said firmly.

I subconsciously reached out to protect the takeaway, but during the scuffle, the takeaway box was knocked to the ground, and the scalding hot porridge instantly poured onto the back of my hand. The pain was so heartbreaking that tears welled up in the corners of my eyes.

River looked a little flustered, and he quickly said, "I didn't mean it. I'll take you to the hospital right now."

After saying that, he walked over to me, took my hand and walked out the door. I was just about to say I could go by myself, but his phone rang. The words "little assistant" were clearly written on the screen.

"Boss, someone is knocking on my door, I'm so scared!" Ivy's panicked voice came from the other end of the phone. River immediately became nervous and said, "Don't open the door, I'll be there right away."

River glanced at me, his expression struggling. At this time, I had already called a taxi on the taxi app.

"Go ahead. It's not safe for a girl to live alone. As the boss, you have the responsibility to protect her safety." I said calmly.

River breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm glad you understand. I'll pick you up at the hospital after I finish dealing with Ivy's matter."

By the time I got to the hospital and treated my burns, it was already late at night. I checked the taxi app, but no one had accepted my order, and there were no taxis passing by. I had no choice but to send a message to River, asking him when he could pick me up.

This time he replied surprisingly quickly: "Right away."

So I sat on the flower bed in front of the hospital and waited. Half an hour passed, then an hour passed, but I still didn't see him. At this point, my empty stomach began to protest, and I had to bend down to make myself feel better.

I opened WeChat again, wanting to ask where River had gone, but accidentally clicked into the Moments. I saw that Ivy had just updated her Moments an hour ago. The photo was dark, but the man's sharp jawline was faintly visible. The caption read: "The boss said he was worried that I would be scared to be alone at home tonight, so he stayed to sleep with me. How could there be such a good boss in the world!"

I laughed at myself. I was confused. How could I put my hope on a person who had broken his promise countless times?

I moved my fingers, clicked the like button, and commented below: "Boss and assistant, a perfect match."

When I refreshed my Moments again, the post had been deleted. Ivy sent me a message: "Sorry, Evelyn, I forgot to block you." "River only slept with me because he was worried about me. Nothing happened between us. Don't be angry with him."

I have experienced this trick too many times in the past few years. She probably thought that I would call River and make a scene as before, asking him to go home immediately. But this time, I just blocked her and continued to take a taxi.

I don’t care whether anything happened between River and her or not.