Hidden Emotions

Lucille raised her eyebrows in amazement. Suddenly, she heard Joseph speak. His voice was heavy and muffled as if he was restraining something.

No one knew what hidden emotions there were in those eyes of his. His gaze was like a surging undercurrent, deep and bottomless, yet slightly cold and lonely.

He murmured, "Don't be afraid of me, Bobo."

Lucille was stunned. What was there to be afraid of?

Under her puzzled stare, Joseph took off his shirt completely

The man's strong and buff chest was covered with scars of various sizes. Some were deep, and some were shallow. Even after several years, one could tell that those scars were once. wounds that were nearly fatal. Lucille sucked in a cold breath.

Most people would only have bruises on their bodies.

On Joseph's body, there were gunshot wounds, whip wounds, and other injuries from torture devices.

Joseph, the son of the Collins family, was born into a comfortable life. He was proud and noble with ant extraordinary status. With a snap of his fingers, he could change Shein City's destiny. Nobody would have thought that someone like him, who had the world in the palm of his hand, had experienced something that would leave so many horrible.

scars.

Could it be that... the people from back then were the ones. who injected the toxins into his body?

Lucille was shocked, but she didn't ask anything.

Everyone had their secrets.

It was just like how Joseph had never asked her anything.

Lucille took out some tools and sat cross-legged across from Joseph.

She began treating him seriously. At the same time, she answered, "It's not that scary."

That was how her body looked like in the past, too.

Lucille pursed her lips. She didn't finish her sentence.

Joseph looked up. The girl in front of him was calm, with a sense of serenity that did not match her age. She used the tools with skilled fingers. In just a few minutes, he could feel the cold poison in his body flowing around.

With her treatment, the toxins were trapped and then sealed together.

The process took about half an hour.

When she removed the last tool, Lucille heaved a sigh of relief.

taken her a lot of effort to concentrate on it

She raised her hand to wipe away the sweat on her forehead, and then carefully put away the tools. She stated, "You can't

Then, he put his shirt

the treatment. Take a rest first.

come back."

the room

bed, with Lucille's faint fragrance lingering at the tip of his nose. It smelled good and was especially

closed his eyes, feeling a sense

she found that not only

come back, but there were also a lot of new furniture and appliances in the house. They were brand new, including things like a refrigerator, TV,

Madam Grant was at a loss when he saw how generous Culver was. "How can you give me all of these things, Sir? T-This won't do. I haven't done anything to earn this. I can't accept it."

waved his hand and then told Madam

daily basis. Madam Grant, who was both surprised

she would not be able to remember it, so she

on some

Lucille raised an eyebrow.

seemed that Culver had already talked to Madam Grant, so

was another problem,

Bernard give up on buying the

to go to the old house

Sent by Him

of the courtyard with the title deed. She was about to look for Bernard when she heard a rumbling sound

around to take a look. At the end of

saw around half a dozen

approaching from afar.

was waiting by the road with his

the machines were

gathered at the side of the road. When they saw what was going on, they looked at

his mouth slightly. Just as he was about to answer, they heard

untouched. He's just going to build a

Lucille slowly stepped forward.

simplest

was a little dissatisfied. He

kiddo. This isn't something you

have a say

"This is a wonderful place for retirement. I think building

from

Not only did she want Bernard to think that she had borrowed Joseph's power, but she also

declared, "I said I wanted

Bernard was speechless.

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