The Scorned Heiress's Hidden Empire (by Jade Quinn) novel Chapter 473

Chapter 473

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Not far away, the elevator doors opened.

When Dominic saw who stepped out, the ruthlessness in his eyes faded. He ended the call, then strode toward Chris’s hospital

room.

The moment he pushed the door open, he called out, “Good news. The person you’ve been thinking about is back in her room, and Zac didn’t follow her. Feel better now? Are you still going to kick the out?”

Chris was holding a pen that had already been bent slightly out of shape. He ignored Dominic and didn’t tell Gavin to throw him out, but the force in his fingers eased a little.

The sky over Liono City had turned gloomy in the afternoon. By nightfall, rain had begun to fall.

A soft drizzle tapped against the window. Inside the hospital room, only a small Jamp had been left on. Winter lay on her side in bed, her breathing light and shallow.

The door opened quietly from the outside.

Chris looked at Winter’s sleeping face, then closed the door behind him and walked toward the bed step by step.

There was a round stool beside the bed, but he didn’t

and gently covered Winter’s chest.

His gaze lingered freely on her face.

on it. Instead, he slowly crouched by the bedside, pulled the blanket up,

After watching her in silence for a while, he took the hand she had injured. The knot in the gauze was different from yesterday’s. Her dressing had been changed today.

He carefully set her hand back down, then lifted his hand and brushed aside a strand of hair that had fallen against her neck. His fingertips barely touched her face, and his hoarse voice dropped to a whisper.

“Winnie.”

“What are you trying to do?”

In the next second, Winter who was supposed to be asleep opened her eyes and met his gaze in the dim light.

Chris’s fingertips paused near her brow.

Her clear eyes held no trace of sleep.

It was obvious she had never been asleep.

“Why are you doing this?” Winter turned away from his fingertips. Her voice was calm, without much emotion.

In truth, she had known the moment the door opened.

else would appear silently at her door while she was sleeping, then sit quietly by her bed without making a sound.

ept Chris.

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