In the Lap of Luxury by Unsweetened Chestnuts

Chapter 279 Possible Murder

Xander’s eyes narrowed. He signaled Grace to stay in place and not move.

Then, he walked up to the driver’s seat.

The driver was wearing a patient’s gown. It was a frail–looking woman with blood on her head. She was lying motionless in the driver’s seat.

When Xander pushed her, he finally saw her face.

“It’s her.”

Grace also saw the person in the driver’s seat.

It was none other than Geraldine.

“How did she get out? Did she just—”

A bold speculation emerged in Grace’s mind.

“Was she trying to kill me?” she muttered.

The realization hit her after that. This wasn’t an accident at all. It was an attempted murder.

Did Geraldine want to kill her?

A wave of fear surged through Grace. It had been such a close call.

If Xander hadn’t been there to push her away and shield her, she might have-

about it,

what she was thinking from her expression. He went

she turned

firefighters, and emergency personnel arrived at the scene

was set

incident occurred at Amirate, Grace, as the person

make a

her throughout the

Grace finally noticed that Xander’s arm was bleeding. She quickly pulled

“Xander, you’re injured!”

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tried to hide his pain. “It’s nothing, just a

Grace insisted. “It’s not minor. You’ve scraped off such a big piece of skin. Come on, let

but Grace’s

up and allowed Grace to

him treat the

nose and

as he was about to say something,

Xander Fulton?

couldn’t believe

about to speak, but Xander

Grace’s concerned expression, he

pretended to

your boyfriend’s wound seems a

was solely on Xander, so she didn’t notice anything strange. She said with concern, “Doctor,

“Don’t worry. With me here, nothing