Chapter 578:

Camille recoiled, dodging his attempt to touch her. “You choose your side, and I choose mine. That’s only fair. Just don’t sacrifice me in the process.”

Albin exhaled in frustration. “I didn’t mean it like that. I’m sorry, okay?” He comically slapped his own mouth. “Curse this foolish tongue of mine. I should donate it to science.”

Camille scoffed dismissively and averted her eyes from him.

Kristopher looked back at Carrie. Their eyes connected, yet she remained silent. Her protective stance was evident, a clear signal that any threat to Camille would be met fiercely.

Kristopher had long been labeled as merciless, a demon concealed behind a charming facade. Such descriptions had never bothered him; in fact, he reveled in them. Yet now, as Carrie looked at him with the same guardedness as others, the sting of her gaze hit him unexpectedly hard.

Feeling suddenly drained, Kristopher gestured dismissively to the officers. “It’s okay. You can leave.”

in to smooth things over. “Thank you for your response, and apologies for

dried blood on his forehead and a throbbing

to assist him, but he dodged

paused, iodine swab in hand,

this,” Lise intervened, taking the iodine

then turned away

to intervene, saying, “Mrs. Norris, considering Mr. Norris’s injuries

“Isn’t it obvious that he’s already well attended to? He doesn’t require my

left briskly,

a sharp look from her stopped him. He watched

Kristopher, seizing a bottle of champagne from the table. He gulped it down as if it were mere water. The manager silently mourned the lavish waste of such an

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