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Chapter 695

Author: Trina Duo
last update Last Updated: 2023-08-09 15:56:41
When Kevan and the police were talking, Lewis opened the car door and let Larissa out.

"Are you alright?" Lewis pulled on Larissa's arm and checked her over. Her face and neck were uninjured, but her hand—

Lewis hissed. "We'll go to the hospital right now!"

Hearing the word "hospital," Kevan tensed up as he came over to ask hoarsely, "What's wrong?"

Lewis forced Larissa to open up her palm. The scary cuts on her palm were exposed before their very eyes.

"It's not too serious …" Larissa smiled timidly, and she tried to take her hand back from Lewis. But she failed, of course.

Kevan's gaze stayed on her palm for a very long time.

Just as Larissa said, the cuts were not too serious. The bleeding had stopped long ago. It just looked hideous, that was all. But the fear and self-blame in Kevan's heart was still there.

"I'm sorry," he mumbled in a low voice.

Larissa watched him in confusion. "Why are you apologizing?"

She heard everything Ronan said. The one who instructed him to do
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