Chapter 600:

The coppery taste of blood spread in Carrie’s mouth, jolting her back to her senses. She released him abruptly, her hands trembling as they covered her mouth.

Her gaze dropped to his arm. “Does it hurt, Daxton?” she asked in a small, broken voice.

The white shirt clung to his skin, soaked with blood, the vivid stain stark against the pale morgue.

Carrie’s tears flowed anew, burning her cheeks with their heat. “I am sorry,” she whispered, her voice thick with guilt and sorrow.

“I am so sorry, Daxton.”

Daxton ruffled Carrie’s hair with a playful smile, his tone light. “It’s alright, really. No big deal. How hard can you bite, anyway? You are just a girl.”

her expression. “Let me see your wound,” she insisted, her fingers already moving toward

replied, a casual shrug accompanying his words. He tucked his hand behind his back as if dismissing her concern. “I will head to the treatment room later and clean it with some iodine.” Before she could press further, he shifted the topic seamlessly. “I have

mention of the footage snapped Carrie out of her daze. The cloud of

a word, she followed Daxton to the surveillance

the scene unfolded in stark detail. Lise and Gracie stood on opposite sides of a room, a

venom. “Some people—it is one thing to cling to a rich man, but dragging along an old burden? That is a different story. Mrs. Billie Norris has begged countless doctors to help certain individuals. Honestly,

Gracie’s hands trembled as anger contorted her face. Yet, despite her fury, Lise’s cruel words seemed to cut

to her hospital room, her expression resigned. Waiting for the nurse to

a burden to Carrie, her only granddaughter. Carrie’s chest tightened as she watched, the weight

the chair before her crashing to the floor as she kicked it with unrestrained fury. The

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