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.

to take the job and

waited patiently until Emyr emerged from his study.

she stepped forward to intercept

her a wary look, his expression unreadable. “What do

leg. We’ve wasted enough time. Let’s

easier to act then. But seeing how much he cared, even as he tried

was Emyr, after all–a man who had once been the epitome of confidence and pride.

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

he meant to say shifted as they reached his lips. “To the

“Great!”

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

she really be that

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

by him, a small smile crept

carefully in front of him, settling

ankle, but as her fingers

furrowed. “What are

in her tone. “I’m following the principles of holistic medicine–‘look, listen, ask, and feel. To treat you properly, To treat

it. There’s no need

Charmaine’s patience thinned.

haven’t seen enough of you already?

in truth, she knew she had stretched the truth.

intimate moment, that night had been dark, and with the help

“Charmaine!”

the stool closer and decisively rolled up his pant

man, his legs are so, so fair…

were long, slender, and well–defined, but the muscles beneath had