Chapter 944

Sharon asked, “What about Thomas?”

Wendy hesitated before answering. “He probably rushed back the moment he heard you were hurt. But… his own affairs aren’t settled yet. It looks like he went back to deal with them.”

When she recalled Thomas’s expression, it had struck her as strange-unfamiliar, even. He hadn’t seemed like the bright,

carefree Thomas she knew.

Perhaps something truly serious was happening on his end, and he had dropped everything just to come see Sharon before returning.

Wendy’s every thought was on Sharon. Though she found Thomas’s behavior odd, she didn’t dwell on it.

Sharon nodded and didn’t press further. “Wendy, you should get some rest. I want to sleep for a while.”

Wendy rose at once. “All right. If you need anything, remember to press the bell.”

agreement,

clicked softly shut did tears slip silently from the corners

descended into

a cramped cell, ragged

face. His hand reached for a whip resting nearby. Without hesitation,


whistled through the air before striking flesh. Lex instinctively raised an arm to block, but the lash split open his skin, leaving a long, bleeding

from spent. He lashed again and again, each strike harsher than the last, until Lex’s body was bloodied and raw. Only when his own rage had burned

in a grotesque

his expression. His gaze was sharp and feral, gleaming with cold light like a wolf in

Julliard sneered. “Still dreaming of how

he

low laugh. “Lex, do you actually think

no one knows you’ve locked me up?

with scorn. “Before you spit threats, look at where you’re standing. Even if I die, I’ll drag you

the mighty Julliard turns out to be a love-struck fool. What a pity. You covet your best friend’s woman, but you’re too cowardly to confess.

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