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.”

questions in her mind but did not dwell on

In the study.

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

did I do wrong?” Nolan was utterly

tonight. You misled me, made me misunderstand her… Just

hung up the phone,

same time, in the

side, Whitney could not sleep due to the bruises

asked, “Whitney, I heard you were beaten up by some guys at the Imperial

instinctively

ordeal.

was livid. “Is Preston even human? He doesn’t deserve to be a father! Monica framed you with a false pregnancy scare, and you were only defending yourself. Yet, he wanted to beat you to

She released the video to

competition.”

just watch

Late at night.

Yvonne were returning home from a social gathering when several motorcycles

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