It turned out that Lianne had secretly called the cops amidst the chaos just now. It was smart of her to do so!

Sighing in relief, I went over to help Kevin up. He was covered in bruises and cuts.

"Hang on, Kevin! We'll take you to the hospital!" I told him.

Kevin smiled weakly and muttered, "I'm fine. It's not like I'd die from a small injury like this. I can take it."

With much difficulty, he pushed himself up from the ground.

"Evelyn, we were lucky this time," he said. "But you still need to keep an eye out for Carlos, that psychopath. He won't give up that easily."

I nodded. I had mixed feelings about this. After what happened tonight, I finally knew what kind of person Carlos was.

I never thought that there would be such an atrocious and perilous side behind the glamorous facade of the fashion circle.

The cops arrived and interrogated us about what happened. Then, they recorded the case in great detail. Upon seeing the state Kevin was in, frowns creased their foreheads.

"Things aren't that simple with this Carlos since he had the guts to assault you three here in the streets," said one of the cops. "We'll look into this case thoroughly."

incident was no small matter,

to the hospital. Fortunately, he wasn't gravely injured, and the doctor only needed to

the ward, I started to feel sorry for him. Kevin wouldn't have had to go through all this if I hadn't

my back and risked his life to protect me, but I didn't know

seemed to know that I was blaming myself for what happened, though. He patted my hand and said, "Evelyn, stop overthinking it. You're my friend. Of course, I'll have

"Carlos is a

Besides, I was doing my job as

and

I got a

heard that you were attacked by some thugs last night," he

last night. The professor fell silent

I knew he was a bad egg," said the professor. "Don't worry.

as I hung up. With

peaceful at the university for the next few days. I didn't see Carlos. It

Meanwhile, my completed artwork

stir. More

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