Chapter 177

Reina

Again, I didn't get a reasonable answer. Can all these stop already?

The scene in front of me was almost too much to take in. Ethan, the man I thought I knew, fell flat to the ground and lay on the ground. He was bruised and was barely able to breathe.

The men who attacked him had long disappeared into the night.

My heart was racing, and every nerve in my body was screaming for answers.

I rushed to Ethan’s side, my hands shaking as I knelt beside him. "Ethan... Ethan, are you okay?"

He groaned, his hand pressed against his side where I could see blood soaking through a part of his shirt.

My chest tightened at the sight of blood. What had he gotten himself into?

"I'm... fine," he managed to say through gritted teeth, but it was obvious he was not.

He was hurt badly. Yes, he had tried to salvage the situation. Thank goodness that those wicked men were not able to shoot him.

It would have been an entirely different story now.

I could feel my pulse hammering in my ears as I co