The Year She Stopped Being Crazy for Him novel Chapter 184

Gardenia was stunned by his words.

It was clearly a joke, but Hassan was never the type to joke around.

The fact that he could meant he must be in an incredibly good mood.

Gardenia glanced at him, but his expression remained as unreadable as ever.

Her mind wandered to another possibility—perhaps he noticed she was upset and made the joke just to cheer her up.

She could clearly see the deep creases ruining his normally pristine shirt. It was entirely uncharacteristic of him, a direct result of an intense physical struggle.

These were the marks left behind from teaching Natalie a lesson for her sake.

A faint smile tugged at the corners of her lips.

A deep sense of satisfaction swelled within her. Even if she had missed her chance with him romantically, they remained the most important people in each other's lives.

The doctor stared intently at the CT scan on the monitor, his tone warm and reassuring. "The recovery is going exceptionally well. There are no abnormalities in the bone or surrounding tissue. It's healing even better than expected. Just keep resting and come in for your scheduled follow-ups. You have nothing to worry about."

The sky was a dreary gray, and the wind howled, whipping against Natalie's beautiful face.

Holding his phone, she first tried to unlock it with her fingerprint, only to find he had deleted her access.

She then tried a few passcodes, but none worked, and the phone went into an automatic lockdown.

Knowing that taking his device to a professional hacker would still be useless, she tossed the useless brick straight into a trash can.

Inside his wallet were a few black cards and some cash.

Just then, her own phone vibrated in her pocket.

She snapped the wallet shut, pocketed it, and pulled out her phone.

[Rhea: Are you satisfied with this price?]

She had already witnessed just how ruthless Rhea could be and had zero desire to get further entangled with a woman like that.

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