The Girl They Ignored Returned as the Woman Seven Men Would Die For novel Chapter 25

She finally managed to set Lucas down by the highway.

The t-shirt beneath Mika's sun-shirt was soaked in sweat. Damp strands of hair plastered to her forehead, and her sheer exhaustion was visible to the naked eye.

Her lips were pale, but without taking a second to rest, she stood by the road, panting as she tried to flag down a ride to the hospital.

To make matters worse, her knees, having been under extreme pressure for over an hour, threw a tantrum, forcing her to walk with a heavy limp.

Mika's exhausted yet fiercely resilient appearance was fully captured by Lucas's gaze.

Propping up one knee as he sat by the road, the young man's disheveled bangs loosely obscured his intense eyes, hiding the tumultuous emotions swirling within them.

Ten minutes later, Mika finally hailed a beat-up van.

She handed the driver thirty bucks, and he happily helped her load Lucas into the back seat.

As soon as he got in, the smell of cheap leather and an indescribable stench of foot odor assaulted his nose.

Lucas instinctively furrowed his brow.

Mika blinked, asking with flawless innocence, "What is it? Did I bump your injuries?"

Lucas slowly shook his head, saying nothing.

Mika's lips curved upward slightly as she casually slipped into the passenger seat.

As the only son of the Lancaster family, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he was used to traveling in luxury cars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Of course he couldn't stand the stale, poverty-stricken smell that felt like crawling straight into the driver's unwashed bedsheets.

In truth, Mika had seen one or two decent cars on the road—a Mercedes and a BMW.

But every time one approached, she purposefully took a step back, playing the part of a timid bystander.

She wasn't Lucas's personal nanny. She had zero obligation to bend over backward to ensure the little billionaire was perfectly comfortable.

If asked, she would just say she was terrified the luxury car owners wouldn't stop once they saw the blood on him.

Or maybe the backseats were too cramped, and he wouldn't be able to lie down properly?

Either way, the conditions just weren't ideal, so he would just have to suffer through it~

Once they arrived at Juniper General Hospital.

The classic formula—heavy on the manipulative sweetness.

Mika looked up and spotted a room on the left. Seraphina was sitting on the hospital bed, her ankle wrapped in gauze, gazing weakly at Jude with red-rimmed eyes.

"A lot of girls envy me. They think because I'm beautiful, gentle, and kind, I must have so many guys chasing me.

But they don't know that all those people only like me for my looks. Not a single one of them truly understands me."

"Lately, I've honestly been a little jealous of Mika. At least she found someone who truly cherishes her and holds her in the palm of his hand."

Jude's eyes burned with heat, overflowing with tender pity for Seraphina.

"Do you really... envy Mika? Then... what do you think of me?"

"Hmm..."

Seraphina coyly tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, her eyes curving in a half-joking smile. "I think you're great."

"If I had a boyfriend as considerate as you, I'd probably wake up laughing in my dreams."