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Chapter 293

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“Don’t talk if you have nothing to say, then.” I tried to walk out.

However, Zach suddenly grabbed my arm. “Cassia.”

“Enough already!” I was incredibly annoyed. As I shook him off in anger, I hit my hand on the iron railing. It hurt a lot.

I rubbed my hand in response. Zach was bad luck; nothing good ever happened when he was around.

“Cassia, let me see your hand.” He came closer to grab my hand, but I pulled away.

The more we struggled, the more it hurt. I finally stopped resisting and allowed him to examine my hand.

“Are you done looking at it? Should I chop it off and give it to you as a keepsake?” I said,

Then, I retracted my hand. My wrist had to be swollen at this point.

“I’ll take you to get some ointment.”

“No, thanks. My boyfriend is a doctor. I can just go to him.”

“Cassia,” he uttered my name softly. There was something different in his slightly shaky voice.

Why was there a hint of sadness?

Oh, I got it. Given how sensitive Zach was, he probably realized that C
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