The nurse on duty at the front desk studied Stefan vigilantly. She refused to violate the patient's privacy, as this concerned her professional ethics. However, she immediately became respectful when she learned that Stefan was the biggest sponsor of the hospital. She fished out the patient's information for him. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Hunt. The patient was sent here three hours ago. The name registered here is Simone Lowe, twenty-one years old. The reason for treatment is that she tried to kill herself by cutting her wrist due to an argument.""Simone Lowe?" Stefan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that. It seemed he was right. It wasn't Renee. The patient was just one of Jovan's many girlfriends. The young woman took extreme means. After being dumped by Jovan, she might have tried to kill herself to take revenge and attract Jovan's attention. Renee would never have done that. She had no reason to kill herself. The more Stefan thought, the more he felt that he was
After a nervous wait, news about Nora finally arrived. The doctor opened the door of the emergency room and called out to the corridor, "Who is Ms. Nora Hunt''s family?" Stefan hurriedly rushed over and asked anxiously, "It's me. Doctor, how is she?" The doctor nudged his glasses and told Stefan the truth. "The patient is considered lucky. The bullet grazed her left atrium with less than an itch. She's currently safe, but she needs to rest. We can't take things lightly. A problem might pop up any time.""That's great." Stefan immediately sighed in relief. His tightly clenched fists relaxed. "That's wonderful!" Justin said, excited. He felt relieved—now that Nora was fine, the fight that might ruin both families could be called off. It also meant that there was still a chance for him to get back together with Renee. "Don't get excited. I'll settle all the losses you've done Hunt Enterprise with you," Stefan snarled. Regardless of whether Justin had ordered his men to do
Tiger clenched his fists, his tone full of agitation. Elijah wasn't a pushover. Seeing their provocative actions, he immediately pulled out a gun, his finger on the trigger. "You want to fight, don't you? Stop wasting time! We'll fight now! The Hunt family is never afraid!""Sure! Come at us, I'm not afraid!"Cadmus and Tiger were agitated, too. They were about to take out their guns to fight Elijah. Stefan rubbed his temples in annoyance, then strode to the side. Justin found them noisy too, so he followed Stefan and stuck close to him. "Do you think they'll fight?" Justin turned and looked at them as they argued fiercely, quite worried. "My assistant is witty, nut there seems to be something wrong…with your men."Stefan seriously pointed at his head. It was his only impression of Cadmus and Tiger. They couldn't control themselves well. "You can't blame them. My grandpa picked them when they were only six. They were brought to the base to train. They don't think like norm
Meanwhile, Renee was still unconscious in another emergency room.Jovan was lying in the hospital bed beside her, about to donate blood to her.After reading Jovan's blood test report, the doctor frowned and said, "No, your body can't donate so much blood to her. You'll be in danger."Before, Jovan was healthy, but he almost died after donating a lot of blood to Stefan. He gradually recovered after Renee took great care of him. However, his anger and resentment worsened his health after Renee's departure. If he donated so much blood to Renee right now, he would be in danger.Jovan clenched his fists and rudely urged the doctor, "Cut the crap! Do it now!"Noticing how pale and weak Jovan seemed, the doctor was hesitant. "But…" "Do it now!" Jovan glared at the doctor and gritted his teeth. "I can't survive without her. But before I die, I'll kill all of you!"Of course, he was aware of his body condition. But he could not survive since Renee was dying. He could not see her take
"I think we've got to find your crazy cousin if we want to find Phoenix." Justin was confident that Renee must be in Jovan's hands. He was eager to confront Jovan.After all, Justin had long heard about the many crazy things Jovan had done. If he had kidnapped Renee, she wouldn't be in good condition. "That's easy." Stefan pocketed his hands calmly. Compared to Justin, he looked unconcerned."Do you know where he is?" Justin looked at Stefan suspiciously and criticized, "You're acting like an outsider. You don't care about Phoenix's location at all. Are you a heartless scumbag like she said? Do you no longer love her?" Justin was excited about his engagement with Renee, and was agitated when she suddenly went missing during the ceremony. He was either so furious that he wanted to fight Stefan, or too worried to eat and wanted to search all over Beach City. However, Stefan remained unresponsive. He was indifferent, even if Renee was about to get engaged to another man. Though
"What did you say?" Justin's eyes widened abruptly as he looked at Stefan in disbelief. He thought he had heard wrong, and asked Stefan again."Jovan is in the neighboring emergency room. You can get the answer you want right away," Stefan explained calmly.The man Justin racked his brain and tried his best to find was that easy to find!"Jovan is in the emergency room?" Justin tried his best to take in that information. At first, he found it incredulous. He interrogated the calm Stefan, "What is he doing there? Did Phoenix get hurt? Why can you remain this calm?" "What do you want me to do, then?" Stefan looked at Justin coldly and mocked, "Do you want me to barge into the emergency room and beat him up? Or do you want me to take her away?" "Of course not!" Justin made a no gesture and hurriedly added, "If Jovan is there, leave it to me. You don't have to do anything. It's best if you get far away."Unless it concerned Renee, Justin was strong and fearless. He wasn't conf
