043 The Sweet Taste

Lilith woke up in the middle of the night, and Edmund was sitting in a chair right next to her bed.

"What in the name of Jesus!"

Edmund shot open his eyes, apparently also a bit shocked: "Sorry! I dozed off...How are you feeling?"

The last thing Lilith remembered was Ann inviting her to the private room in the library to "talk", so waking up to Edmund sitting next to her was as if the past several days was a super long horrible dream.

As if she never woke up from the crashing night.

"Why am I here?!" Lilith asked in panic, "What happened?! I thought I was in the library..."

Considering her reaction -- well, her fury -- the last time he suggested to Lilith that Jacob might cause her crash, Edmund decided against dumping the nightmare-like day to her. Instead, Edmund just sat down on the side of the bed and patted her on the head--

"You are okay now...shhh--"

"Don't!--" Lilith threw her wrist and hit Edmund's hand away, y