The Only Thing She Had That Was Better

She did not feel wronged by his reprimand. Instead, she smiled and hugged his arm. "John, are you afraid that I won't marry you in the future, so you're cursing me so that you can marry me?"

Without waiting for him to answer, she would look up at him and answer her own question. "That must be it."

John looked at her with disdain and returned to the room to find a disinfectant. As he applied the medicine to her injury, he would mutter under his breath. "I'm the only one who will marry such a stupid person. So in the future, stay by my side and don't run around. If you get lost, I won't want you anymore."

At that time, she had never thought she would marry a man other than John, nor did she think that John would marry someone else.

...

When Linda saw John examining Serenity's injuries without regard for his status, she gripped the pearl bag in her hand tightly and a hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes.