Chapter 181

As Brian approached the door, he happened to overhear Davis bantering with the Wright family inside.

Davis saw Brian and said to Samuel and Lydia, “Here comes Brian. He’ll take good care of Gracia. You folks can stop worrying.”

Samuel seemed to understand Davis‘ hint. With a complicated look, he took Lydia’s hand and left first.

Brian listened to Davis‘ instructions about looking after Gracia’s feelings. He stayed silent, watching as the group filed out.

“Brian…” The hospital room felt suddenly quiet, leaving just him and Gracia. Tears welled up in Gracia’s eyes again.

“The doctor says it’s no big deal. Stay a few days in the hospital, and you’ll be as right as rain,” Brian said and put the medical report on the bedside table, his face betraying nothing.

Even if Brian wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, he knew that director sneaking into Natalie’s room spelled trouble.

And Gracia lying in Natalie’s bed? Now, that was a whole different kind of interesting.

but she knew how to keep her nose out of his personal life. She never brought

to him. Perhaps Gracia had tried to set Natalie up the night before, but instead of the hunter, she

turned and sat on the couch opposite the bed, silently fixing Gracia with his

like that?” Gracia felt a shiver run down her spine under his gaze. She stopped crying

Natalie’s room last night?” Brian paused briefly before asking softly, “Don’t

words, “I was just… curious about how she won that award and what she’s been up to abroad all these years. I never expected that she had invited that director

her off, “What did you find out? I’m curious, too. Why would Natalie appear on that award

anything,” Gracia said, pouting her lips in a show of injustice. “Suddenly,

of powder

it was Davis who had

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She would just keep en couung trouble, relying

didn’t sleep at all last night,” he

asked, her eyes

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