Percy looked at Nina, who lay peacefully on the hospital bed.

She nodded and spoke in a low, gentle voice, "Go. We're in the hospital. Nothing will happen to me."

When he heard her, Percy stood up and walked out of the ward with Luke.

Luca approached the hospital bed and looked at Nina's thin face. It was pale and ashen. "You've lost a lot of weight."

"I couldn't eat when I was there, so naturally, I lost weight." Nina looked at the person in front of her. She could not stop crying when she thought of how Percy was right in front of her as soon as she woke up.

When she saw Luca, she was completely relieved and knew that she was truly safe.

Luca sat on the chair beside the bed and held Nina's frail hand. "After you're discharged, you need to make up for the weight you've lost and eat more food so that you can get back to how you were before."

"I'll eat more if you're the one cooking for me!" Nina was more relaxed when Luca was around. She did not want Luca to worry about her, so she pretended to be at ease and joked.

Luca poked her forehead and asked, "Did Mr. Percy take you to the hospital?"

"Yeah. If it weren't for him, I'd still be sick and stuck in the villa. Luca, if I wasn't on my period, Pierre would've gotten to me. During my time there, I thought about everything that had happened. I was overwhelmed with endless grief and fear. I regretted being so willful and thinking that I could solve everything by myself. In the end, it was Percy who helped me solve all of my troubles. I'm not that capable..." Nina told Luca the things she had thought about over the last few days.

Luca nodded with a smile on her face. "Yes, Mr. Percy has put in a lot of thought and time for you but you didn't notice it before."

"I see it now. Luca, do you think it's still possible for me and him?" Nina hesitated for a few seconds before she asked.

After she went through everything that she did, she saw the truth that she had tried to bury and knew that Percy held a special place in her heart.

between them was too large to overcome,

with certainty, "Look, Mr. Percy rescued you when you were in trouble. You were locked in the villa these past few days, so you don't know what went on. Mr. Percy has been looking for you since you went missing.

too cunning and hid you in their mother's villa, you would have

close friend say that, she could feel the

have

her bangs aside and said, "All Pierre did was hold you hostage. He didn't hurt you, right?

the need to lie for him." Nina shook her

he really did anything to you, I'll destroy him!"

She was not joking.

Pierre hurt her but she would never endure him

way Luca cared for her felt familiar. She was worried that Luca would step on Pierre's toes for her, so she gently held Luca's hand and said, "Trust me, nothing happened except that I

this incident must have caused a lot of trauma. If you're ready to talk, tell Mr.

Nina nodded.

the fruits on the table and asked, "There

I want some grapes," Nina said after she noticed that there were grapes in the fruit basket. Percy had asked someone to send it over after Johann told him

fruits in the basket

that Percy, who had never once asked her what she liked, would know so much

off her rose-tinted glasses, she found that he was not arrogant

fruit basket, glanced at it, and said with a

know?"

so thoughtful to prepare so much for you. Look at me. I came in a hurry and am empty-handed."

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