People stayed away from Justin. The door of the emergency room was still closed, and it was unknown if there was anyone in it. Someone secretly informed the front desk, no longer able to take such a scene. Shortly after, an attending doctor rushed there."What are you doing, sir? We can talk things out. Stop affecting other patients here!"The nurse on duty was frightened by Justin, but she had to brace herself to stop him."What am I doing?" Justin cracked a crazy and twisted smile. He looked at the attending nurse coldly. "Of course, I'm going to knock this door down!""No, you can't do that!" the nurse said nervously. "The doctor is still trying to save the patient in there. You'll disturb them!" "The lamp is turned off. I'm sure the rescue is over. Stop lying to me!" Justin was fine with being shameless. He urged again, "If you don't open the door for me, I'll use a rougher way to do it! We'll see about that."He had yet to say what he would do before Cadmus and Tiger st
"Uh…" The nurse felt like she was put in a difficult position. She hesitated and could not speak for a long time.Justin found something wrong and demanded coldly, "Is it that hard to answer this question?""It's related to the patient's privacy. I can't tell you about it casually."Helpless, the nurse tried to excuse herself by using the same excuse she had used on Stefan a while back."Privacy?" Justin sneered. "I even barged into the surgery room. Stop using that excuse on me. If I can't get the answer I want, I'll make this hospital the headlights of the news soon.""I don't know. Please stop forcing me." The nurse found her work too difficult. She always ran into tycoons whom she couldn't afford to offend. She had no way to do things right."It looks like there's something wrong here."Justin began to feel that the nurse must have been warned by someone to remain secretive. His eyes flashed fiercely, and he glanced at Cadmus and Tiger.They walked over just as fiercely, an
"What's that?" Justin frowned and said with disdain, "That's something to fool naive women like you. Only lovestruck fools will believe that." As a materialistic person, he never believed in things like horoscopes and fortune-telling. At most, they were mixed with some psychology. They weren't trustworthy at all.If Renee wanted to use those things to talk about their relationships and destinies, it would seem very childish. "Don't be so extreme. Those things are real and logical." Renee acted like an experienced salesperson and gradually eliminated Justin's prejudice. She said patiently, "If you believe those things, they can guide you and help you to see things through. If not, you can use them to kill time. Just try to get to know them. Isn't that nice?"Finally, Justin was convinced. He had some milk and asked her leisurely, "Fine. Tell me what kind of relationship we have based on those things." "I learned that our relationship is a declining friendship based on our birt
"I…" Renee paused. For a moment, she had no idea how to answer that question."Don't put yourself in a difficult position. Just follow your heart," Justin said calmly. "If you want to stay, my family will still welcome you readily. If you want to leave, I'll come up with a way to help you leave smoothly."After listening to Justin, Renee answered honestly, "Maybe it's better for me to leave, though I know this choice will hurt you."She could choose to stay to protect Justin's dignity and give Austin a good explanation. It would be more relaxing and steadier for her. However, Renee knew that it could only last briefly. She would cause Justin greater harm. She might as well be decisive and stop the damage in time. "Don't say that." Justin cracked a bitter smile and said with relief, "I've stopped taking things too seriously. If you like me, you won't stop loving me even if we're apart. Similarly, you'll think about another man if you don't like me, even though you're always b
Austin was having breakfast in the dining room. When he saw Justin and Renee walk over intimately, he finally believed that they had slept together. They seemed like a real couple."Good morning, Grandpa Baldwin!" Renee obediently greeted Austin just like before. She acted normally."Good morning." Austin nodded, unable to suppress his smile. After sizing them up, he calmly said to Renee, "We know how apologetic you are after you toasted to us last night. We'll forget about the past. You're still a part of my family." "Grandpa!" Justin interrupted Austin; he was very protective of Renee. "She's a woman, and we're not married yet. Please don't say that. A woman's reputation is the most important thing.""You…" Austin wanted to refute Justin, but their conflict was just resolved so it would be bad to pressure them more. He shook his head and said, "Fine. You two always have a bland romance. Finally, you've made some progress. I'll let you two decide what to do next.""Got it, Gr
