Nicholas stood rooted with his temples throbbing. After a moment, he looked at Linda with a complicated gaze and said, “Calm down, okay? Zephyr doesn’t wish for this either…”

“What doesn’t he wish for?” Linda raised her voice. “Hah, he’s bored of living his rich heir life in Centrolis and came here pretending to be a former convict to get married?”

“Don’t make it sound so bad. You don’t understand. He was conspired against and got seriously injured. That’s why he hid his identity in Jangasas!”

Linda was quiet for a moment and scanned him judgingly before she scoffed. “You knew so much?”

Nicholas was rendered speechless.

“Nicholas Thompson!”

Nicholas wanted nothing more than to slap himself.

“Zephyr Hamerton!” Linda’s voice was shaking from how furious she was. “Recover and recuperate all you want. Why get Cordelia involved?

“Do you really think you’re a prince? Hah, being a womanizer even when you’re badly injured. How much will your rich heir friends be envious of you when you talk about it in the future? Am I right?

“But what about Cordelia? Will you really be able to marry her!?”

“Linda!” Nicholas looked stern. “Enough!”

Linda took a deep breath and forced her tears back.

The hallway fell into silence suddenly, as if warped into a vacuum.

The light above the emergency ward went out a while later, and Zephyr got up to run over.

“Don’t worry. She’s not in a critical state.” Seth came out with a relieved smile. “Fortunately, the cut was shallow and didn’t cut the artery. As for her other injuries, they’re superficial wounds. She just has to rest up.”

Zephyr’s lips wobbled, and his eyes turned red.

Seth had mixed feelings facing him again. Never in his dreams would he have thought that the man he had saved back then was so distinguished.

He said softly, “M-Mr… Hamerton, the nurses are finishing up inside. Once there’s no anomaly after some observation, Cordelia will be wheeled to the ward.”

and thanked

suggest that Linda keeps

“Why?” Zephyr was alarmed.

assaulted. There’s definitely repulsion toward men. It’s a normal reaction. Give her some

was silent

“I can do it! I’ll go home and pack now and come

go with you!” Nicholas

Thompson, take a break! You men are all

can’t overgeneralize us. I’m different

her eyes, “Are you

spot and sighing as he listened to the vanishing sound of her heels clicking on

had to stall it!” he complained

care. You either appease Cordelia or give

He was also being lied

he said softly. “Mr. Hamerton, even I’m upset that you’ve gone from Marcus Grist to Zephyr Hamerton all of a sudden. What

his lips, his

lie to her. He could not help it in the past and wanted a chance to tell her everything now… It was just one step away—one small step, and she

lingering fear

nurse wheeled Cordelia into

time before carefully opening the door and going in

swollen and bruised. There was a thick bandage of gauze on her

could never forget the scene when he barged in. Cordelia had been on the floor, wounded and most of

hurt so much that Zephyr felt like his insides were

hand. There was a pinch in his nose, and the corner of his lips

on Cordelia’s lids. Zephyr held his

come

the nightmare. The man with his pinky missing was cackling, holding

“Ah!”

eyes flew open. The pain

someone’s gentle voice was heard from the

focused her gaze on looking at the man in front of her. He was

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