Hospital.
King Ducasse arrived as quickly as possible after receiving the news from the hospital.
When he sent Martha here, he was still thinking about her situation. She would not wake up in a few days, and she might not even wake up again.
Unexpectedly, the good news came so soon.
When he came to the door of the ward, he was still a little timid.
He was afraid that if he opened the door and saw Martha still unconscious, it would be too hard for him to bear. It wasn't until this moment that he realized that he really liked Martha.
After a while, King Ducasse took a deep breath and pushed open the door of the ward.
All he saw was a pale woman leaning against the bed, looking at him.
King Ducasse could clearly feel his heart rate suddenly increase as he walked excitedly into the room.
"You're awake."
"How did you come?"
Martha pretended to be ignorant and looked at the visitor suspiciously.
She remembered being drugged in the racecourse and then running into Ducasse but didn't remember anything after that.
Before she could ask about the follow-up, King Ducasse's concerned voice came.
"I came to see you; how do you feel now? Is there any discomfort anywhere?"
"I'm fine," replied Martha weakly with a bitter smile on her face.
The man standing by her bedside noticed how dry her lips were and furrowed his brow slightly before asking, "Do you want some water?"
"OK."
Martha responded weakly, leaning against the bed and thinking that it must have been King Ducasse who brought her here.
Thinking of this, she looked at King Ducasse with a grateful look in her eyes.
"King Ducasse, thank you for taking me to the hospital."
When the man who was pouring water heard this, his hands paused, and he turned to look at the woman on the hospital bed in doubt.
"What happened in the racecourse? Do you know that someone used aphrodisiac on you?"
Martha's eyelids drooped, her thin lips were pursed, and she remained silent.
Of course, she knew who used the incense on her. After all, she only had physical contact with Daisy in the fitting room.
Yet, it was a matter of the Lucas family, so it was not good to let King Ducasse know.
She wasn't easy to be messed with, but she wouldn't let outsiders embarrass the Lucas family.
King Ducasse waited for a long time, but did not hear an answer, and naturally understood that Martha must be hiding something since it was difficult to be honest with him.
He sighed silently, filled the glass with water, and asked carefully.
"Do you need me to feed you water?"
"No need."
Martha rejected King Ducasse's inquiry without hesitation, reached for the water glass directly, and lowered her head to take a sip.
She didn't like this king, so she would refuse any favors from the latter.
Things had come to this point, and it was impossible for her to leave the hospital now.
Yet she couldn't rest well with King Ducasse being here.
The next second, King Ducasse's cold voice sounded again in the ward, interrupting Martha's thoughts.
"Don't be afraid, no matter what happens in the future, I will protect you."
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