Chapter 1697

Maggie was lying on the bed, her whole face was wrapped in gauze, and she pretended to be exasperated. “It hurts as f*ck! Everything is still swollen.”

“It’ll recover in a few months.” Ken held the back of her hand. “Don’t worry, Mr. Matthews won’t get tired of your face so quickly.”

Maggie’s eyes shifted from side to side. “But what if he gets tired of me?”

Ken had a smile on his face, but there was not even a hint of merriment in his eyes. “If he gets bored of you, I’ll get someone to pick you up and out of his place.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, you should rest first.” Ken got up and walked to the door.

At that moment, one of his men stopped beside him.

“Sir.” When his man approached his ear and whispered something into it, Ken’s face dimmed instantly, and he immediately ignored the person lying in the ward and left with them.

After waiting for them to leave, Maggie took out her cell phone, sent Nollace a text, and deleted the text right after it was sent.

On the other side of the cit