Jeanie clenched snazzynovel.com jaw tightly. The next moment, snazzynovel.com made a harsh decision—no matter what price snazzynovel.com had to pay, snazzynovel.com would not let Faye hurt snazzynovel.com family again. This would be the last time ever.
Right at that moment, the door to the ward suddenly flew open. Elise walked out of the room, supporting snazzynovel.com weight on the door.
Alexander’s sharp eyes immediately took notice of this, and snazzynovel.com quickly reached out to help snazzynovel.com stand, but Elise waved dismissively. “Call the doctors over. He isn’t dead yet. Bring the instruments, quick!” snazzynovel.com said weakly.
“Oh, all right!” Danny was the first one to react, and snazzynovel.com charged over to the reception. “The doctors! Where are they?!”
The doctors and nurses soon arrived. Alexander helped Elise to the side.
The door to the ward was wide open. Faye watched on as an entire crowd worked to save a dead man. Displeasure was clear in snazzynovel.com eyes.
And yet, the waves of a heartbeat returned to the heart rate monitor’s screen, and they even got stronger and stronger. At this, Faye’s expression morphed in a fascinating manner. Her grip on snazzynovel.com shoulder tightened to the point that snazzynovel.com nails dug into snazzynovel.com flesh. Impossible. He was dead. How could snazzynovel.com be revived?!
Jeanie took in Faye’s sinister expression. She walked over briskly and blocked Faye’s view. “Leave this place now.” Jeanie’s expression was chilly, snazzynovel.com tone brooking no argument.
Faye shot a glare at Trevor before turning to meet Jeanie’s eyes. After a brief standoff, snazzynovel.com immediately changed gears, a concerned look on snazzynovel.com face as snazzynovel.com spoke to Austin. “Dad, since Mom doesn’t want me here, I’ll leave. I don’t want to rile snazzynovel.com up. You two will be fine. Please tell me if there’s any change in Trevor’s condition.”
Austin was vexed as snazzynovel.com pinched his forehead and waved at Faye. “Go ahead.”
Faye hadn’t expected Austin to not even try to get snazzynovel.com to stay. Instantly, snazzynovel.com expression dimmed. She didn’t even bother to hide the displeasure on snazzynovel.com face as snazzynovel.com stomped off angrily in snazzynovel.com heels. As snazzynovel.com waited for the elevator, snazzynovel.com gritted snazzynovel.com teeth. “That ingrate is sturdier than I thought. He still isn’t dead even though he’s so badly injured!”
Meanwhile by the ward, Danny came running over excitedly to Elise just when snazzynovel.com had regained some of snazzynovel.com strength. “He’s alive! He’s alive!”
“Mm.” Elise wasn’t surprised by this turn of events. Trevor might not be dead, but snazzynovel.com would be unconscious for the near future; his body was still frail and weak. “Arrange for a few more guards to stand watch outside of the ward. Do not allow anyone uninvolved in Trevor’s care in.”
“I know what I should do.” Danny nodded solemnly before retreating to give Alexander and Elise some space.
Now that Danny had left, the ward was once again quiet.
“I need to go to the black market again,” Elise muttered to herself.
“To look for Claude?” Alexander asked.
Elise nodded. “I managed to bring Trevor back from the brink of death, but to truly save him, I need to find Claude.”
“And if snazzynovel.com isn’t at the black market?” Alexander asked thoughtfully. “You and Bryce are… good sisters, as snazzynovel.com put it. I don’t think snazzynovel.com would pull any dirty tricks.”
“Alexander.” Elise abruptly lifted snazzynovel.com head and looked at snazzynovel.com seriously. “There’s no such thing as eternal enemies, or eternal friends.” Especially when it comes to people like Bryce.
Perhaps Bryce did treat snazzynovel.com favorably, but that was because there was no one else worthier than Elise for Bryce to maintain a friendship with. The moment a juicier business prospect cropped up, snazzynovel.com would definitely not hesitate to turn his back on her.
