Ah, never mind! My bet paid off this time, so it's a good thing that I escaped this narrow call. I'll just think of another solution if such a situation comes up again. If there's really no other choice, I'm willing to sacrifice my life.

Outside, Sean went downstairs while cradling his arm. In the living room, Jacqueline was scrolling through her cell phone. When she heard the sounds of footsteps, the corners of her mouth curled up in contempt. “Why did you come down so quickly? It hasn't even been half an hour. It seems that your stamina is lacking!”

Sean threw her a chilly look. “Zip it! Otherwise, I'm going to sew your mouth shut!”

“How dare you?” Seeing red, Jacqueline jerked her head in his direction.

At a single glance, she froze in shock. “You... You're injured!”

Not only is his arm bleedingly, but his head is too.

“You were injured by Natalie?” she exclaimed incredulously.

Pursing his lips, Sean said nothing but walked over to the other side of the sofa and plopped down.

Jacqueline shot to her feet. “Sean, you were actually injured by her? How useless! You're a man, yet you aren't even a woman's match?”

His eyes narrowing, Sean promptly snapped his head up and stared at her as though her death was imminent.

instantly felt as though there was a hand

his eyes were

came over with a first-aid kit and

on from her seat across from

and a graze on his

curled her lips. “It looks like she was pulling

that Natalie injured Sean, exhilaration

the man

joy within her fizzled after she heard that

why didn't she just stab him to death? Then, I'll be the one who makes all the

the emotions flashing across her eyes, Sean immediately surmised her thoughts. A glimmer of murder glinted in his eyes. “You seem

she'd exposed herself. Pushing down the guilt within her, she uttered evenly, “You're

that, she got up and went

unwilling to tarry for even a second longer, for she knew how

disappointed, he was likely convinced that she

deeply in her mind. Thus, she naturally wanted to take off before he said

was leaving, he didn't call her back as

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