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Chapter 757
At Charles Martin’s words, the men finally let him go. He hurried to Peggy’s side and began a swift assessment.“Water. She needs water.”Once he’d gauged her condition, Charles spoke crisply.People scrambled to fetch it.“Charles… Charles Martin, I did hit her—but you hit me too. Let’s just call it even.”Maria Long’s face was swollen and bruised, waves of pain distorting her speech.“Charles, why not leave it at that? If not for our sake, at least for Fiona’s.”“We’ll move out immediately.”Sensing the tide turning, Stephen Cooper rushed to add his voice.“Even? How is this even?”“Save it for the police. The Cooper family may be a great house in Nova City, but this is wanton cruelty—you’re criminals.”“I don’t owe anyone that courtesy.”“Peggy came here at my behest. I am responsible for her. I’m no saint, but I always settle my debts.”Charles actually let out a short, incredulous laugh.“Charles Martin, you say we beat her and that makes it true? What evidence do you have?”Mari
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“It shouldn’t be Charles Martin. Didn’t he say he was coming this afternoon?”“And besides, Charles has a key. He’d just come in.”Panic flickered across Stephen Cooper’s face.Ding-dong. Ding-dong.The bell rang again, more insistent this time.“Who is it? Stop leaning on the doorbell!”Maria Long raised her voice.“Auntie, it’s me—Charles Martin.”The voice came from outside.“Charles… Charles Martin!”Stephen and Maria froze.“Quick—drag her into the room. Hide her. I’ll stall him.”Maria hissed, her voice low and urgent.“Right.”Stephen bent to haul the girl away, but she was seventeen or eighteen—hardly weightless. She wouldn’t budge easily.“Auntie? Open up.”Charles called out again.“Charles, didn’t you say you were coming later? I’m right in the middle of packing. I don’t have time to see you now. Come back this afternoon.”Maria’s voice shook.“I’m here to help. I’ve already called a moving company. They’ll be here in a few minutes.”Charles replied.“Auntie really can’t to
Chapter 755
“Huh? That—I pressed the wrong button.”Maria Long’s voice faltered, a tremor of panic threading through it.“Even if you did, you pressed the wrong button that many times?”A thin smile curled across Charles Martin’s face. He clearly didn’t buy her story.“Well… my phone’s been acting up. It can’t even take calls. The moment I answer, it hangs up on its own.”Maria stumbled, then finally landed on something that sounded barely plausible.“Is that so?”Charles’s reply was ice-cold.“So, Charles, why are you calling? Is something the matter?”Maria pressed on.“Auntie, I asked you and Uncle to move out, remember? How’s that coming along?”Charles remained impeccably polite.“We started. Truly. It’s just… there’s so much stuff. Could you give us a few more days?”Maria’s tone softened into pleading.“Auntie, today’s the final deadline. I’ll be leaving the country in a few days. I need to turn the property over to professionals.”“You have to be out today. Otherwise, you’ll put me in a v
Chapter 754
“You’re asking me? I don’t know either. Maybe it’s just my physique—something about me is… different.”Joseph only chuckled as he spoke.“Mr. Wilson, you really are a strange man.”Mason Alvarez lifted her head slightly to look at Joseph, a bright gleam flickering in her eyes.“What kind of strange? The way you say it sounds oddly strange in itself.”Joseph couldn’t help but laugh.“Your strength is strange, your body’s strange, and even in that respect, you’re far beyond other men. You can’t be measured by common sense at all.”At the mention of that respect, a faint blush warmed Mason Alvarez’s delicate face. It took her a moment to force the words out.“Ahem… I don’t know why either!”Joseph’s face flushed too. Put that way, he did sound rather unusual.For the next two days, the three women scarcely left Joseph’s side. Even Heidi stayed over two nights.In those two days, Joseph was more or less relentlessly pampered by Alice and Heidi.As for Dr. Mason Alvarez, she took charge of
Chapter 753
“Huh? Sleep with you? No—I’ll sleep down here!”“If I share the bed, I’ll bump your wounds. I toss and turn.”Alice shook her head hard, clutching her quilt like a fortress.“Then go to your own room. I’m not old or helpless. I can take care of myself.”Joseph sighed.“No. You’re a patient. If you need anything in the night, I’ll be right here to help.”Alice’s tone was adamant.He had no way to talk her down, yet the thought of her sleeping on the floor didn’t sit right.With a helpless shrug, he got out of bed, scooped her up, and deposited her on the mattress.“Joseph! What are you doing?”Alice startled.“Didn’t you say you were keeping me company?”“Sleeping on the floor doesn’t count. Sharing the bed does.”He grinned.“You’re covered in wounds and you’re still picking me up. What if you tear something?”She fretted.“Then stay put. If you climb back down there, I’ll just carry you up again.”He tucked the blanket around her, and they settled under the same quilt.“But when I’m
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“W-wait!”Seeing what they were about to do, Joseph flushed to the ears.“Joseph, we’re only doing this for your sake.”Alice’s eyes shone with earnest concern.“Ahem, I’ll handle it myself.”Joseph cleared his throat and tugged his pants down.Mason moved in and began treating the wounds.From Alice’s angle, it looked for all the world like Mason was crouched doing something… questionable. The image flashed through her mind, and her cheeks warmed.Then shame pricked her. The old lady was tending to Joseph, serious and meticulous—how could she let her thoughts run wild?Joseph’s legs, like his torso, bore more than a few cuts. None were grave, but none could be ignored.Kneeling between Joseph’s legs, Mason carefully cleaned and dressed the wounds.This close, his scent was unmistakable—warm and distinctly male. She felt her face heat.It was achingly familiar. His scent—his alone.Every time it reached her, it sent her pulse quickening.But now was not the time to drift. She had twee
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