My Reborn Story Is Insane (Back to My Worst Birthday and Starting Anew)

Back to My Worst Birthday and Starting Anew

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.

sent a message to Rex, instructing him to take the job and finish it within three

patiently until Emyr

stepped forward to intercept him.

expression unreadable. “What

leg. We’ve wasted enough time. Let’s

it would be easier to act then. But seeing how much he cared, even

had once been the epitome

he hesitated. There was something

say shifted

“Great!”

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remark, not a reluctant agreement. Her smile widened, lighting up

she really be that

his movements steady, while Charmaine’s

him, a small smile crept

carefully in front of him, settling herself into it with ease.

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

furrowed. “What are you doing?”

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

There’s no need for

Charmaine’s patience thinned.

of you already?

but in truth, she knew she had

had been dark, and with the help of the

“Charmaine!”

Charmaine shifted the stool closer and

his legs are

well–defined, but the muscles beneath had clearly suffered from months of disuse in