Chapter 2 She Helps Him
“Who are you?
You’ve got some nerve entering my room. Get out!
Peregrine opened his eyes, only to see a pretty woman sitting by the bed. Immediately, what his stepmother Constance Winslow had said echoed in his mind
He was a vegetable, but his hearing wasn’t impaired.]]
Constance had promised to find him a wife so that he could have a family of his own.
But he knew she’d never be that nice to him.
The woman in front of him was just a pawn in the game for the family fortune.
Rand flew into a rage.]
She had agreed to marry into the shaw family to sever all ties with the Aster family and ensure Laura wouldn’t be dragged into this mess,
She didn’t agree to this.
She
How could he treat her so meant she shouldn’t have helped him with his condition at all!
In a fit of anger, she raised her hand||
Her special tools flew out of her sleeve and stabbed into Peregrine’s shoulder[]
Feeling the strength he had just regained drained away. Peregrine glared at her fiercely. “You”
You bener shut up and listen to me.“]
Rosalind frowned, her light–brown eyes clear, bright, yet obscure.]
Peregrine gritted his teeth. He didn’t choose to remain silent–in fact, he couldn’t bring himself to utter a sound right now.||
He was so mad that he wanted to strangle her![]
Rosalind quickly. Tm your bride
with this, she tossed the marriage
te certificate onto the bed.
The
family was so well–connected that they had obtained the marriage certificate without the newlywed’s presence.
Peregrine frowned.
Your childhood sweetheart Thalia isn’t the daughter of the Aster family. We got switched at birth. Since I’m the real daughter, I had no choice but to marry you,
It seems you don’t wanna marry me at all, right? Thats fine because the feeling is mutual. So, why don’t we make a deal?
Peregrine wasn’t angry anymore.
His gaze falling upon her was scrutinizing||
But she didn’t care about what he thought
She continued, “You thought you were a vegetable because of an accident, but that’s not true. You were poisoned. It’ll take about a year before you fully recover. So, I propose a one–year marriage. During this time, we’ll be a couple in others eyes, but in fact, we’re business partners.”
After a pause, she added. “We’ll get a divorce after a year. Then we’ll part ways for good. Well?”
“A year should be enough
fur
me to find out who hurt Laura and messed with Laura’s face,” she thought
Peregrine remained expressiontess
Till take that as a yes then,” she said, looking at him
lidn’t say anything!
she swiftly put her special tools back in her sleeve and walked over to the fridge [
vel there was nothing but expensive medicines inside
The Aster family didn’t give her anything to eat, and she was starving no
Noticing the obvious anger on her face. Peregrine said. There’s trust here.”
He seemed to know what she was thinking and opened a drawer
In the next second, he was stunned, his hand freezing in mid air.||
He could actually open a drawer!]]
In a split second, power flooded his body.
He thought. “Have I recovered? For re
Fren Dr. Dizon, the best doctor in skonia, could do nothing to my condition. Yet, she managed to help? Is she even twenty years old?]]
if she really can healfie, 1 gass one year is acceptable.-
He pointed at the bedsheet. “Time to fulfill your duty as my wife.-
Munching an apple, Rosalind said with obvious glee on her face, “Sorry, but I won’t take the bed.”
Though the Shaw family was full of vicious, scheming people, some were genuinely good to Peregrine and would keep an eye on him at night
There was a small bed in the corner, and she planned to sleep on it.
As she spoke, she had already walked to the small bed. “Good night.”
Exhausted and stuffed, she was sleepy collapsing into the bed, she drifted off to sleep right away.
Peregrine didn’t even have a chance to lash out at her.]]
He glared at her back, thinking. “Is she really here to help me? Why do 1 feel that she’s here to piss me off? ||
The next day
Rosalind stretched, feeling refreshed
Yet, in the next second, she felt a chill running down her back.
Was the AC set too high?
She slowly sat up and saw heregrine on the opposite hed staring at her, looking grim
She was slightly stunned. Only then did she remember the was already married
“Why aren’t you up?–||
She asked while putting on her shoes and tying her hair into a pepted casually, which accentuated her vibrant energy
Peregrine sneered and pointed at ti
at the wheelchair behind the door.
She blinked, her crystal–clear eyes illuminated by her bright smile. “You want me to wheel you out for some fresh air?“||
Instead of answering, he said. “You’re my business partner, right? Then you should satisfy my requests.
“Or I qui always pull the plug on our partnership” She shrugged
He responded indifferently. “You were forced to save me, it means this is the best choice for you.
she parted her lips but didn’t know what to say.
She thought. Tine. I won’t argar with him. After all, he’s my patient.“||
Walking in the door, she beard the lock being unlocked
so quiet in there. Is Mr. Peregrine dead?“||
Dr. Dison said he wouldn’t survive the night. I bet bring alone with a corpse has left Ms. Aster terrified
n the door and then tell Mrs. Shaw the news.
“Let’s open
The board meeting is in two hours
Ms. Shaw is looking forward so much to seeing Mr. Felix inheriting the shares.-]
In the next second, the door was flang open.]]
“Mr. Peregrine! Please don’t leave us!”
Nora Decker, one of the maids, rushed in and started to cry out loud without even glancing around.
Then, a crisp smack rang out
She immediately stopped crying and covered her cheek. Only then did she realize something was off.]
She froze in place, and the other maids following her were stunned, too.
Unlike what they had pictured. Rosalind didn’t seem scared at all. Right now, she stood in front of Nora, staring at her icily
“Get out!”
Rosalind’s tone was stern as she recognized Nora was the one who had pushed her inside last night.
Only then did Nora come back to her senses. Her gaze fell upon Peregrine, who was in bed, and shrieked “What did you do to Mr. Peregrine?
“He’s my husband. Since when do I need to report to you?”
Rosalind’s voice turned even more glacial, and her gaze falling upon Nora s
sent a chill down Nora’s spine.]
Terrified, Nora stumbled back till she was outside the room.
Agars Lloyd, another maid, steadied her, or she would have fallen to the floor.
Agnes shorted while looking at Rosalind. “You killed Mr. Peregrine. That’s why you wouldn’t let us in. Right? You murderer“]
“Somoiy-
Just then, a cold male voice rang out inside
rang out inside the room.
The maids were so frightened that they couldn’t stop trembling at all||
Agnes looked inside the room in terror, only to see Peregrine sit ups slowly and look over at them.]
“G Ghost
Pale–faced, she turned around and ran out ||
The other maids panicked and made a mad dash for the door at once!
schnding at the door, Rosalind chuckled, amused by how embarrassed they looked
Then she turned around and looked at Peregrine with a smile. “Who knows? It seems your family doesn’t want you to wake up at all.
