A Film Queen

Chapter 302 Lots of Questions

Stephanie could not restrain her protest. “Xavier, you mustn’t believe her. How could I ever contemplate such an act? Milly is my sister–how could I bring harm upon her? When I moved the stone, it was to shield us from the venomous umbra viper. It’s….

But before Stephanie could finish, Xavier’s eyes flared with anger, disbelief, and a bitter sense of betrayal.

In a sudden eruption, he seized Stephanie’s throat, his gaze ablaze with fury. “Stephanie, are you still deceiving me? I offered you a chance, and yet you persist in falsehood. I nearly..

I nearly lost everything!

“I did not seek retribution just yet, yet you approach me with lies.”

As his grasp tightened, Stephanie struggled for breath. “Xavier, I swear… I speak the truth…”

Xavier sneered. “The umbra viper is among the deadliest snakes, but it is not native to this region. How could it survive here? Though it is a beast, it is not foolish enough to ingest nightshade.

Stephanie’s complexion drained. “But…”

Milly had explicitly mentioned it was an inland python!

Was she being deceived once more?

That b*tch!

As Stephanie felt herself slipping into unconsciousness, Xavier abruptly released her.

Gasping for air, Stephanie collapsed to the ground.

The compassionate Xavier she once knew had transformed into an aloof, indifferent figure.

personally investigate this matter. If you are implicated in any shape, way, or form, there will be consequences, I promise you that. Even if you are not linked to this matter,

an icy glare, Xavier departed,

could peer deep into

hem until her knuckles were white, and her eyes were suffused with panic

by he never wishes to see me again?

didn’t seem like he was her ally anymore. If so, her

past traumas still haunted her. Every time she saw him, she would feel her fear getting triggered. Even now, she hadn’t the courage to get

Jordan and Xavier were much more important than

Lots of

determination surged within

45 Pearls

on her, she would seek refuge with

the desolate stairwell, Stephanie’s

chamber, Milly inspected her injured hand

unconsciousness, the agonizing pain of the heavy stone striking her hand lingered vividly in her memory. In that moment, she had been consumed by the pain and had

reduced

she contemplated it, the more plausible it seemed. With an anxious heart, she gingerly

remained intact, bearing only minor

Huh?

as dire as she had initially perceived, her memory

nearly driven her into shock,

perplexed frown

her room, as if a

entire floor! We’re

vacate!”

sorry, sir, but we have numerous patients under our care, many in critical condition. Forcibly relocating them could have grave

my master, I shall raze this place to the

is a hospital. Kindly lower