Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 274

Leaning Into Colin’s embrace, I deliberately brought up my pregnancy again, just to rile Henry up.

Even if Colin wasn’t around, there was still our baby.

“Sir, ma’am.” Eric’s car was parked just beside us, and he opened the door, ushering us in.

I cast a glance at the man standing silently behind Colin. He wore a baseball cap and remained silent but was ever–vigilant, guarding Colin’s back.

“He is…” I whispered as we got into the car.

“Bodyguard.” The man himself answered my question before Colin could.

“His name is Bran. Eric adopted him. He’s in charge of our protection,” Colin whispered back to me.

Bran hummed dismissively, his cap’s bill lowered as he gazed out the car window.

I had this nagging feeling that Bran held some animosity, but I couldn’t tell if it was directed at me or someone else.

I looked at Colin, then at Eric.

employer. Naturally, the animosity wasn’t aimed at

offended him in some way?

you set up the reporter ahead of time?”

glanced at me through the rear–view mirror before

sigh of relief. At least Colin wasn’t facing this alone.

knew to bring a bodyguard to handle Melody and to alert the media to intercept Henry.

you around, they wouldn’t dare mess with me.” Colin flashed me a smile, innocent and pure.

twinge of guilt. Wasn’t it supposed to be you rescuing me, big

the passenger seat,

if he had some sort of

out the window,

hadn’t left Henry’s car

was a formidable psychiatrist, a well–known counselor in Sea City, and had won countless awards years ago, even securing the highest honors in his field. He was considered a prodigy in the world of mental health, not

research focused on treatments for super–male

genetic anomaly that makes them uncontrollably

children, whom they considered ‘bad seeds,‘ into Damian’s care, all in the hopes of them being ‘normal‘

down his car window, looking over in

I found myself avoiding his gaze as my