Chapter 0036

thought that Pete would laugh at my disheveled state. I thought that he would clap and ridicule me. It was what he'd done for more than 20 years, and he was good at it.

I hadn't expected him to show such concern.

However, I did not need concern or revenge at this time. All I wanted was some peace and quiet.

"Don't bother." I turned him down.

I tried to walk past him, but he grabbed my wrist and stopped

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I'd been in too many confrontations today, so I wasn't in a good mood. I couldn't help but raise my voice. "Pete Shelman, go and find yourself some other plaything. I'm not in the mood to be your toy right now!" Pete's eyes darkened with an emotion that I couldn't decipher. You're not my toy," he said earnestly.

Without giving me a chance to react, he pushed my hair behind my ears and leaned closer to me. He was so close that I could smell the aftershave lingering on him.

When I snapped back to my senses, I tried to back away, but he grabbed my hand forcefully. "Let's go to the hospital. You need to get that looked at."

Nicholas' attitude seemed

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the back of my hand against his forehead. "In the name of all the deities in

my hand away in disgust. "I just don't want to be stuck with your ugly mug. It's

give him a few retorts, but as soon as I moved my mouth, my cheek throbbed in pain. I gave up on the attempt

I didn't know what to say apart from rejecting

"Watch out!"

me and pushed me a few steps backward. A black car whizzed past him.

messed up my hair and aggravated the pain

car belonged

He spat. "What the

powerless to stop Pete when he got into one of his moods, so I

the car, it

of us

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my broken heart. I

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