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

still felt hungry after finishing her food

get you another bowl,” he said after noticing her expression and served her another bowl of chicken

the second bowl of

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in her stomach, which made her feel so content it was hard to describe

look like much, he was the one who cooked them precisely because he was aware that they were very good at speeding up the

“Still hungry?” he asked.

stop herself from letting out a

she might come across as improper to him, so she tried to swallow the air back

guess you’ve already had your fill then. Be sure to get lots

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

it?” he said, as he stopped in his tracks and

Chris. I’m sorry

he managed to trick us out of such a large sum with his silver tongue. If only we had listened to your advice in the

with you today? Did the great Ms. Nicholson just apologize to

do you mean? Do I seem like such an unreasonable person to you?” she shot

kidding! So what if I got accused again? It’s not like this is the first time anyway, so forget about it,” he

does it sound so wrong coming from you?” she retorted while wrinkling her

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

instantly changed and she subconsciously shielded her chest with her arms. “What are

injuries, so I’m just helping you change your bandages,”

to change my bandages for

“Were you the one who

“Who else?”

everything by now?!” she

not like I haven’t seen them before, so what’s the big deal?”

ass out of here right now!” she screamed in response, her face flushed from the shame

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anger.

dare he undress and touch her body

How despicable!