Chater 5 Sierra lowered her head and apologized, her voice trembling slightly. She didn't dare open her eyes to meet Theo's gaze.

Theo's eyes fell to her hands, which were nervously clutching the edge of the blanket. A faint trace of amusement flickered across his face, almost imperceptible.

Without warning, he leaned down, closing the distance between them.

"I don't like it when people talk to me while looking somewhere else," he said.

His cold fingers brushed against her skin as he gently lifted her chin, forcing her to look at him.

Faced with his strikingly handsome features now magnified before her, Sierra's body tensed in an instant. Panic flickered in her wide eyes as unease wrapped itself around her.

"I said I'm sorry," she stammered.

"Sorry for what?"

His eyes, slightly upturned at the corners, carried an innate air of arrogance. Beneath his right eye rested a perfectly placed beauty mark that softened the sharpness of his expression.

There was no denying it, he was breathtakingly mesmerizing.

to steady her nerves. "I'm sorry, Uncle

don't, you'll face the consequences," he said with a

gave her a meaningful look before straightening

the weight of his gaze, her heart pounding uncontrollably against her ribs. She just mistook him for someone

did you hurt your

cold voice sliced through the silence, sharp

night before surged back to the surface. Her nose stung with the warning of tears she refused to

keep her composure as she steadied her voice. "I fell.

the way her lips pressed tightly together, her emotions threatening to spill over. His gaze

you for bringing me to the hospital. I'll transfer you the medical expenses. You're busy— I'm fine now, so you don't need to worry

looked

a word, he turned and walked out of

shut, Sierra's resolve crumbled. She curled up on the hospital

the door, he watched her

"Mr. Gray-"

out what happened to Sierra at the hotel

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