Chapter 704:

Belinda answered firmly, “Absolutely, there’s nothing more to it.”

“Too bad. I was beginning to think there might be something more going on between you and Darwin,” Johnson teased.

“You’re overthinking it,” Belinda replied with a small eye roll. “Alright, I’m hanging up now.”

She ended the call and began walking toward her office. However, as she took her first step, she noticed a man standing not far ahead. Belinda paused for a moment. After a brief hesitation, she moved toward the man and asked, “What brings you here?”

Lucas’s expression darkened as he confronted Belinda, his voice tense. “What’s going on between you and Darwin?”

Belinda’s face betrayed a flicker of annoyance. “Why do you feel the need to ask me that?”

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only look that way because of the angle. There’s nothing more to explain.”

you see him as just a friend, are

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go of my wrist. This is a hospital, not the place for unnecessary drama.” She had no intention of

private,”

that if she didn’t agree, Lucas wouldn’t leave. Arguing with him in a public space would

said, “Belinda, could you please maintain some distance

both resignation and a hint of pleading. He wanted to command her to avoid Darwin but knew that being too

and frustration, though difficult to suppress, gave him no right

is a friend of mine. He hasn’t done anything

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