A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

Chapter 249 Lisette and the others snapped their heads around at the sound of heavy footsteps.

A towering, broad-shouldered man, easily six and a half feet tall, bald, and covered in tattoos, limped into the room, leaning on a cane. One of his legs was wrapped in a thick cast.

He hobbled over to Lisette's bedside and eyed her with a smirk. "So, you don't want to leave?" His voice was deep, almost amused. "That works for me. I could use a bedside companion."

Then, without warning, he glanced at Lisette's injured arm, turned around, and dropped his full weight onto it.

"Ah!" Lisette's scream pierced the air.

Everyone in the room winced, their expressions tightening in shared discomfort. "You're sitting on my arm!" she shrieked.

Valerian lunged forward, trying to shove the man off, but the giant barely budged. Instead, he pushed Valerian away with a single hand, sending him sprawling onto the floor.

"Seriously? That weak?" The man snorted, looking unimpressed. "What, do you skip meals or something?"

His gaze returned to Lisette, whose face had turned a sickly shade of white from the pain. "You like this bed so much?" He gave her a grin that was anything but friendly. "Well, it's mine. You'll have to be my mattress if you want to stay."

leaned back as if he

"I'll go! I'll leave! I'll check out, transfer hospitals, and whatever

shifting off her arm. He looked her up and down. "You know, I like you. You could stick around and

bed like she had woken up in a nest of vipers. Her arm throbbed agonizingly, but all she cared about was getting

were no match for this guy, Valerian

too strong. And if

another word,

didn't hear about

to give Baber his acupuncture

you!" he said, eyes filled with excitement. His small chest puffed

ruffling his soft curls.

the first time Lisette

heir of the Thorne family and their most beloved. She

like that, her full range of motion might

face turned serious. "She messed with you, so I taught her a lesson," he declared matter-of-factly. "Even though my