At that thought, I could not suppress a bitter laugh. “They’ve thought things through, haven’t they? They even had the courtesy to keep my body in one piece.”

Ashton grimaced in anger. “Something like this will never happen again.”

I snuggled against him, confident that he would be investigating this thoroughly. “If you managed to find out who it was, I’d like to meet the person!”

Ashton grunted. His cold gaze resumed. “Take care of yourself and just leave the rest to me.”

I did not feel like going back to sleep now that I was up, maybe it was due to the fact that I had been sleeping so much I felt sick of it. “Not many people would hate me to the point of plotting my murder. The people who would actually dare to carry it out are even scarce.”

I couldn’t figure out who would be that bold to do such a thing.

 

Nora entered the ward. Her eyes looked swollen like she had been crying for a long time.

At the sight of me sitting up in bed, she paid no heed to Ashton and ran over to my other side and threw herself onto me. “You’re finally awake,” she sobbed. “You’ve been asleep for three whole days! I’d thought that you have left me behind and don’t want to take me to K City anymore.”

 

It hurt my still frail body to be embraced by two people at the same time.

It was a good thing that Armond arrived in time to pull Nora off of me. “She just woke up. Are you planning on knocking her out again?” he chided Nora.

“Don’t be preposterous!” Nora shoved Armond indignantly. “Scarlett is fine. She’ll always be.”

said guiltily. “If I knew that the matcha cheese had that amount of sesame in

not your fault, Nora. It was mine for

hospital, and you wouldn’t be abducted. It’s all my fault. If

him?” Armond

cast a meaningful

from the surveillance? Even if he had a mask on, you

Scarlett into the morgue wasn’t the same man who had administered the sedative.” He frowned,

while. “Does the trail of evidence end here,

said nothing but

positive. “Let’s eat before we do anything else. There’s still plenty to do in Lavelian Village. We would have to go back

the project in Lavelian

has.” Armond

still doubtful but did not pursue

food for me, then

appetite as I had just woken up. Nora’s cooking was delicious, but

up!” Ashton chastised as he saw me giving

don’t feel

“I’ll feed you.”

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