Facade of Love

Chapter 250 Overconfidence

I froze, my breath catching for a moment. His unexpected compliment sent my heart racing, and I fumbled over

my words. “You… what are you even saying?!”

He let out a soft laugh and handed me a glass of water with ease. “Keep doing what you are doing. Don’t let anyone’s words make you second–guess your own feelings.”

Me?

What was he on about? I frowned at him, feeling annoyed. “You aren’t subtly criticizing me for not giving Emily enough respect, are you?”

“Shh!” He stood up and flicked my forehead, which made me wince and shoot him a glare.

He explained, “Can’t you tell the difference between a compliment and an insult? Sure, you can give respect, but not like that. Christina has pushed my buttons one too many times. If it were not for certain considerations, she would not even be worthy to speak to you.”

When did he get so full of himself?

I looked at him, pretending to be unimpressed, I refrained from arguing, however. After a brief silence, I ventured, “Is Christina going to end up behind bars?” Idris’s dark gaze met mine, narrowing slightly. “Do you want her to be locked

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the consequences? It’s not like I can decide

smile. “Jail would

hung in the air, his dark eyes icing over with a cold glint, his handsome face shadowed by a stormy mood. The medicine I had taken was kicking in, making my eyelids droop as I tugged

off into a light sleep in the hospital room. When I came to, he was sitting by my bed, totally absorbed in some papers. Whatever he was reading must have ticked him off because he scrunched up his brows

was out of habit, but he turned

not t expected him to catch my gaze, and it was too late to look away. Our eyes met, and he was taken aback for a

light smile on my lips. “I’m good,

chat fizzled out just like

he was supposed to get a doctor to check on me. He stood up to fetch one.

“Really, I’m okay.” The paleness was just from the

at me. After a brief hesitation, he sighed. “Let’s have the doctor look at you, just

set his mind to something, that was that. The doctor came, gave me the once–over, and confirmed I was all good and

“Grandma’s still under the weather. You should be with

my eyes. “Okay, then let’s head

sealing the deal.