Minerva was shocked and her ears turned red instantly. She wanted to pull her hand back, but Maddox curled his lips and said, "If you really feel sorry for me, then stay with me and have nothing to do with that person."

Upon hearing this, Minerva furrowed her brows. She realized that something was wrong. "A-Are you saying this just to make me feel bad for you?"

"I'm telling the truth. So what if you feel sorry for me?" He laughed softly and said, "Sit down and eat. The food on the plane isn't going to be nice." She was stunned. The food on the plane, in fact, was going to be terrible. If she didn't eat now, she definitely would not eat on the plane later.

However, after listening to what he said, she lost her appetite.

Thinking of this, she shook her head.

"Forget it. I've lost my appetite now and I don't want to eat."

Maddox was silent for two seconds before he followed her and stood up. "Then, let's pay the bill. We'll eat on the plane."

She silently nodded.

Later, he took her to the cashier to pay the bill and they went out of the restaurant together.

"What a waste. We only ate two mouthfuls of the food we ordered," Minerva couldn't help but sigh after coming out of the restaurant.

Upon hearing this, Maddox raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you want to go back and pack them?"

She kept quiet.

She pretended that she hadn't said anything.

The two of them returned to the boarding gate to wait for their plane. Not long after they sat down, Minerva could not help but ask, "Was your leg injured before?"

"Back then, how did you get hurt? Was it... very serious?"

When she asked this question, she didn't dare to look at him, fearing that she would touch his sore spot.

shoulder. "Why are you avoiding my gaze? If

reddened. She gritted her teeth and said, "Who said you're my

to admit it even if you

to speak again. He immediately explained, "I wasn't crippled back then." "What did you

she misheard him. He

crippled? Then why did you sit in a

in fact... My body was perfectly fine. The only way to get the Old Master to lower his guard against me was if my legs were crippled. How do you think I became the President? Even

quivered as she felt her chest slowly

sake, she got into an argument with Chandler and even poured a cup of coffee all over

He faked his crippleness.

but lower

wonder when she was abroad, she heard that his legs had fully recovered.

that... he had been faking it the entire

you tell me later on?" Minerva raised her head to stare into his mesmerizing eyes, "You didn't tell me any of this when we got together after that. Were you worried

what she was thinking, Maddox suddenly grabbed her hand and pulled her

confident enough. I didn't want to get you involved. It's

at

Benedict from now on. A b*stard can't be any good. He probably wants to use

always saying bad things about him?

his mother ruined someone's family. Now, he wants to destroy us." Minerva could not be bothered to look at him. She pursed her lips and

if he's a b*stard, it's not like he had a choice. He has no control

asked, "Are you defending him now? Just like how you protected him earlier? What's so good about

mean I'm defending him? I'm just telling the truth. Yes, he is the son of a mistress, but it wasn't his choice. Besides, when he was with

as another one of his sacrificial pawns, don't get close to him again. When he tries to

"Did you hear me?"

how silent she was and reiterated

her lips and pulled back

issues to settle. Who gave you the

other issues do I have after we're

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