His unwanted wife, the world’s coveted genius by Derk Blaylock

Chapter 1290:

Reflecting now, under those circumstances, the possibility of Kylee contracting HIV had indeed been high.

Her arm had been slashed, and Gordon had deliberately let blood from an HIV-positive patient drip into her open wound.

That kind of direct exposure to infected blood carried a serious chance of transmission.

“I’m concerned she might try to harm you,” Lucas said, his eyes filled with worry.

“I’ll be careful.” Belinda nodded firmly. After a moment’s pause, she added, “Don’t worry, I’ll steer clear of her unless it’s unavoidable. The last couple of times we crossed paths, I didn’t touch a sip of water or eat anything. I was afraid she might’ve tampered with something.”

“That’s reassuring,” Lucas said, nodding in approval.

Belinda let out a quiet sigh. “Honestly, Kylee’s a victim in this too, to an extent. But she’s not blameless. If she hadn’t tried to blackmail Verena with her secrets, this whole mess wouldn’t have happened.”

a sharp, humorless chuckle. “She brought

flicker of disdain crossed his handsome face as he thought of Kylee. If she hadn’t been Verena’s pawn,

partly a victim. She made her own choices. Teaming up with someone like Verena is asking for trouble. Now she’s opening up to me

not entirely wrong, though. There’s still bad blood between me and her. If she dares scheme against me or tries to hurt me again, I’ll make sure she

words. If Kylee ever targeted Belinda again, he would make her regret

days zipped by in

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Catherine convinced Belinda to join her and a few college friends

had invited her, she agreed. Catherine’s friends were thrilled to see Belinda; her striking looks made her

seated near the

then, her phone buzzed softly in

unlocked it, and

going okay?

before she replied, “Small snag, but it’s under