An Understated Dominance (Dustin Rhys)

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.

first,” he said as he

gesture and happily started

finishing her food and considered licking

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

word, she devoured the second bowl of soup as

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she was having the chicken soup, she soon felt a pleasant warmth in her stomach, which made her feel so content it was hard to describe in

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 the

“Still hungry?” he asked.

that moment, she couldn’t stop herself

to him,

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

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

as he stopped in his tracks and

I’m sorry for

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

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

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

is the first

coming from you?”

about the past, shall we? Now, take off your clothes…” he

chest with her

just helping you change your bandages,” he answered as

to change my bandages

if she had just realized something, she hurriedly quipped, “Were you the one who

“Who else?”

everything by now?!” she cried, her

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

right now!” she screamed in response, her face

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anger.