Chapter 1585 - 1627: He Doesn’t Want Her to Be in Pain

The little one’s face, originally normal, suddenly scrunched up, and her small body began to curl up. She started crying out, "Pain, pain... Nanny hurts... hurts..."

Jeremiah May stared at the little one on the ground in a daze. Indeed, it was just as Kyle Kinston had said. As soon as the little one’s body lost contact with him, she started hurting again.

There really... is such an illness!

The next moment, as if coming to his senses, he immediately picked the little one up again.

From the moment the little one accidentally fell to the floor to the moment he picked her up, it was merely a brief ten seconds or so. Yet during this short period, a thin layer of sweat had already formed on the little one’s forehead.

When the little one’s body touched his again, she instinctively leaned towards him, her hands tightly clutching his shirt collar, pitifully crying out, "Nanny hurts... Brother Jeremiah, don’t leave Nanny... don’t... it will hurt..."

Jeremiah May’s heart instantly filled with guilt, "I’m sorry." These three words just slipped from his mouth.

The small body lay against his chest, and after a while, the small body’s twitches slowly subsided. The little one finally stopped crying about the pain.

"Feeling better? Does it still hurt?" After a moment, Jeremiah May asked, noticing that the little one’s face had returned to normal.

The little one shook her head, "Nanny doesn’t hurt... Nanny likes Brother Jeremiah." Although she didn’t know why it stopped hurting, as long as she held onto Brother Jeremiah, it wouldn’t hurt.

Moreover, for some reason even she couldn’t quite explain, she liked Brother Jeremiah very much, really wanted to be close to Brother Jeremiah.

It seemed that being held by Brother Jeremiah like this would make her incredibly satisfied, more satisfied than playing any game.

Jeremiah May took a tissue to gently wipe the sweat from the little one’s forehead. Everything was just as Mr. Kinston had described: if he let go of Nanny, she would hurt, but when he held her, she was fine.

If he wanted her not to hurt, then just like last time, he had to hold her all night.

But once or twice was okay. What about the future? Do every full moon he have to hold her like this?

Jeremiah May didn’t know how he would feel about it in the future, but for now, he didn’t want the little one to hurt.

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All night, unlike last time, this time, Jeremiah May exerted every effort to finally get the little one to sleep. Especially these days, because of Mabel Quinn’s liking for telling her bedtime stories, she also wanted him to tell her bedtime stories.

But heaven knows, his stock of such children’s bedtime stories was practically zero. How could he tell them?

Yet she refused to sleep, so late at night, Jeremiah May had no choice but to hold the little one and knock on Mabel Quinn and Kyle Kinston’s room door, awkwardly explaining his purpose.

After hearing his purpose, Mabel Quinn smiled, then pulled a fairy tale book from the bookshelf and handed it to Jeremiah May. Seeing her daughter’s still energetic look, she couldn’t help but say, "How about I go to your room and tell Nanny a story to lull her to sleep."

"No... no need." Jeremiah May said, then quickly took the storybook from Mabel Quinn’s hand. If she also came to his room, it would only make him feel even more awkward.