Whitney stood rooted to the spot, confused by his odd reaction.

It was a song she had composed a long time ago.

The man squinted his deep–set eyes, remembering the girl who had saved him. To calm his hysterical fits, she had hummed a soothing lullaby while performing acupuncture, which closely resembled this tune.

Suddenly, he asked again, “Are you trained in medicine?”

Whitney frowned. She had promised her mother to keep her knowledge of medicine a secret for self–preservation, so she had not revealed it to anyone except Tiana.

But why would he ask that?

“No,” she denied instinctively.

The profound ripples in the man’s eyes faded away.

He ended the conversation. “You should get some sleep. Leave everything else to me.”

with several questions in her mind but did not dwell on

In the study.

beauty, his expression laced with deadly intent. He called Nolan, his voice icy, “Here’s your chance to make amends. Take Whitney’s

what did I do wrong?” Nolan was

meeting Preston tonight. You misled me, made me misunderstand her…

man hung up the

time, in

sleep due to the bruises on her back. Then, Tiana

you were beaten up by some guys at the Imperial

Whitney instinctively touched

ordeal.

you with a false pregnancy scare, and you were only defending yourself. Yet, he wanted to beat you to cause a miscarriage, all

revenge. She released the video to cover up her own embarrassment with the scandal of my miscarriage and to stop me

competition.”

just watch me!” Tiana

Late at night.

a social gathering when

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