When the man heard them approaching, he turned back to look. Out of desperation, he forced himself to stand and glared viciously at Emery. Reaching into the pocket of his suit, he took out a plastic bottle.

Before we could react, he quickly opened the bottle and threw its contents toward Emery’s face. “Die, you b*tches!”

Emery covered me and ducked, but her heel was trapped by a crack on the payment, causing her leg to buckle. Losing our balance, both of us fell backward together.

At that exact moment, I could see traces of liquid streaking through the air. After which, Emery threw herself around to protect me from it.

“Be careful!

“Argh!”

As the liquid hit her back, Emery’s grimacing expression struck me to the core.

“Emery!” She collapsed into my arms with her face reddened from the excruciating pain.

man realized his job was done,

carried Emery away, and provided me cover to leave the place. Naturally, a police report had also

was that she had been burned by sulfuric acid. The large swathe of skin on her back that was burned would

the entrance of the operating theater oblivious to the ringing of my phone. It wasn’t until the

to pick up?” Ashton sounded exasperated. Despite not seeing him in

sorry, Emery is still in the operating theater. I was just feeling too anxious about her,”

flawless skin. Hence, she loved wearing revealing outfits that expose her shoulders and back. But now, she would never get to wear her favorite clothes anymore. Life is

that the man was actually aiming for her face. What sort of

that I was the cause of

was able to calm my heart. “Believe me, it has nothing

mind, the tears that I had been holding back gushed out

until I managed to calm down. I heard his deep voice over the line again. “John and the Moore family’s men will arrive soon. Try and recall exactly what happened and explain it to them quickly. It will make it easier for them to catch the perpetrator.

gritted my

the men arrived, I began to carefully

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