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.

had taken her a lot of effort to concentrate on it

the sweat on her forehead, and then carefully put away the tools. She stated,

Then, he put his

after the treatment. Take a rest first. I'll go

come back."

left the room

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

grinned and closed his eyes, feeling a

went downstairs, she found that

appliances in the house. They were

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

hand and then told Madam Grant which

avoid eating on a daily basis. Madam Grant, who was both surprised and delighted, listened carefully. She

would not be able to remember it, so she

on

Lucille raised an eyebrow.

to Madam Grant, so there was no need for her to say

another

Bernard give up on buying the

to go to the old house and find out

Sent by Him

title deed. She was about to look for Bernard when she

look.

around half a dozen excavators

approaching from afar.

by the

that the machines were sent

they looked at each other

about to answer, they heard another clear and pleasant voice

Talford Village's land will remain untouched. He's just going to

Lucille slowly stepped forward.

answered in the simplest

dissatisfied. He

This isn't something you can get involved

I do have a say in this,"

spoke, she waved the title deed in her hand. A sweet smile appeared on her face as she vividly played the part of an innocent and arrogant girl. "This is a

a gift from Mr. Joseph," she

innocently. Not only did she want Bernard to think that she had borrowed Joseph's power, but she also wanted him to think that she was still the simple-minded, useless

and confidently declared, "I said I wanted it, so

Bernard was speechless.

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