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Chapter 49 Aloof Guy

Emyr’s gaze lingered on her so–called innocent face. “You’re not fooling anyone.”

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Charmaine cleared her throat, her voice deliberately casual. “With me here, Mr. Emyr, you don’t need anyone else to take care of your leg. I can handle it. Trust me–I’m practically a miracle worker.”

His laugh was short and cutting, his tone as cold as winter wind. “If I left it to you, I’d end up in a coffin. You’d probably have to crawl in after me just to keep paying for your mistakes.”

Charmaine stared at him, momentarily stunned. “Excuse me?”

That one hit hard.

This man had a tongue like a razor, sharp enough to slice through stone.

Even Tad, seated up front, couldn’t hide his shock.

He had long known that Emyr’s words could be lethal, especially when his mood darkened. But this?

To suggest Ms. Nelson would accompany him to the grave?

It almost felt like there was something more beneath those words.

If Charmaine had the faintest idea what Tad was thinking, her temper would have ignited like dry kindling.

When they returned to the villa, Charmaine’s phone buzzed with a new message. Rex had sent her a screenshot.

Emyr had placed a bounty of 300 million dollars to retrieve the missing surveillance footage.

Charmaine stared at the amount, her lips curving into a dry smile. She recalled how Jonah had once offered a mere hundred million to secure Leah a kidney. Compared to this, that offer seemed laughable.

she sent a message to Rex, instructing him to take the job and finish

deepened, Charmaine waited patiently until Emyr emerged

she stepped forward to intercept him.

his expression unreadable. “What do

about your leg. We’ve wasted enough time.

plan had been to wait until his condition worsened, thinking it would be easier to act then. But seeing how much he cared, even as he tried

once been the epitome of

instinct was to refuse, but when he looked into her eyes, he hesitated. There was something unrelenting in her gaze,

words he meant to say

“Great!”

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surprise. She’d braced herself for another scathing remark, not a reluctant

be that excited to

wheeled himself toward the room, his movements steady, while Charmaine’s footsteps trailed behind, light but

small smile crept at the edge of his lips.

a small stool and placed it carefully in front of him, settling herself into it with ease.

reached for his ankle, but as her fingers brushed near it, the wheelchair slid

brow furrowed. “What are you

holistic medicine–‘look, listen, ask, and feel. To treat you properly, To treat you properly, I need to

responded sharply. “Just do it. There’s no need

Charmaine’s patience thinned.

haven’t seen enough of you already?

out playfully, but in truth, she knew she

that night had been dark, and with

“Charmaine!”

the stool closer and decisively rolled up his

man, his legs are so, so fair…

muscles beneath had clearly suffered

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