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?”

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

that she didn’t hear him wrongly,

interrupted her by saying, “Kristie, you’ve been staying in the hospital all this

Kristie pouted. “Can’t I just stay here with you

to me. You can come

bring Ms. Winton home now.” James pulled Kristie out of the

only realized that James had been holding onto her hand after exiting the ward. His palm is so warm, and I’m getting a

of his grip. “W-We’re going back, but

herself from him while mumbling something to

pissed her off

James that evening, however, she sat in

all the changes in her behavior as he drove

at the condominium, James prepared some fruits and brought them to the living room for Kristie. When he saw that

kept her head lowered and

next to her before snatching her phone. “You’ve been avoiding me since

want to talk to you! What’s wrong with that? Give me back my

reached out toward the phone, James lifted his arm into the air. The moment she stood up, he also rose to his feet

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

James stared

heart jolted when her eyes met James’. Averting her gaze as quickly as she could, she muttered, “I don’t need you to change. I’ll just ask

done wrong? Why are you getting

know is that I

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

he asked, “Ms. Winton, are you shunning me

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