Revenge is best served cold

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!"

won't bother them. But if they do, give them

Fiona's forehead, frustrated, "Why do you pick up the bad stuff and

itching to show

needed his help shaving

up. If someone tries to fool me again, I'll be the first to disarm them!

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

to Sophie and Colby's unique status, Fiona had always been a target

tried to make a move on Fiona, they

was some mysterious force in the world taking out all the

leaving no

his parents a few times if they had anyone keeping an

answer was always a firm

were clueless about Fiona's narrow escapes from

once in kindergarten when an old man selling caramel apples led Fiona