Lenora stood still, her thoughts drifting back to the news she had just seen. She asked, "Didn't you go to the hospital? Why didn't you sort it out while you were there?" "Who said I went to the hospital?"

"The news reported that the two injured individuals were rushed to the hospital for treatment."

"I didn't go to the hospital."

Zachary saw Lenora standing still and repeated, "Nora, could you come over and give me a hand?"

Lenora observed the knife wounds on his shoulder and arm. Besides that, there were several bruises and scrapes scattered across his body.

Her eyes flickered slightly. Though she was reluctant to admit it, she couldn't deny the concern that welled up within her.

"Why don't you go to the hospital and get it treated?" After a moment of silence, she finally mustered the courage to say it.

"I don't want to. The hospital is crowded and chaotic. Who knows, I might

He didn't like his private life to be under a spotlight.

He also didn't want Lenora to know that Susanna was hurt because of him.

"Should I call Mr. Lancaster to come in?"

"He isn't here. He has gone to deal with something else

"What about your other secretaries...

"If you're not willing, then forget it. I'll do it myself."

in into a reporter

Zachary lowered his gaze, a self-deprecating smile playing on his lips. He opened the first aid kit in front of him, rummaging for ointment and gauze.

He haphazardly applied the ointment onto the wound, clumsily wrapping it with gauze in a rather skewed

manner.

After several painstaking rounds of wrapping, he realized that there was no scissors, leaving him no choice but to tear the gauze by hand. After a few attempts to tear it, he ended up tightening the bandage, causing the area around the wound to

turn red.

Suddenly, the sound of a door opening echoed.

He looked up, only to find that Lenora's figure was no longer in sight.

Zachary froze, leaning powerlessly against the back of the couch, no longer continuing his act.

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appeared at the office door,

then lowered his gaze. "Mmm-hmm, you should get back to work.

the first aid kit. "I'm heading back to work now. Don't forget to have

were still damp, she ultimately couldn't resist

Zachary felt a tightness in his chest that seemingly

at him. "Is there anything

does it pain you to

him, their eyes locked. She let out

him and is now lying in the hospital. Yet he has the audacity to come and ask me if it pains me to see him in

wounds and changing

Lenora could identify him as one of the victims from the news. was natural that she could also figure out that the

"I had lunch with Mr. Chance this afternoon. He left first, and then I ran into those people. I have no

Zachary looked into Lenora's eyes, nodding earnestly without a hint of hesitation. "If you don't believe

don't need

from her or painstakingly create any pretense of coincidence. However, she simply didn't care, Moreover, Susanna, in a

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was for Zachary to agree to a divorce, and she could

eyes darkening. You don't believe what I'm

eyes, falling silent for a moment. "used to trust you deeply, but

anymore."

lesson. She came to understand that even the person she was sharing a bed

it easiest when it came to deceiving

had personally shattered her faith

up, a sour feeling

at the hospital.

out, attempting

her sleeve still slipped away from his grasp, leaving nothing but thin air between his

place, lying in the

filled her nostrils as Susanna regained

by

Susanna

toward the door. "He didn't come to the hospital. He

But I took a knife for him! Was it Lenora who stopped him from coming? "I asked, and Mr. Lancaster said that Mr. Fuller is de Susanna couldn't

thinks he can dismiss her with just a bit of

added, "I overheard Mr. Lancaster asking the doctor earlier

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