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.

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

still felt hungry after finishing

said after noticing her expression

word, she devoured the second bowl of soup

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

who cooked them precisely

“Still hungry?” he asked.

herself from letting out

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

had your fill then. Be sure to get lots of rest, and I’ll come

to him and said, “Wait!

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

about Chris. I’m sorry

can’t believe he managed to trick us out of such a large sum with his silver tongue. If only

Did the great Ms. Nicholson just apologize to someone?”

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

It’s not like this is the first time anyway, so forget about

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

the past, shall we? Now, take off

shielded her chest with her arms. “What are

change your bandages,”

change my bandages for

realized something, she hurriedly quipped, “Were you the

“Who else?”

I… You’ve seen everything by now?!”

like I haven’t seen them before, so what’s

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

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anger.

nerve of this man. How dare he

How despicable!