Chapter 220 Trapped by Lies

Her mind had already been barely functioning.

Now, hearing Abraham actually ask how it happened, Stella felt like she couldn’t even breathe.

“Um, uh…”

No matter how smart she usually was, right now, she couldn’t come up with a single. good excuse.

Ugh, this is a disaster..

Wait, she suddenly thought of something: “It was a nosebleed.”

Abraham raised an eyebrow. “Hm?”

Stella nodded quickly. “Yeah, a nosebleed. When I was helping you, I accidentally bumped into something and got a nosebleed. It got on the scarf.”

Would that work?

She just didn’t know if Abraham would actually buy it.

Abraham arched his brow, a look in his deep eyes that Stella couldn’t read.

“Nosebleed?”

She swallowed hard. “Yeah, nosebleed.”

Absolutely. It was a nosebleed. What else could it be?!

Facing Abraham’s stare, Stella felt like she was suffocating.

Without saying a word, Abraham strode forward and scooped her up from the bed.

He pinched her nose lightly, a rare trace of indulgence in his actions. “Got a nosebleed. huh?”

“I already wiped it clean,” Stella mumbled, heart pounding wildly.

struggled to wriggle

scared to

he kept pressing her like this, she was seriously

her sudden movement, the scarf around her neck

patches of bruising immediately

deep eyes darkened. “What happened to your

Stella froze.

It

mind exploded with a loud bang.Please just stop

if I’ve committed a crime, send the police after me

spending the entire night making up excuses, Stella now found herself

met Abraham’s

“Abraham,” she whispered.

“What is it?”

fingers lightly brushed the bruises on her

touch made

breathe. “If I did something wrong… would you forgive

really, truly

would depend on what you

Stella was silent.

he forgive me for… sleeping

it wasn’t

the one who started

even remember anything what

turned to

her staying silent, Abraham added, “If Stella fell in love with

Stella’s eyelids twitched hard.

at him, screaming internally: What if I fell

was already

she felt like her soul

tired. I’m going to sleep,” she muttered

she couldn’t answer, she might as well pretend to

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