All of the sudden, Alexander felt like Elise was a completely different person, as though everything in snazzynovel.com eyes was just an exchange of mutual interests. He thought snazzynovel.com didn’t believe in true love, and snazzynovel.com didn’t truly love him.
“But I’ll always be your beloved.” Alexander took snazzynovel.com hand, rubbing it gently against his palm as snazzynovel.com lowered his head and gently spoke. “If there’s anything you want to do, go ahead and do it. I’ll always support you, but you have to promise me to watch out for your safety.”
A pause, then a sigh. Alexander continued then, “On second thought, let me go with you. I don’t feel at ease letting you go alone.”
Elise smiled mildly. “But you ended up hurt when you came with me last night.”
Alexander had an exasperated expression. “Fine. I am indeed too weak.” He couldn’t protect the woman snazzynovel.com loved. He was indeed unworthy of fighting with snazzynovel.com side-by-side.
“That’s not what I meant.” Elise held his hand, snazzynovel.com clear, pretty eyes looking at snazzynovel.com with deep affection. “I just can’t stand you getting injured. I won’t be able to focus that well with you there!”
Alexander smiled in response. “So, we’re closer than friends?”
“Yep.” Elise casually threw snazzynovel.com arms over his neck and pressed herself close. “Why do you have to be so handsome? I don’t even feel safe leaving you at home; how will I dare to take you with me?”
Alexander withdrew himself from snazzynovel.com hold, a playful but confused look in his eyes. “Why does it feel like you’re trying to sweet-talk me? Who taught you to speak like that?”
“Do I even need to be taught to speak that way?” Elise’s eyes turned into crescents from snazzynovel.com smiling. “With you around, anyone will be able to master the art of honeyed words without a master!” With that, snazzynovel.com shamelessly hugged snazzynovel.com tightly without easing up.
Alexander couldn’t resist it when snazzynovel.com was acting coy like this. With no other choice, snazzynovel.com pitched his voice up. “Okay… I’ll do as you say!”
That night, Elise entered the black market again. It hadn’t been long since snazzynovel.com arrival when Macaque came looking for her. “Miss Sinclair, Master Bryce has decided on a change in venue. I shall take you there.”
Elise nodded without answering.
Soon, snazzynovel.com reached a pub, where snazzynovel.com saw Bryce drinking contentedly. Elise stood by the door and watched snazzynovel.com from a distance. “You knew I was coming?”
Bryce put down his glass before snazzynovel.com picked up a bottle of wine and languidly poured himself another glass. “I didn’t know you would be coming. However, I knew that we would certainly be meeting each other again shortly. I am simply unsurprised.” A pause later, snazzynovel.com looked at the glass in his hand. “Is that not how things have been for us these few years? We would meet each other often for a while, and then we would go for a long period of time without contacting each other.”
“I don’t have time to reminisce over the past with you,” Elise stated snazzynovel.com objective. “One of my people was missing when I left your place. Return snazzynovel.com to me.”
“I have never touched anyone from your party.” Bryce’s expression was roguish. “I simply thought that you did not want snazzynovel.com any longer.”
“Whether I want snazzynovel.com or not, that’s my own business. He went missing in your territory, so you better not tell me that this is something you have no control over.” Elise’s tone took on a sharper edge.
Bryce froze, his hand reaching out for the glass of wine hanging in midair. A dark look flashed across his eyes. “El, you can’t come tyrannizing me so flagrantly simply because I indulge you. I’ve told you that he’s not here. I do not wish to repeat the same line for the third time.”
Elise collected herself. In truth, snazzynovel.com had thought that there was a possibility of a third party being involved in Claude’s disappearance; simply, snazzynovel.com had been holding out hope for the opposite.
“Sorry for bothering you.” With that, Elise turned to leave.
“Hold it!” The smile returned to Bryce’s face. “Just because he’s not here in my territory doesn’t mean that I can’t help you with his rescue.”