Liam glanced teasingly at Julian. “It’s rare for you to gossip, and you got caught. Guess there’s a price to pay for talking behind people’s backs. Let’s just keep our mouths shut next time, it’s embarrassing.”
ty to sever.
Julian just frowned, he wished he could, but his relationship with Regina wasn’t that easy
After all, he had to keep an eye on this level–ten host.
And she’d only told half the story earlier, not who kidnapped her-
He had to find out.
Julian strode off
Where are you going?” Liam asked, hurrying to catch up.
To find out who kidnapped her!” Julian was serious. “She’s a person of interest in Dainville now. I need to know who’s trying to get her!”
Liam bon
kept pace. “But I thought you hated manipulation?”
Julian stopped, annoyed. “She can be whatever she wanted; that’s her business. I can’t just ignore my job because she’s fake, can I?”
“Besides,” he added, his tone sharp, “I think I’ve seen her through. I’ll be wary if she’s lying. You think I’ll let a girl eight years younger than me run circles around me“”
Liam paused, seeing his point.
They were surrounded by insincere people trying to suck up to them.
They were veterans; no chance would they be fooled by a young girl?
Stephen Hayes, who’d been distracted, suddenly spoke up. “Her wound’s opened.
Liam and Julian were confused.
Stephen’s expression became anxious, and he rushed downstairs. “Regin’s wound must have opened. That’s why she was walking so strangely!”
Liam and Julian exchanged puzzled looks.
Her wound opened, and she was still talking to them like nothing had happened.
Regina, wearing a tank top,lleaned against the bed, moving slowly.
She carefully peeled off the gauze wrapped around her waist, revealing two bloody, gaping wounds.
She’d aggravated them when Victor kidnapped her.
Luckily, years of fighting in underground boxing pits had built up her pain capacity.
Regina clenched a T–shirt between her teeth, grabbed an alcohol swap from the bedside table, and pressed it gently against her wounds.
A burning pain surged through her, more intense than before.
She bit down hard on the shirt, not making a sound, but tears welled up in her eyes.
Taking a deep breath, she decisively pressed the alcohol onto the wounds.
Regina trembled with pain, a whimper escaping her throat. She glanced impatiently at the door.
The three Hayes brothers were standing in the hallway, staring at her.
Her room was dark, lit only by the hallway light,
They must have arrived unnoticed, standing at the door with expressions of pity and shock, their eyes fixed on her bloody wounds through the narrow glass pane.
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Chapter 61
Regina froze
The light from the hallway fell diagonally across her, her dark hair obscuring her slender shoulders, her red lips clamped onto the white T–shirt, her shoulders rising and falling with each painful breath.
She looked like a black cat, hidden in the shadows, licking her wounds, now irritated by the intrusion of these three.
Regina was starting to get angry
She hated being watched when she was hurt.
And these three had the nerve to sneak up on her and watch; who knows how long they’d been there!
It was like they were deliberately pushing her buttons.
And they knew she was being fake, yet they still came to her.
That was so annoying.
Regina pulled the T–shirt from her mouth. “Come in,” she said, her voice hoarse with pain.
The three brothers exchanged glances but didn’t move.
“Either come in or get out, Regina rasped.
Stephen hesitated, then pushed the door open, looking awkward. “Sorry, I didn’t realize you were treating your wounds your
He pursed his lips in annoyance.
Honestly. Stephen always kept his composure, no matter the situation, he’d never been so embarrassed.
But he always seemed to stumble around Regina.
First, it was him gossiping and getting caught.
Now, it was coming to see her and finding her tending her wounds
Stephen thought she would have called a nurse.
So, he was stunned when he saw her.
