Love and Devotion No Longer His to Claim by Dream Fish

Chapter 299

Angela was shocked. Her mind went blank for several seconds, and all she could hear was a discordant hum of static.

It was terrifying-ever since she had fallen into the water, her hearing hadn't been working properly.

"What?" Dexter asked in a cold, measured tone. "What baby?"

He immediately reached out to hold Angela, afraid that the shock might cause her further harm.

Amber sobbed incoherently, her tears tugging at one's heart. "We... We had done it before... And we didn't..."

"Shut your mouth!" Zack shouted, his face ashen and his voice trembling uncontrollably. "I was so drunk that night that I could barely stand. How could anything have happened?"

That incident had occurred two months ago at a birthday party in their mutual circle. Both of them had attended, and the alcohol that night had been unusually strong.

Zack had only had three drinks before he'd started feeling dizzy, and his buddies had mocked him for his poor tolerance.

Thereafter, a waiter had helped him into a hotel room, but when he'd woken up, he'd found a naked Amber beside him.

been completely muddled. He'd thought that if Angela found

reasoned that, given how drunk he'd

down, gotten dressed, and waited for

told her that nothing untoward had happened that night, and Amber had believed

now, two months later, Amber

never... had that kind of experience. We just slept in the same bed-yet you can't be 100% sure you didn't do anything, can you? Just

crouched down and burst into

was so mournful

you

called out coldly, summoning

word

don't handle this properly, your reputation is going

biased or failed to uncover the full truth, it would be a huge blow-not only to the two young people involved but also to the Graham and

her best to suppress her anxiety as she stepped

followed silently, pushing her IV stand and maintaining a protective

her

to believe me. I really couldn't have...

now." Angela

sorrowful, and

she got a doctor to run checks on the latter. And