Rayna hurriedly wiped her mouth with a piece of napkin and stammered, “Y-You wanted to sleep with him?”

“No! No!” Kristie refuted. “I’m afraid of the dark! That was why I asked him to guard me while I slept! Don’t talk nonsense, you little brat!”

With that, she pulled Carl’s ear.

Carl yelped in pain before saying aggrievedly, “You could’ve just switched on the lights, no? You aren’t making sense, Aunt Kristie!”

“Shut up!” Kristie glared at him. “If you keep talking, I’m going to choke you!”

Hearing that, Carl quickly moved away.

Seeing that Rayna was still staring at her, Kristie felt embarrassed. She stomped her feet and complained, “Why are you staring at me? Do you think I’m into him?”

Rayna asked tentatively, “Then why did you—”

“No way!” Kristie retorted, shooting James a side glance. “He’s so old and ugly! Besides, he’s just a bodyguard! How could he ever be worthy of me?”

Rayna wanted to defend her brother, but she didn’t know what to say. She could only glance at James pitifully.

As a matter of fact, there was nothing she could do to help James.

James, on the other hand, didn’t say anything throughout their conversation. Instead, he pulled himself a chair and sat down to watch them eat.

At around eight in the evening, James wanted to bring Kristie away, so he said to Rayna, “I’ll bring her home to rest. Since Mr. York is in the hospital, you should be fine, right, Rayna?”

“Huh?” Kristie was stumped. Why did he address Rayna so? She then forgot about the fact that James was holding her hand when she grumbled, “Why did you address Rayna by her name?”

came to his senses and replied calmly, “I talk fast, so you must’ve heard

him wrongly, Kristie said,

by saying, “Kristie, you’ve been staying in the hospital all this while. You need some rest. Go

don’t want to go home!” Kristie pouted. “Can’t I just stay here

“Listen to me. You can

I’ll bring Ms. Winton home now.” James pulled Kristie out of

had been holding onto her hand after exiting the ward.

grip. “W-We’re going back, but can you please stay away

from him while mumbling

haven’t pissed her off recently,

sit in the passenger seat. When she went back with James that evening, however, she sat in the back. She would always talk to him back then, but she kept to herself that

the changes in her behavior as he drove in

for Kristie. When he saw that she was on her phone and ignoring him, he asked patiently, “What’s the

her head lowered and her eyes

been avoiding me since last week. You aren’t even talking to me. How have

What’s wrong with that? Give me back

the air. The moment she stood up, he also rose

height. She stomped her feet and glared at him. “What are

upset you? I can change.” James stared at her intently. “Don’t keep avoiding me

Averting her gaze as quickly as she could, she muttered, “I don’t need you

wrong? Why are you getting rid of

need to know

her, he said, “Ms. Winton, even if Mr. Faymon could find you another bodyguard, he wouldn’t be

a pause, he asked, “Ms. Winton, are you shunning me because you

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