Chapter 327 She Was Playing Tricks On You

As dusk settled in, lightning streaked across the sky. A sudden, drenching rain followed, sounding like a loud clatter.

Jarrod, kneeling in the rain, looked ghostly pale. He had been in that position for seven hours.

Far from being a relief, the heavy rain only added to his discomfort, making him feel dazed and breathless. Each breath he took was a struggle, choked by the relentless rain.

Jarrod coughed continuously, his shoulders shaking with each, bout. The coughing grew more intense, his breathing labored.

Rainwater filled his windpipe repeatedly. Then, a metallic scent hit him - the smell of blood. A large amount of blood spilled from Jarrod's mouth, staining the ground before being washed away by the rain. O

The corners of his pale, thin lips were tinged with an odd, stark shade of red.

"Mr. Schultz!" Alec, who had thrown his umbrella to the ground, grabbed the trembling Jarrod. From choking, Alec shifted to outright bawling.

"Mr. Schultz, please, allow the medical team to attend to you..." Alec pleaded, desperate to alleviate Jarrod's pain.

Alec owed Jarrod his life. Jarrod had saved Alec when the latter was a tramp abroad.

Before Alec encountered Jarrod, his life was a relentless struggle. He faced daily beatings and was treated worse than a dog. It was a harrowing time for him.

Then, one day, everything changed. Jarrod wore bright leather shoes and intervened, kicking a hobligan off Alec's back. At that moment, Alec lay on the ground, too beaten to lift his head.

offered him a helping hand, asking, "Do you want to work for me?"

careers abroad. Alec silently vowed to

to push Alec away, murmuring as if in a trance, "Nicole had

spoke, blood continued to flow from the corner of his

became a form of torture for Jarrod. Each breath felt like thorny vines were being driven into his throat. His entire body ached, the pain so intense that he thought death might be a

out of it!" Alec implored, his voice filled with concern and

sound of the

intensified, pouring down as if to engulf

watching Jarrod's pale, trembling form, felt

heat and cold, a challenge even for the strongest of bodies. To make matters worse, the doctor had warned that given Jarrod's current state, he could suffer spasms

taking Jarrod to the hospital, but he knew all too well Jarrod's stubborn streak after working with Jarrod for eight long years. He

Alec surmised

Nicole and couldn't bear to leave her. However, what Jarrod did and told Nicole told a different

a heavy heart, Alec wiped away his tears, turned

had just woken up from a comfortable sleep after a massage. Nicole

the curtains, Nicole noticed the stormy, dark

clock told Nicole had slept for four hours. A dull ache in her

Nicole reached for her handbag, her handbag accidentally fell to the floor,

bottles on the floor, a sense of

filled with makeup, jewelry, and

new, and the effects

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