Chapter 176: Tonight She is Indeed Very Touching

Chapter 176: Tonight She is Indeed Very Touching

(Elena’s POV)

Adrian Whitmore scrutinized Sandy Parker, seemingly unconvinced. As he pressed the call button, Sandy Parker scrambled off the bed and knelt before him, begging desperately.

“Don’t call the pack enforcement! Everything I said is true, I didn’t know it was a silver viperling, I thought it was just a regular snake!”

Her voice cracked with terror as she clutched at Adrian’s sleeve. Tears streamed down her face, leaving dark mascara tracks on her cheeks.

Samuel Whitmore closed his eyes, his jaw clenched tight. When he opened thern again, his gaze was cold and disappointed.

“Why did you do this, Sandy?”

Sandy Parker’s shoulders shook as she sobbed. “I didn’t want to be sent away! I only intended to scare Elena with the snake, hoping to be seen as a savior and allowed to stay.”

She wiped her nose with the back of her hand. “I swear I didn’t know it was venomous! I’m afraid of snakes myself – I never even opened the box!”

Adrian remained unmoved, his expression skeptical. “Your story is convenient. Too convenient.”

Hugo Ashworth surprisingly interjected, his voice calm and analytical. “She’s not lying.”

Everyone turned to look at him in surprise. Hugo continued with clinical detachment.

“If she knew it was a venomous snake, she wouldn’t have been foolish enough to get bitten herself. She

seemed genuinely unaware that the snake came from her box, acting like any other bystander until she was

attacked.”

Sandy Parker seized on this lifeline desperately. “Yes! Exactly! I had no idea the snake was mine! I was just as

shocked as everyone else!”

pressed her palms together in a pleading gesture. “I swear on my life, I didn’t

I

her desperate pleas. “Who gave

around the room like

Sophia.”

cold. The pieces clicked together

the

as a sheet, and she couldn’t

stretched between us like

“The

gravity of what she’d revealed. Panic flooded her features

Chapter 176 Tonight She

It was

just following orders! I never meant for anyone to get

her, unable to look at her pathetic

explanations for the pack enforcement,” he said coldly before walking out

wracked with sobs. She knew she was finished. There

the lodge. The night air felt cool against my skin as we walked in comfortable

turned to me with

was genuinely surprised. Hugo rarely complimented anyone, preferring to keep his observations

expect you to compliment

expression grew more serious. “I don’t compliment just

amber eyes caught me off guard. For a moment, I thought I saw something deeper there- an emotion that made my

he looked at me felt different somehow, more

(Hugo’s POV)

flustered by my words.

cheesy?” I asked, genuinely curious

smiled wryly, tilting her

nodded in agreement. “Pretty

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