The water that gushed from Bailey's head instantly woke her up, bringing her to her senses.

Looking stunned, she wiped away the water on her face and turned her attention to the handsome man.

Upon gazing into his deep, dark eyes, a vortex of anger swirled inside her, and she exploded. “You jerk, b*stard, lecher, shameless idiot...”

Bailey raised her arms and slapped his cheek ferociously.

The sound was so loud that it echoed in the tiny space inside the car.

The woman hopped up from his thigh and knocked against the car ceiling before Artemis could grab her arm.

Bailey massaged her head to get rid of the buzzing sound while hugging her chest with her arms.

She shot daggers at the man and asked, “What are you trying to do to me?”

Artemis blanched at her words. It was as if he was about to explode. F*ck! No one has slapped me like how this da*n woman did!

The man clenched his teeth and said, “You're safe.”

He crossed his arms, leaned against the seat, and shut his eyes, pretending that she was invisible.

Bailey frowned. She was able to think in the right mind once she regained her composure.

After glancing at the water bottle and her wet gown, she finally understood what had happened. He must have rescued me, but I'd mistaken him for being a pervert.

help but feel a pang of guilt for what she did to Artemis. “Err, I'm sorry. I got a little agitated just now. Do you want to slap me back, so we can call it quits? I won't tell anyone I've slapped you before, so

rendered the man

a scowl. I don't want to slap you. I want to

not the time to put your guard down yet. Listen carefully—what they had used on you is not the usual drug. The drug might trigger an even more intense reaction if you don't

was a baffling look on Artemis' face when he lowered his eyes to look at the water bottle near

gone overboard. Otherwise, a

are

her before answering

stand up, she fell back on the seat as the buzzing

to the hospital will do, Mr. Luther.

afraid of me. Can I know why? Are you

his last remark, but deep in her heart, she was thunderstruck. He must have found out something about me. Otherwise, he wouldn't have mentioned Spook all of

are cousins, I think it's best we maintain a distance from each other. Please stay away from me, Mr. Luther. Otherwise, I might have difficulty

dodge my question on purpose. You've only answered my first few questions but not the last one. So tell me, what's your relationship with Spook? Spook stole

from side to side. She could only think of a way to distract

eyes, stared blankly into the distance, curled

cussed as he thought the drug in her body

call Justin, but he can only be here in another fifteen minutes. Not every doctor can purge the toxins out of your system because the drug is too powerful. I'm not a jerk and will not do anything to you. You just relax and cooperate with me. In short,

four to five minutes later, the toxins in her body

on the verge of having a breakdown, the

entrance, she opened the door and asked in a shivering voice,

though the foyer was dimly-lit, Artemis could still notice the blush on Bailey's

room on

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