She Got A Better Man

Chapter 46

"You're injured. Walking will only make it worse," Zach responded seriously.

Elvira was momentarily speechless; her injuries were to her chest and shoulders.

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Although she found his protectiveness somewhat overbearing, it also touched her deeply. 'Isn't it all because he cares about me? Why should I let the opinions of others dampen the spirits of someone who cares for me?' she thought.

With this thought, she comfortably leaned against his chest, letting him take care of her. Zach, feeling her compliance, gently kissed the top of her head.

Back in the room, he insisted she remove her top so he could apply medicine, as she had only partially disrobed for the doctor's examination.

As she took off her shirt, he saw the full extent of her bruises, particularly the alarming purple-red marks across her chest, distinct from the marks left by his kisses. This sight terrified him.

His jaw was tightened further. Frowning, he carefully applied the ointment, while Elvira, despite her efforts to endure the pain, trembled from the sensitivity of her injuries.

Zach's fingers also trembled as he gently massaged the ointment on her chest, careful to apply only the lightest pressure to help absorption.

For both, it was a trying moment. Finally finishing, Elvira let out a sigh of relief. Zach, looking at her chest, felt no desire, only a profound sense of protectiveness. Quickly dressing up, Elvira was helped by him, who put down the ointment and meticulously fastened her buttons before pulling her into his embrace.

"How do you want to punish those who hurt you?" he held her close, his eyes filled with lethal intent, ready to obliterate her deceitful stepmother at a word from her.

"I want... to see her watch everything she cares about destroyed, to see her despair, I want her to wish she was dead!" she shared her darkest desires, closing her eyes in fear afterward, worried that such vindictiveness might make him see her as monstrous, possibly driving him away or even making him loathe her.

She braced for his judgment with her eyes closed, ready to accept whatever that was about to come.

"Okay!"

tighter, hearing him utter lightly just that one word of

worries dissolved. Surprised and relieved, she pulled back slightly to gaze into his striking face

took over, grabbing her head to sustain the kiss,

widened, he couldn't believe... what he saw was true-Zach, typically reserved, was capable of kissing a woman

the intrusion, also caught the scene at the door, awkwardly

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annoyed by the interruption, spared Samson from a scolding due to his relatively good

wiped away the kiss marks from Zach's lips with her finger,

a bit shy?" Samson, taken aback by her nonchalance, couldn't help but express

my own man?" she retorted and took a glance at

lowered his head

your help that day," she said, referring to the day Zach was drugged and

crucial role in

to, Spike hurriedly said, "It was the least I

two go ahead; I'll leave first," she said,

softened into a

stunned, while

actually staying put, unaware that Zach's

choice; he had no way to

know Zach had instructed skilled gamers among his bodyguards to play against Marsh, thoroughly defeating

approach didn't stir

you realize your mistake? Will you dare to harm others again?"

know I was wrong. Can I go home now?" Marsh sat

knew he hadn't truly repented but struggled with how to properly guide him. She began

words, but the entrance of Zach froze him into attentiveness, heeding