After a while, Audrey approached Shaun again. His hand was resting on the edge of the couch, so she gently turned his hand over and pushed the lollipop she had prepared earlier into his palm. In a solemn tone, she said, “Eat this, Shaun. It’ll make the pain go away. Eat it…”

Shaun still did not say a word. However, his eyes gave an almost imperceptible flick toward Audrey after she retracted her hand. There was tenderness in his gaze, just like how he used to look at her.

Soon, the familiar sound of an ambulance’s siren cut through the air. It was coming from downstairs. The paramedics rushed up and wheeled Shaun away in a wheelchair.

As soon as they were outside, they bumped into Yuna and James.

Yuna lunged toward Shaun when she spotted him and fell into a half-kneeling position in front of the wheelchair. With tears rolling down her face, she wailed, “My dearest son, what happened? It’s all my fault! I didn’t take good care of you!”

Sobbing, she forcefully pulled Shaun into her embrace without giving him a chance to say anything.

She put on such a convincing act that if we did not know better, we would have fallen for it.

Instead, we merely watched the scene with indifference.

Emery did not hold back as she said in a tone dripping with sarcasm, “That’s right. Hug him harder so that he passes out. It’d be so convenient if he were to die now.”

“How could you say

her arms, tapping her fingers against her arm. As sharp-tongued as ever, she replied, “I didn’t say that. You

making snide comebacks. Combined with her fearlessness, Yuna was no match for Emery at all.

of hand, James hurriedly grabbed Yuna’s arm and stepped aside to let the paramedics carry Shaun into the

the air after the ambulance left, but since Shaun was the top priority at the moment, we all got into our cars and rushed to the

finished tending to Shaun’s injuries, he had already fallen asleep. Audrey refused to leave,

follow-up treatment. They make it look like Shaun truly is the apple of their eye,

dark when Shaun finally woke up. Audrey fed him some chicken soup, and he gradually

be fine by myself,” Shaun said slowly. It was

to

could even say anything, Audrey had already thrown a tantrum. She puffed out her cheeks furiously and turned her back

thinks of me as her ‘enemy.’ She’s even siding with an outsider instead of her mother at

but sigh as those thoughts crossed my mind. At that moment, Ashton appeared at the

you here?” I

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