He chuckled lightly, "Alright." Then he casually picked a shirt from the wardrobe and put it on. However, due to his injured shoulder, it was somewhat inconvenient.

While buttoning the shirt with one hand, his expression suddenly changed. His originally straight back bent, his upper body curled up, the hand that was buttoning clutched the front of his shirt tightly. The color drained from his face, anyone could see that something was wrong with him.

Mabel Quinn hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to ask him what was wrong. But before she could speak, his hand had already grabbed her arm suddenly, pulling her firmly into his embrace.

"Huff... huff..." His heavy breathing sounded near her ear, his head buried deeply in the nook of her neck, and his arms held her waist tightly.

"Kyle Kinston, you... let go of me!" She struggled and said.

"Don’t move, please don’t move, just let me hold you for a while, just a little while..." His voice was hoarse and murmured, almost pleading.

She bit her lip lightly and ultimately did not move anymore, allowing him to hold her like this.

The pain within his body stopped with their contact, and gradually faded away... This was the power of the Blood Curse, a force that could control the life and death of the Kinston Family.

But more than the relief from pain, what he couldn’t bear to let go of was the feeling of holding her, it was as if the emptiness inside his body was finally being filled...

"Is it your hidden illness flaring up again?" Her voice abruptly raised near his ear.

Hidden illness? He paused for a moment, "Did I always call it a hidden illness whenever this happened to me in the past?"

"Isn’t it?" she retorted.

He lowered his gaze, "Yes, I suppose you could call it the hidden illness of the Kinston Family." Reluctant to let her go, wanting to hold her like this endlessly, "Mabel, if I told you that I didn’t want you to give birth to Ivy was to prevent passing this hidden illness to her, would you believe me?"

Mabel Quinn shivered, "What do you mean by that? Your hidden illness can be inherited?"

He responded with a question, "What about Ivy, has she ever exhibited symptoms like mine?"

"No, Ivy is very healthy!" she replied.

Really? Healthy... That means the Kinston Family’s Blood Curse hasn’t manifested in their daughter yet? There’s no certain age for the curse to appear, but if he were to have only one child with her in this lifetime, the child would inevitably show signs of the Blood Curse before turning ten, it’s unavoidable.

Thinking of that cute little one possibly suffering the same Blood Curse pain during a Full Moon, Kyle Kinston felt a heavy weight on his heart.

"Can your hidden illness truly be inherited? What’s the chance of inheritance, can tests determine if Ivy inherited it?" She couldn’t help but ask again, as she was quite concerned about this matter.

"It depends on how many children you and I have." He murmured, "But regardless of how many children are born, there will be at least one that inherits this illness."

What kind of odds are those! To her, his words sounded like a joke, "Kyle Kinston, are you joking about having children?"