The Girl They Ignored Returned as the Woman Seven Men Would Die For novel Chapter 60

Under the boy's dark, stunning gaze, a chill seeped into Mika's spine.

Her slender fingers curled into tight fists, but her face displayed only bewildered grievance.

"I think you've misunderstood something. Mrs. Remington and I have a perfectly normal rental agreement!"

"A normal rental agreement?" Julian let out a soft chuckle, his incredibly deceptive, deep eyes narrowing slightly.

"A normal college student looking for an apartment uses rental apps or a broker.

Sneaking into Azure Garden specifically to seek out my grandmother... what exactly is your angle?"

Mika's heart skipped a beat.

He truly lived up to his reputation as a mystery novelist. His mind was dangerously sharp.

Her cover story with Leona clearly wasn't going to work on him.

In a split second, a bold idea flashed through Mika's mind.

"You're right." She took a deep breath, dropping the act. Her soft, delicate face shifted into a look of brazen honesty.

"I came here for you."

Julian's expression noticeably stiffened for a second.

He clearly hadn't expected Mika to fold so quickly, nor had he anticipated she would throw out an excuse like that.

In his mind, Mika was either after his grandmother's pension or trying to leach off her social connections.

But she claimed she was here for him?

As if an invisible wound had been violently prodded, pure, undisguised disgust surfaced in Julian's eyes.

"For me? What, you figured out you were too plain to land a healthy rich guy, so you decided a cripple like me would be an easy target?"

His words were vicious, directly attacking her looks while calling her a gold digger.

Two years ago, right after his accident, his parents had specifically hired a young female caregiver to look after him.

Their intention was to find someone his own age, hoping they'd have things in common and that she could pull him out of his severe depression.

A brief flicker of amusement crossed Mika's eyes before she maintained her cold, righteous glare.

"The Seventh Day. You haven't written a single word in two years. Did you know that?"

Julian's mind instantly flatlined. His previously relaxed, lazy posture in the wheelchair turned to stone.

His back was pressed rigidly against the chair, and a complex flash of absolute shock breached his deep amber eyes.

He stared at Mika in pure disbelief.

"You... how did you..."

The Seventh Day was Julian's pen name.

Aside from himself and his editor, absolutely no one in the real world knew that he was the breakout mystery author who had taken the internet by storm—The Seventh Day.

He had kept it a total secret, even from his own family.

How the hell did Mika know?