Chapter 12 Slap in the Face
Rosalind knew Peregrine and Thalia were childhood sweethearts and probably had a special emotional bond.)
Now that they were finally seeing each other again, they must need some time together
She figured she was just in the way ||
So she chose to leave
You two can chat. I’m going for a walk.-||
She left like a doctor who finished checking on a patient
She even gently closed the door behind her.||
Peregrine was stunned
Her Live brothers also looked at each other in dismay
g Lin]
They had assumed Roydind would start making demands after saving Lia
Surprisingly, she just walked off
They were left with a weird feeling they couldn’t quite describe
Thalia kept her eyes on Peregrine the whole time. She didn’t notice how her brothers felt
Her eyes were red, full of tears. With one blink, the tears spilled out.
Terry… I finally get to see you,” she said between sohs.
Ster was un
was unable to speak dearly!
Peregrine didn’t respond. His hands rested on the armrests of his wheelchair.]
There w
was a button. If he pressed it, the wheelchair would take him away.
Thalia took deep breaths and finally calmed down
Pry, don’t believe what other people say. She didn’t do anything to me. I fell from the car on my own. Its my fault for being careless.]
Rosalind didat an it. Anyway, I took over her life for more than twenty years. I owe her.
“You and I. We were meant to be. I just hope everything is well with you. That’s enough for me.”
She glared cautiously at his legs[]
He wasn’t a vegetable anymore, but he still looked disabled.||
Peregrine’s face was deadly cold ||
“She’s the one who saved you. Without her, you’d be in a coma right no
She didact believe it []
Peregrine mast still be mad about the while uriage swap. He was testing her
chut she looked back and found her five others weird expressions
Her heart sank
What really happened while she pretended in be unconscious?
“Perry
Her voice trembled. “Are you blaming me for not marrying you? L-|||
reregrine frowned hard, and his tone turned even colder()
I just wanted to be clear. It’s over. No need to talk about it anymore. ||
Just call me Mr. Shaw, like your brothers do. Or you can call me by name.”
He pressed the button. ||
The wheelchair moved and carried him out of the room.]
Thalia watched him leave. Her face turned pale as a sheet.]
Heregrine had never spoken to her like that before.]
They were so close in the same room. Yet it felt like they w
Her heart felt empty.
She felt disappointed and even horrified.||
Her body kept trembling
palian caught her quickly and straded her
were worlds apart.]
Lia, just take it as him falling for someone
else
She cried even harder.[]
“Jalian, how
uw long did 1 black our?–||
Julis sighed. “Today’s the third day after her wedding. I
Thalia was shocked]
Want the supposed to wake up right after Rosalind married Peregrine?]
Why
did intake so long?
Knowing Thalia was dying to know it, Julian explained everything that had gone down the past few days
“It has to be her. Since she knows medicine, she must’ve been the one who knocked me outr
Thatia slammed her fists on thur bed, furious||
That latch had been married to Peregrine for three days ||
For tirer whole days, Bosalind had enjoyed life in the Shaw family as Mrs. Shaw ||
if she knew a little medicine?])
There were faith of
Seeing how upset Thalia was, Edgar sighed and gently tried to calm her down ||
Veregrine is awake now. But after all thur years in a coma, his body’s a mess. He might not even
Julian realized something and changed his tone
“The probably acted that way because he’s worried you’d keep hanging on to the past. He doesn’t want you wasting your life waiting for him. []
Thalia couldn’t figure it out
Was it really so?
But…
Edgar added, “Lia, think about it. You two grew up together. After all those years, how could he suddenly treat you so coldly?”||
He had made his point clear. Peregrine must’ve had his reasons
Things weren’t so simple.
Thalla sighed in rellet.]]
Julian lowered his voice and tried to reassure her.]]
“We tried to stop you from marrying him. We were doing it for your own good:”[]
“Even if Peregrine’s awake now, his condition is unstable. Don’t overthink it, okay?
After a pause, he made a firm promise
“Il Peregrine really gets better, I’ll make sure that woman divorces him. I help you two get back together. Okay? |
Thalla finally smiled through her tears.]
Jalan, you’re the best
Rosalind was wandering outside the hospital, quite bored
Shard planned to head back to the Shaw’s house. But with the rare free time, she stopped by a cafe across the street.
She just wanted a simple cup of coffee, but the place was packed
A fight was going on inside the café ||
A customer had dropped the coffee, and the cap shattered on the ground.
He was supposed to compensate for the broken glas
lustead of taking the blame, the customer insisted it was the waitress’s fault
They started fighting ||
The customers hair was a mess. His duthes were half ripped and covered in stains.{}
The waitress’s uniforms was coined in footprints.]
It looked like star lud heen bullied by the customies.]]
Rosalind recognized the waitress.
The girl called Marianne Bar was
pinned to the ground and gut slapped. She heard Rosalinds valce and forgot to fight back
Back when she lived in the mountains, the often went down to buy things
Marianne’s family sold fruit. They always saved the best for Rosalind and charged her next to nothing
After a while, they became friends.]]
Seeing her friend being bullied like this, Rosalind didn’t hesitate before grabbing the customer and throwing
oh, so you like picking on people? Great. Let’s see how you like it“]
Then she kicked him hard.[]
The customer groaned. “Who the hell are you? Do you dare hit me? I’ll call the police![]
ghim to the ground
Rosalind said in a cold voice, “Go ahead. But before the police come, pay
tay what you owe my friend.”
She smacked right across the customer’s face.
