Revenge is Best Served… After Reborn

Chapter 1761

To play it safe, Alec said, "Stick with me for the next few days, okay? No wandering off."

Fiona thought for a moment and then hit him with a thought-provoking question, "If I stay by your side, am I the one protecting you, or are you protecting me?" "Are you messing with me now?"

Alec gave Fiona's cheek a light pinch and teased, "With your smarts, they'd have you on a leash in no time! Remember when you gave a hundred bucks to that homeless guy, and he nearly ran off with you? Where'd you pick up this bleeding heart of yours?"

"Ugh!"

Fiona batted Alec's hand away, pouting, "That guy was really down on his luck. He didn't have an arm and hadn't seen a bath in days."

"Thank goodness Uncle Rick swooped in, or you'd have lost a limb!"

"That was ages ago! I was just eight then, and now I'm nearly eighteen! Alec, can you stop treating me like a kid, like Mom and Dad do?"

Fiona sat cross-legged on the bed, feigning annoyance, "Mom says having a kind heart brings good fortune!"

"And your mom's follow-up is, 'If nobody bothers me, I won't bother them. But if they do, give them a chance. If they keep at it, wipe them out!""

frustrated, "Why do you pick up the bad stuff and not the good? Planning to become a saint

rubbed her sore forehead, itching

his help shaving her

again, I'll be the first to disarm them!

get your hands dirty; there are folks who'll handle

unique status, Fiona had always been a target

time someone tried to make a move on Fiona, they vanished before saying

This

suspect there was

force in

some

mysterious force in the

all the potential

Fiona.

leaving no

had casually asked his parents a few times if they had anyone keeping