The Girl They Ignored Returned as the Woman Seven Men Would Die For novel Chapter 43

No one could blame Mika for asking such a question.

The Jude Jensen standing in front of her was wearing a simple black tee and jeans.

His frame was still tall and athletic, but his left arm appeared to be broken, wrapped in bandages and hanging pitifully in a sling against his chest.

On his normally bright, handsome face, his left eye was swollen red, a dark purple bruise blossomed across his cheekbone, and his lip was busted, crusted with a dark patch of dried blood.

He had lost all of his usual sharp arrogance and just looked like a total mess.

Jude kicked the rehab room door shut behind him.

Faced with Mika's question, a flash of humiliation and impatience crossed his eyes. He plopped down heavily on a treatment table and let out a frustrated breath.

"Some guy came to the hospital to visit Seraphina yesterday. All dressed up in a suit, acting like he owned the place. Seraphina called him... Jamie."

Ah, so he had come to her for free emotional therapy.

The real culprit, Mika, parted her lips slightly, pretending to look completely shocked.

"That must be Seraphina's childhood friend. He's a top-tier attorney in Juniper Springs named James Sterling. What? Did he beat you up like this?"

"I don't know," Jude's tone grew even more irritated. "I went out to an internet cafe last night, and on my way back, I ran into a bunch of street thugs...

Damn it, I have a swim meet next week, and now I have to sit it out and let the alternate take my spot."

After returning from the hospital yesterday afternoon, Jude had been feeling defeated and frustrated, so he went off campus to game alone.

By the time curfew was approaching, he left the cafe to head back to campus. He never expected to run into a group of punks. After exchanging a few heated words, they jumped him and kicked his arm until the bone fractured.

He had dragged himself to the hospital in agonizing pain to get his arm wrapped. Then, when he went to the training center this morning to ask for a leave of absence, the coach screamed at him for jeopardizing the competition.

He was irritated, suffocated, and had done a lot of thinking.

Remembering that Mika had been spending a lot of time in here doing physical therapy for people lately, he found himself walking over as if possessed.

Hearing this, a flicker of confusion crossed Mika's clear eyes.

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