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.

didn’t refuse his kind gesture and happily started digging. into the soup. She managed to finish the entire bowl

hungry after finishing her food and considered licking the

after noticing her expression and served her another bowl of chicken

the second bowl

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she was having the chicken soup, she soon felt a pleasant warmth in her stomach, which made

two bowls of soup may not look like much, he was the one who cooked them precisely because

“Still hungry?” he asked.

that moment, she couldn’t stop herself from letting out

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

had your fill then. Be sure

called out to him and

as he stopped in his

Chris. I’m sorry for accusing

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

with you today? Did the great Ms. Nicholson

seem like such an unreasonable person to you?” she shot

not like this is the

from you?” she retorted while wrinkling

let’s just forget about the past, shall we? Now, take off your clothes…”

subconsciously shielded her chest with her arms. “What are

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

my bandages for me?” she

you the one who changed my bandages for the past two

“Who else?”

seen everything by now?!”

not like I haven’t

out of here right now!” she screamed in response,

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anger.

this man. How dare he undress and

How despicable!