PopularNovelChapter 1435: Kinsley nodded, but unease twisted in her chest. "Do you think he suspects anything?" Corrine smiled faintly, a smile that said more than words. "Do you really think you can keep anything from him?" Kinsley sighed. With Lone Ranger's network, secrets were like paper in the rain-bound to fall apart.
Still, she clung to the idea that silence could keep things the way they were. If they didn't speak the truth, maybe it wouldn't becreal. "Why are you avoiding him? He only wants to talk." Kinsley's brows pulled tight, her voice soft but firm. "Sfeelings can't be forced." She knew Vulture's heart wasn't hers.
She didn't want sympathy. She wanted love-real, wholehearted love.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIf he didn't feel the same, no amount of words would change that.
Rather than risk rejection, it felt safer to stay silent.
Taking a breath, Kinsley pulled herself together, flashing a lighthearted smile. "Alright, stop hovering. Go do something useful." "I'm not that busy," Corrine said, handing her the peeled apple.
Kinsley took a bite. "You don't have to fuss over me. I know what I'm dealing with." The bullet inside her would either remain and haunt her until the end—or be removed, leaving her confined to a wheelchair for life.
Neither option was ideal, but to her, living with pain was still better than being trapped in stillness.
The thought of being young and full of life, yet bound to a chair, was unbearable.
Corrine saw that Kinsley needed space. She stood. "I'll cby tomorrow." Kinsley nodded. "Okay." After leaving the room, Corrine pulled out her phone and called Nate. It rang for a while before he answered. "Hello," his low voice cthrough.
"Still busy?" she asked.
"Yeah. Sissues cup. You can head back to Celtis Estate first," Nate replied.
Corrine paused, then said, "Okay." After the call ended, a mysterious smile touched her lips.
He was hiding something again-she could feel it in her bones.
She walked to the parking lot, opened the car door, and slipped into then driver's seat. The content is on e novelenglish.net!
But she didn't start the engine right away. Instead, she glanged in the rearview mirror and there he was. Jonathan sat in the back seat, calm and composed.
When their eyes met through the mirror, her heart skipped a beat. She smiled slightly. "What brings you here?"
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