Chapter 1444: 1444. Provocation without batting an eye

When he smiles, it feels like spring breeze, yet with his face tense like this, he looks extraordinarily intimidating.

The medical staff, while tending to his wounds, dared not speak a word to him.

"Sir, the wounds on your body are quite deep. Although they’ve been bandaged, you need to avoid sudden movements and keep them dry. It’s still raining outside, so it’s best if you stay here for a while. Once the rescue team arrives, they can transfer you out,"

the medical personnel informed Ethan White reluctantly, their eyes avoiding his gaze.

Those eyes were terrifyingly cold, as though whoever dared meet them would be swallowed whole by the glacial depths of his dark pupils.

Ethan’s gaze fell outside the tent, his expression indifferent as he responded with a simple, "Mm."

Just as he was about to withdraw his eyes, he spotted Elly Campbell appear outside the tent.

The rigid tension in his features softened instantly, and a faint smile unknowingly crept to his lips.

emerged behind Elly, the smile lingering

toward Ethan, and within his profound eyes

the slightest unease, despite secretly harboring feelings

challenging one another in a silent standoff, neither willing to

of the turbulent undercurrent between the two men, Elly walked up to Ethan and asked, "Are your

her words, Ethan’s gaze shifted from Adam’s face to her. Lowering his eyes, he looked

someone in particular, and sure enough,

was doing fine, Elly

she wasn’t afraid of owing people favors. But when you owe someone,

when it came to Ethan White and

of

"Adam Jones took everything from me." She understood there was unresolved animosity between Ethan and

do something reckless to

ability to stand here was entirely thanks

saved her twice, and no matter his reasons, she owed him—just as she

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