An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Chapter 59

Two days later, at the Peaceful Medical Center, Dahlia finally woke up.

The first thing she noticed was that she was in a very plain room that contained a table, two chairs, and a hospital bed.

She thought everything looked vaguely familiar, as if she had been here before.

“You’re up?” Dustin quipped as he appeared at the entrance of the room.

He was carrying a bowl of chicken soup in one hand. Even though it wasn’t the most flavorful dish, the soup looked tantalizing to her as she hadn’t eaten anything for the past two days. So much so that her stomach began to growl non–stop at the sight of it.

“Were you the one who saved me?” she asked first to break the awkward tension between them.

“You were injured and unconscious on the roadside, so I patched you up,” he answered plainly. 1

“You patched me up?” she repeated with furrowed brows. A split second later, she hastily asked, “Oh, right! How long have I been unconscious? What’s the situation with the Spanners now? Are my parents in danger?”

The sudden barrage of questions made his head spin.

“You were unconscious for two days and two nights. Your family is safe and sound. As for the Spanner residence, it has been engulfed in flames,” he answered each of her questions calmly.

Upon receiving news that her family was safe, she couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, it didn’t take her long to ask another question in surprise. “Engulfed in flames‘? What happened?”

“I don’t know the specifics, but I heard that there was a gas leak, so all 20 to 30 people inside the Spanner residence got burned alive inside,” he said.

“A gas leak? Do you suppose it was a coincidence?” she asked in a confused manner.

“The wicked reap what they sow. The Spanners have done many evil deeds and always sought to harm others. Seeing them fall from grace like this, I suppose this was just karma coming for their ass in a way.” Dustin said.

She nodded in response, feeling a sense of relief on the inside.

With the Spanner household destroyed, she surmised she did not have to worry about being their target anymore in the future.

“Alright, stop letting your mind wander. Have some soup first,” he said as he handed her the chicken soup.

was hungry, she didn’t refuse his kind gesture and happily started digging. into the soup. She managed

hungry after finishing

he said after noticing her

she devoured the second bowl of soup

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soon felt a pleasant warmth in her stomach, which made her feel so content it was

bowls of soup may not look like much, he was the one who cooked them precisely because he was aware that they were very good at speeding up

“Still hungry?” he asked.

herself

as improper to him, so she tried to swallow the air back into

had your fill then. Be sure to get lots of

leave, she called out to him and said, “Wait! I have something to say to

as he stopped in his tracks and looked back

about Chris. I’m sorry for accusing you,”

for a second, she clenched her teeth and continued, “That guy wasn’t a good person to begin with. I can’t believe he managed to trick us out of such a large sum with his silver tongue. If only we had listened

you today? Did the great Ms. Nicholson

such an unreasonable person to you?” she shot back, clearly offended by

again? It’s not like this is the first time anyway, so forget about it,” he said and

from you?” she retorted while wrinkling

shall we? Now, take off

she subconsciously shielded her chest with her arms. “What are you planning

have injuries, so I’m just helping you change your bandages,” he answered as he

want to change my bandages for me?”

hurriedly quipped, “Were you the one who changed my

“Who else?”

seen everything by now?!” she cried, her

what if I’ve seen everything? It’s not like I haven’t seen them before,

right now!” she screamed in response, her face flushed from

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anger.

couldn’t believe the nerve of this man. How dare he undress and touch

How despicable!