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 Rex, instructing him to take

night deepened, Charmaine waited patiently until Emyr emerged from his study.

she stepped forward to

look, his expression

your leg. We’ve wasted

easier to act then. But seeing how much he cared, even as he tried to hide it, made her reconsider.

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

was to refuse, but when he looked into her eyes, he hesitated. There

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

“Great!”

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

that excited

his movements steady, while Charmaine’s footsteps trailed

him, a small smile crept at

grabbed a small stool and placed it carefully in

reached for his ankle, but as her fingers brushed near

furrowed. “What are you

kept her voice calm, though a hint of amusement lingered in her tone. “I’m following the principles of holistic medicine–‘look, listen, ask, and feel. To treat you properly, To treat

do it. There’s no need

Charmaine’s patience thinned.

enough of you already? Are you afraid I’ll take advantage of

stuck her tongue out playfully, but in truth, she knew she

had been dark, and with the help of the medicine, she

“Charmaine!”

shifted the stool closer and decisively rolled up his

legs are

and well–defined, but the muscles beneath had