chapter 1223

Pearl rolled over and opened her eyes when her back was facing him, her lips pressing into a fine line.

Tanner hugged her from the back, and when he noticed that she was trembling, he turned her around. Her eyes were tightly shut, but a drop of tear flowed down from the corner of her eyes. He wiped it off with his finger and said, “I’m sorry. Let's take a step back each, shall we?”

She opened her eyes and said in a hoarse voice, “It wasn’t me.”

Tanner looked at her. Honestly, he did not suspect Pearl at all. He was just taking advantage of that to give himself a reason not to let her go. “No matter if it’s you or not, I’m not letting you leave my side.”

He released her and rose up to get himself changed. It was only when he left the room and closed the door with a slam that Pearl closed her eyes.

When Tanner exited the hotel, he received a call from his bodyguard. “Mr. Hannigan, we’ve found the identities of those people.

They’re loan sharks.”

He stood beside his car. “Loan sharks?”

“Yes,” the bodyguard replied.

He hung up the call

‘Loan sharks, huh?’

seemed to him that he needed to look into what had

afternoon. Sandy had been waiting for him. When he appeared, a smile broke across her pale face. “

and sat beside the bed. He asked,

replied, “The nurse said I can be discharged from the hospital in

a few glances at him carefully and pressed

be mad

“I was just worried about what you would think of me. I was afraid you would abandon

“Sandy, tell me honestly. Is this the only thing you didn't tell me the

the cup tighter, and her expression changed, “what do

at her

feeling about it, and

it because I told you those people were

never talked to her in such a serious tone before. “If it were Pearl who did

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