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.

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

icy glare, Xavier departed, leaving Stephanie trembling

felt like Xavier could peer deep into

do nothing but watch him leave. She clenched her hem until her knuckles were white, and her eyes were suffused with

never wishes to see me again?

disaster. Xavier didn’t seem like he was her ally anymore. If so, her sole pillars of support would be Matthew and…

saw him, she would feel her fear getting triggered.

and Xavier were much more important than him in the family. Placing sole reliance on him wasn’t a way

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determination surged

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she would seek refuge with the Lloyds. They would

desolate stairwell, Stephanie’s countenance

the hospital chamber, Milly inspected her injured hand

vividly in her memory. In that moment, she had been consumed by the pain

reduced to bare

the more plausible it seemed. With

intact, bearing only minor abrasions

Huh?

it be that the injury was not as dire as she had initially perceived, her

nearly

perplexed frown

confines of her room, as

“We’ve booked this entire floor! We’re paying double, so everyone

vacate!”

that, the hospital director responded in hushed tones, “I’m sorry, sir, but we have numerous patients under our care, many in critical condition.

care not for consequences! If any harm befalls my master, I shall raze this place

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