The Real Daughter Came Back to Chill and Kill novel Chapter 42

"What are the two of you doing?" Xavier asked.

His voice was as cold as frost and unmistakably laced with anger, scaring Percy to the point that he started quivering all over. He tried to retract his hand, only for Scarlett to tighten her grip.

"Don't move," she ordered before turning to address Xavier. "Mr. Stroud, I'm helping Percy with his tendonitis."

Percy nodded hurriedly. "That's right! I have tendonitis, and Scarlett is helping me heal it with acupuncture. Her skills are out of this world!"

He wasn't even exaggerating. He had assumed that the swelling on the back of his hand would take days to go down. However, Scarlett needed less than 20 minutes to make the swelling disappear.

It was the only reason he had found the courage to go along with her cover-up story. He didn't even dare to think about how Xavier would deal with him if he found out that Percy had been beating people up.

Xavier still looked upset. His lips were pressed together tightly, and an air of iciness emanated from every part of his body.

Percy felt crushed under the immense weight of his stress. Once Scarlett was done removing the needles from his hand, he retracted his hand at lightning speed and slipped away to the passenger seat.

Waves of glacial cold continued to roll off Xavier's body after he got into the car, bringing the atmosphere in the vehicle down to the freezing point—until Scarlett pulled out another popsicle from the built-in freezer and offered it to him. "Mr. Stroud, would you like a popsicle?"

Xavier glanced at her before replying coldly, "I don't eat cold things."

Scarlett tossed the popsicle back into the freezer.

Xavier spoke up again, "Since you know acupuncture, why don't you use it on me?"

"Are you feeling unwell, Mr. Stroud?" asked Scarlett.

"I'm feeling uncomfortable all over," was Xavier's reply.

Scarlett had nothing to say to that.

The silence in the car was rather bizarre. A few moments passed before Scarlett asked again, "Where do you feel most uncomfortable, Mr. Stroud?"