He Watched Me Shine Without Him novel Chapter 123

“Don’t divorce me. Please.”

Houston’s repeated plea softened Rose’s heart like a freshly ironed sheet—every corner of her resistance slowly collapsed.

“…Okay. I won’t divorce you. Houston, let’s go home.”

“Okay,” he answered meekly, like a child.

Rose stood up and carefully looped Houston’s arm around her shoulders, nearly carrying his upper body as she helped him stumble forward.

Owen, watching from nearby, was baffled by what he saw.

“How is he so obedient with Rose?”

After paying the bar tab, Owen drove both Rose and Houston home.

Rose didn’t want Sam and Linda to see Houston in such a state and worry, so she brought him back to Grand Plaza.

Owen, perhaps still concerned for his brother, didn’t leave right away.

But in truth, there wasn’t much he could do. Rose was already taking care of everything.

She laid Houston on the bed, fetched water, and began wiping his face. When she moved to clean his body, she hesitated and turned toward Owen.

But Owen knew his brother well—too well.

“You’re not seriously asking me to wipe down my own brother, are you?” he protested immediately. “He’d flip. He only lets you touch him. He only listens to you.”

Rose recalled Houston’s furious outbursts. It was true—he could be terrifying.

So she dared not ask for Owen’s help.

While she was undressing Houston, he suddenly opened his eyes.

Startled, Rose tried to reason with him. “Houston, if you want to sleep comfortably, you need to cooperate, okay?”

And cooperate he did.

He didn’t move a muscle—just lay there, eyes bright like stars, never looking away from her. As if afraid she’d disappear.

She wiped him down, changed him into fresh sleepwear, and gently patted his chest.

“All done. Sleep. You’ll feel better after a nap.”

Houston obediently closed his eyes.

Rose finally breathed out a sigh of relief.

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