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.”

chuckle. “She brought this

face as he thought of Kylee. If she hadn’t been Verena’s

choices. Teaming up with someone like Verena is

she continued, “Kylee’s not entirely wrong, though. There’s still bad blood between me and her. If she

expression hardened with resolve after hearing her words. If Kylee ever targeted Belinda again, he would

days zipped by in

𝖈𝖆𝖒𝖊

convinced Belinda to join her

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

woman seated near the

then, her phone buzzed

unlocked it, and read the

going okay? Any

“Small snag, but it’s under control.