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Chapter 1134
“It's because General Zeigler is still unconscious in the hospital, and Armand is no longer here. Otherwise, Beatrix
wouldn't have been so arrogant at the mall that day,” Sally surmised.
Speaking of that, she dipped her eyes and pinned her gaze on Cooper. “Do you think Armand didn't know about the
Gaudette family's ambition when he was so smart?”
“He naturally knew when even both of us could tell. But he had never been interested in going into politics. Besides,
he was but a man. There was no way he could prepare for every eventuality,” Cooper answered calmly.
The only person he cared about was his wife, Genevieve, so much so that he would head to death with her without
an ounce of hesitation.
When he was done doctoring Sally's injury, he suddenly divulged, “It wasn't Ethan's heart. Robert knew about it, yet
he never said a word and used Armand all along.”
“I know. Mr. Zane told me when he went to prison,” Sally admitted.
Like Robert, she didn't want Ethan to be dissected in death, so relief suffused her when she learned that the man
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtwas cremated whole.
At some point in time, she had seemingly let some things go.
Cooper's gaze shifted from her wrist to her face. “Was your eagerness to save Mandy back at the snow play area,
even going as far as suffering a wrist fracture, a show for my benefit?”
Sally held his gaze. “Why would I do that?”
“To garner my sympathy.”
Despite Sally's great control over her emotions, his words still had her letting out a bark of laughter in vexation. “Mr.
Sutton, we only got married because we have the same goal. Is there a need for me to curry favor with your niece
to garner your sympathy?”
Cooper put on his glasses that had been wiped clean, appearing gentle and elegant. “That's not entirely
impossible.”
At that, the corners of Sally's mouth twitched. “I find that you're pretty... narcissistic.”
Leaning forward, she closed the distance between them, her eyes bright and clear.
“Even if you hadn't sought me out for a collaboration, Mr. Sutton, I still had a way to deal with the Gaudette family.
General Zeigler has a few unmarried grandsons, including Miles at the space agency and Yuvan, who's running a
large-scale art gallery. Yuvan's father is Commander Zeigler, and my father's relationship with him is pretty good.
Say, will the Zeigler family protect me?” she analyzed mildly.
Then, she continued, “I protected Mandy because she's adorable, and I like her a lot.” Pausing for a moment, she
wept her gaze over the man. “It wasn't because I wanted to garner your sympathy.”
“It looks like I was indeed too narcissistic.” Chuckling, Cooper grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her toward
him.
Her eyelashes quivering, Sally lowered her head and kissed him.
It was a whim on Cooper's part, so the kiss merely lasted for a brief second.
After leaning back, he brushed a finger against her lips, only to find it slightly cool. “Why are your lips always cold?”
“Because I was born with a cold constitution,” Sally replied expressionlessly. She pushed his hand away and stood
up.
Feeling a touch parched, she went to the bar and snagged a bottle of mineral water.
Cooper knew that it would be a problem for her to unscrew the cap since she had fractured her left wrist, so he
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Throwing her head back, Sally took a few gulps of water.
Cooper seized advantage of the situation to hug her from behind and bury his head in her shoulder.
Sally immediately stiffened. While she was pondering whether to throw the water onto his head or give him a swift
kick, the man queried, "Do you not like this?”
“No.” Her voice was cold and indifferent.
In the end, she placed the bottle of mineral water on the bar. “At such a time, a person's physical and psychological
defenses are at their weakest, so it's easy to be ambushed if she gives her back to someone else.”
When she had said that, the room plunged into utter silence. A long while passed before Cooper's muffled laughter
drifted into the air.
With a hand propped against the bar, Cooper looked at her with his head tilted, his eyes brimming with amusement.
“I just discovered that you don't like others hugging you from behind. What were you thinking?”
Sally was stunned for a few seconds, and she cast her mind back on her words earlier.
At the sight of the mirth dancing in his eyes, chagrin swamped her out of the blue. Wearing a sullen look on her
face, she kicked him hard in the calf.
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