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

him in some way?

reporter ahead of time?”

at me through the rear–view

of relief. At least Colin

a bodyguard to handle Melody and to alert the

you around, they wouldn’t dare mess

Wasn’t it supposed

sitting in the passenger seat, let out another grunt.

wondered if he had some sort of nasal

past Henry’s car, Hooked out the window, my expression darkening

who hadn’t left Henry’s car was

Damian. He 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

was most unsettling was that his research focused on treatments

them uncontrollably aggressive. Without altering

case studies. Countless parents sought him out, entrusting their children, whom they considered

window,

ran down my spine, and I found myself avoiding his gaze as my breathing became

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