Chapter 701:

Darwin reacted instantly, his arm circling her waist while his other hand steadied her back, pulling her securely into his embrace.

Belinda regained her footing, her face flushing slightly as she quickly stepped away from Darwin. “Thank you,” she said.

Before Darwin could reply, a frantic voice rang out from behind them. “Excuse me, please make way!”

Darwin immediately grabbed Belinda’s wrist, pulling her to the side as a man came rushing out of a nearby private room. The man was holding a little girl whose arm was red and swollen, unmistakably from a fresh burn.

He hurried toward the elevators, the girl’s heart-wrenching cries echoing in the hallway. The girl’s mother followed closely behind.

Belinda’s chest tightened at the sound, her instincts kicking in.

then, a waiter carrying an ice bucket and a bottle of

out to

untied the scarf from around her neck, grabbed a handful of ice cubes from the bucket, and wrapped them in the fabric. Without

frozen, momentarily stunned by her swift

prepared

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with the ice on the girl’s swollen arm and turned to the woman beside her. “Hold this in place and make sure to keep icing the burn on your way to

so much!” The girl’s mother grasped the makeshift ice pack, her

me. Just get her

gradually fading as the doors slid shut. Darwin stood there silently, watching

inside him. Each encounter with Belinda seemed to etch

made Darwin frown slightly, his brows furrowing in

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