In the hospital corridor, Lila kept scolding Nyasia.
“Why are you still so impulsive? If something had happened to
her at home, even your brother would have a hard time covering
for you!”
Nyasia looked defiant. “I just can’t stand the way she acts all high and mighty. You and Ed both tried to talk her down, but she still insisted on leaving–what’s she trying to prove? I don’t believe
she’d really be willing to leave Ed.”
“That just means you all have gone too far lately and made her really angry.” Lila poked her on the forehead.
Still, deep down, Lila didn’t really believe Kaneeta would actually
leave Edmund.
She loved Edmund so much, had given so much for him and for
the Kuntz Group–how could she just walk away? She was
probably just putting on a show.
She turned to look into the hospital room at Kaneeta, and at
Edmund, who was sitting by the bed keeping watch over her.
Once Edmund coaxed her properly, there wouldn’t be any more
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problems.
Inside the hospital room, Edmund looked at Kaneeta, who was half–lying on the bed. He reached out to take her hand, but
Kaneeta pulled away.
“Does it still hurt?” Edmund asked, his face full of concern. “Neeta, it’s all my fault. I should have stopped you back then. Luckily, the doctor said it’s just a mild concussion, but it’s best for you to stay in the hospital for a few days for observation…”
“You can leave now!” Kaneeta’s face showed her impatience.
“How could I? I want to stay here and take care of you.”
“Edmund.” Kaneeta sneered. “If you’re trying to ‘atone‘ for Nyasia,
I don’t need it.”
A look of embarrassment flashed across Edmund’s face, as if his
intentions had been seen through.
“Nya was just being impulsive. She didn’t mean to hurt you.”
Kaneeta didn’t listen to a word he said, lowering her head to
glance at her phone screen.
Why hasn’t the person she called arrived yet?
On her way here, she had already messaged one of her father’s
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subordinates.
This subordinate had worked for her father for over twenty years. This year, because of some issues at the Calchester branch, he had been sent there to manage it, and was still in Calchester.
She had known him since she was a child and always called him
Uncle.
Kaneeta no longer trusted the Kuntz family. She had to call
someone she could truly rely on.
“Neeta… did you hear what I said?” Edmund was buzzing in her
ear again.
“I don’t want to listen.”
“Don’t be angry. I wanted to apologize on Nya’s behalf, but I’m also genuinely worried about you,” Edmund said earnestly.
“Tomorrow, I’ll have her go back to the old house with my mom.
She won’t bother us anymore!”
Kaneeta was already dizzy, and Edmund’s voice only made her
more irritable.
She was just about to call her uncle again to ask when he would
arrive, when suddenly she heard Nyasia’s surprised and affected
voice at the door: “Oh, isn’t that Mr. Hartwell? What brings you
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here?”
Mr. Hartwell?
…Woodrow?
Kaneeta turned her head and met a pair of deep, dark eyes.
Her heart inexplicably skipped a beat.
It really was him.
Woodrow was dressed in a deep gray bespoke suit, the collar
slightly open to reveal his pale skin. The black watch on his wrist glinted coldly under the lights. He looked like a cedar shrouded in winter morning mist–aloof and distinguished.
Seeing Woodrow appear at the hospital room door, Edmund’s expression instantly darkened.
Nyasia’s eyes were full of schadenfreude, her voice deliberately surprised: “Why would Mr. Hartwell suddenly come by? Oh… Ms. Drayton, did you ask Mr. Hartwell to come see you? Looks like
you and Mr. Hartwell are quite close…”
“Alright, that’s enough out of you for now!” Lila pulled her aside,
her brows tightly furrowed.
Although she didn’t know exactly what was going on, Lila
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recognized that Woodrow was from the Hartwell family in Roseburn. She couldn’t let Nyasia speak recklessly and risk
offending him.
Woodrow ignored everyone else, his gaze landing directly on
Kaneeta’s pale face. With long strides, he walked over to the
bedside.
“Mr. Vance told me you were in trouble, so I came to check on
you.”
The “Mr. Vance” he mentioned was the uncle Kaneeta had
contacted earlier.
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