Chapter 50 Her Boyfriend

Corynn was in bad condition. She had burns of varying degrees on her back, arms, and legs, and to make matters worse, dirt and mud had caked all over her wounds, risking infection.

But fortunately, her life wasn’t in any immediate danger.

Elliot looked at his blood–stained palms in a daze. It was literally Corynn’s blood on his hands. He couldn’t imagine what she had endured in the last few hours, but judging from the charred remains of the fire, it was clear that someone had tried to burn her alive.

Just thinking about it made Elliot’s heart clench with a mix of fear, anxiety and rage.

The investigators at the scene later informed him that if Corynn hadn’t thought to dig a tunnel into the dirt to escape the fire, she wouldn’t have survived.

They also noted that Corynn was quite lucky because the wind had blown the smoke away from her instead of settling at the bottom of the pit. Otherwise, she would’ve suffocated to death.

When the door to the operating room opened and a nurse wheeled an unconscious Corynn out on a gurney, Elliot walked alongside them towards the ward. However, he stopped when he heard hurried footsteps behind

him.

Glancing over his shoulder, he saw that it was Corynn’s parents, so he chose not to follow them inside the ward.

told him that

notice Elliot standing nearby. They had been frantic ever since receiving the call from the hospital, and Shirley burst into tears upon seeing Corynn lying unconscious on the

welled up with tears at the sorry sight.

Corynn, who was perfectly fine that morning, was

kneeling beside Corynn’s bed, wiped away her own tears and tried to reach for Corynn’s hand, only to find that both of them wrapped tightly in

sobbed, her voice cracking. She gently stroked Corynn’s cheek, her

uncontrollably.

the universe so hell–bent on making her

sighed and pulled the inconsolable Shirley into a warm

voice betrayed his own anxious feelings. “The doctor said she’s going to be okay. Don’t cry. I just know

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outside the door, Elliot listened quietly

down those who dared to harm Corynn. The second he found out who was responsible for this….

eyes flashed with a fiercely dangerous

you doing here?” Jason’s hostile voice broke

Jason had been by Corynn’s side for the past three years while he didn’t even know where she

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