Chapter 197

At the hospital, Lucille perused the information Ruben had provided. She'd just finished when Spencer returned.

He sat on the chair beside the bed and took an apple from the fruit basket. Then, he peeled it with a fruit knife. Some would think his slender fingers were too perfect to be peeling apples.

Lucille stared at his hands. "Right. I have something to tell you."

"What is it?"

"I planned to let them kidnap me yesterday, so Bethany and the secret guards aren't at fault. They didn't fail at their job, either. If you're planning to punish them, just save it."

He peeled the apple with his head lowered, and his gaze flickered. Then, he replied, "Okay. As you wish."

Just then, Lucas entered the room in his doctor's coat. When he saw Spencer peeling the apple, he was a little shocked.

He couldn't believe that such an influential man, who'd been born with a silver spoon, was now doing things as simple as peeling an apple. It seemed that Spencer truly adored Lucille.

Lucas had com