"Don't you have to catch up on work? You just went on your honeymoon, after all. You don't have to accompany Nini all the time," Leon said to John.
Not wanting to give in, John looked at Leon coldly. "You asked my wife to come and meet with you in the evening."
He shook his head and sneered after speaking.
Watching the two men bump heads together, Nina was speechless.
"But Michelle is a good friend of Nini's. Shouldn't she be here?" Leon retorted.
With a clever smile on his lips, John looked as if he had an ace up his sleeve. "Nina's my wife. Wanting to protect her is a natural instinct for me. Besides, don't you know that a good husband should watch over his wife wherever she may go?
Oh, that's right, I forgot that you don't have a wife." Leon was fuming.
Meanwhile, Nina tried her best not to laugh.
Leon just stood there with his mouth hanging open.
The words sounded familiar to him.
Then he remembered how he said those exact same words to Wynn one time.
It was just sheer bad luck on his part that
those words would come back and bite him this time around. Although he couldn't think of any more ways of distracting Nina, he had to stop her from lifting the blanket covering his girlfriend. "Someone is already investigating the incident. It shouldn't be too long before he returns with more information. Why don't you just check her hands for any clues?"
"Leon," Nina's cold voice called out.
Leon raised his eyebrows innocently and asked, "What?"
"I feel like you are protecting your girlfriend."
'Huh?
Of course, I am, ' he thought to himself.
In his whole life, Michelle was the only woman he ever truly loved.
She was the most precious person to him, and he was determined to protect her with his life.
But he could only keep those words to himself now. It pained him that he couldn't let the whole world know how much he loved Michelle.
Leon smiled and said, "I'd do the same for you if you get into trouble. Michelle is like a sister to me."
"Alright then." Though Nina still had her doubts, she went on and took Michelle's hand from under the blanket. She scanned her skin from the fingers up to her arm, looking for possible marks.
Despite her persistence, she found nothing.
Bryant appeared by the doorway.
Both Nina and Leon narrowed their eyes. They looked at each other, and they seemed to be thinking the same thing.
Not only did Nina and Leon look very similar, but they also had the same look on their faces at that moment.
After taking a deep breath to calm himself, John took a magazine from the table and sat down. He shook it twice before flipping through the pages.
Closing the door behind him, Bryant went in to check on Michelle. She was in a coma, lying motionless in the bed.
Once inside, he approached Leon and Nina and apologized to them. "I'm sorry about all of this. Valerie pushed Michelle by accident. That's why it happened. But she did call an ambulance immediately. She didn't mean for any of this to happen. This was an accident. Since Michelle is in a coma, Valerie will personally apologize to her once she wakes up."
'Valerie?'
Nina was surprised to hear that Valerie was involved in the incident.
'What on earth could have possibly caused a conflict between the two of them?' Since Valerie was involved, Nina knew that this couldn't have been an accident.
However, the only possible link between Michelle and Valerie was her brother.
Without him, Michelle wouldn't even know who Valerie was, let alone have any business with her.
As if by instinct, Nina turned her eyes towards Leon.
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