"Hey, Haze! What are you doing? Get off of me!" Renee struggled in confusion."Hush!" Justin gestured and stopped her.In a while, someone unlocked the door of the room."Mr. Baldwin, let me help you and Ms. Everheart change your clothes." A kind middle-aged woman walked into the room casually. When she found them sleeping together intimately, relief washed over her. "Oh, you guys are still sleeping… Fine, I'll leave you be." Then, the woman exited the room.After that, Justin stopped hovering above Renee, looking awkward. "I'm sorry. It happened all of a sudden. If I hadn't done that, they wouldn't let us go. I just did a small thing to resolve the issue." Justin was fully aware of Austin's thoughts. Although Austin was still angry at Renee, he was satisfied with her and wanted to see her get into a real intimate relationship with Justin. If that did not happen, Austin might tie them up together since the drug had failed. Justin could only act with Renee to avoid the in
Renee grinned, satisfied after a long rest. "Why didn't you sleep a bit longer? This bed is comfortable and fluffy." While talking, she behaved like a fish as she extended her limbs and rolled around in bed childishly. In comparison to her calmness and ease, Justin behaved gingerly and did not dare to move as he lay in bed."Do you have any idea what had happened? We aren't dreaming. We're lying in the same bed," Justin said.He was certain that Renee was not fully awake. It explained why she was that composed. Otherwise, any normal woman would get out of bed with a start and keep screaming if they found herself lying in a man's bed."I know!" Renee said. After having a great time rolling around, Renee faced Justin with her head on her arm while lying on her side. "I wanted to drink wine to say sorry to you guys last night, but your family drugged the wine. You drank the same wine when you tried to stop me. We were controlled by the drug and were locked up in this room. T
Renee instantly understood what Justin meant by that. It turned out that the incident was just a part of the Baldwin family's plan. If she left, the Baldwin family would not easily let her off the hook.Justin still cared about her at a time like that, which moved her. "Thank you. You're great." Renee cried; she had no idea how to repay him. "You don't have to thank me. I'm not so great, either. I just hate that they always pester me." Justin purposely sounded relaxed. He finally calmed himself down as he casually grabbed some bandages to bandage his wound. Then, he lay in bed.He slept on one side of the bed and said to Renee, "It's late. You should rest early. This bed is large enough. If you don't mind, you can lie in bed too."The bed was large. It was more than enough even if Renee and Justin lay there."I…" Renee hesitated briefly before she finally got in bed. She trusted Justin. If he wanted to do something indecent to her, he would have long done that. He would no
"I don't know how to tell you. I'm sure you can understand." Renee could not bring herself to say more because it was a humiliating privacy. She might as well keep it to herself."Let me guess…" Justin's gaze grew sharp as he went straight to the point. "The man in your story is Stefan, isn't it?" Silence washed over Renee as she kept her head bowed. It was a silent approval.Justin burst into reckless laughter, which was scary. He looked down at his cut wound and laughed pathetically. "This is why he could make you fall in love with him, and I couldn't. I'm too cultured compared to him.""Don't say that, Haze!"Seeing how defeated Justin was, Renee became uneasy. "It isn't written in the stars for us. Plus, I've fallen in love with Stefan a long time ago before I even got to know you. I also rely on him physically and psychologically. I can't control my feelings. It's not something we can change. We…" "Stop!" Heartbroken, Justin pushed away everything in front of him and s
Time passed by. Gradually, the pain knocked some sense into Justin. He no longer wanted to take advantage of Renee."Let me get you some water." Renee had no idea what she could do for Justin. After some contemplation, she got to her feet and poured him a glass of water.Finally, she studied the room closely and found that it was a wedding room as Justin had mentioned. Everything was set up according to her preferences, which she had occasionally mentioned to Justin. For example, she loved keeping some ceramic ornaments on the bedside cabinet and hanging some seashell wind chimes at the windows. The entire room was painted in beige and green, which were her favorites, too. Beige gave a sense of warmth, while green gave a sense of gloominess. All of those details became the perfect wedding room for Renee.If everything went on smoothly, she would spend most of her time there, and he would be her life companion. Unfortunately, there were no ifs in the world.Renee handed the gla
Renee covered her lips, her tone filled with disbelief. "I…cut myself." Justin leaned against the corner and frowned deeply. He was in deep pain."Why did you cut yourself?" Renee was scared out of her wits and grew more sober. In her panic, she threw herself at him and tried to stop his bleeding.Justin reacted aggressively as he waved his dagger and warned fiercely, "Get away from me! Don't touch me!" "I…" Renee paused, too afraid to act recklessly. She pointed at his wound and said, "I'm just worried about you. You're bleeding. It must hurt a lot. Why did you hurt yourself?" "It's better to be in pain!" Justin gnashed his teeth and said in agony, "The pain will knock some sense into me, so I won't act like an animal and lose control of myself.""I see…" Stunned, Renee was moved to tears. She understood why he cut himself. Surprisingly, he wanted to stay sober and not be controlled by the drug in the wine.He could have used her to satisfy his desire, and she would never b