NovelOnline"Lydia, are you okay?" Hertha rushed over, supporting Lydia with concern. She observed Lydia's face, noticing a black eye that made her look like a one-eyed panda. Hertha couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
Lydia turned around, puzzled, "What's so funny?" "Nothing, just that you've turned into a national treasure, quite amusing." Hertha didn't hide her amusement. Realizing what Hertha meant, Lydia touched her bruised eye, wincing at the sudden pang of pain: "Ouch..." Lydia sucked in a breath through her teeth.
"How bad is it? Should we head to the hospital?" Thalassa, pushing Lysander along, asked with concern.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Hey, what's the hospital for? It's just a scratch. I'll just apply straditional medicine when we get back, it'll be fine by tomorrow. Don't forget, I'm practically a doctor now," Lydia boasted, trying to downplay the injury with a bravado smile.
"That's true." Thalassa remembered Lydia was learning medical skills from Dr. Funke, so a minor injury like this was nothing to her.
"Mr. Sinclair!" David approached briskly.
Dressed in a silver-gray suit, he looked very formal, having cfor Lysander's wedding. Yet, he found Lysander outside the hotel, surrounded by bodyguards sporting various bruises.
David, puzzled by the scene, looked to Alaric for an explanation.
Alaric flashed a grin, patting David on the shoulder, "You've arrived just in time. Take Mr. Sinclair back, I'll escort the ladies." By 'the ladies,' it was clear he meant Hertha and Lydia, subtly excluding Thalassa as part of Lysander's entourage.
David's mood, initially dampened, brightened upon understanding Alaric's plan: "Mr. Sinclair, I'll get the car ready." He hurried to the stretch limousine lowering the steps for Thalassa, Hertha and Lydia to say their eline Lysander into the vehicle.
goodbyes before he ae Alaric, ever the gentleman, gestured for the ladies to proceed: "Ladies, after you." "Lydia, let's go," Hertha said, linking arms with Lydia as they stepped into Alaric's car.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe car glided smoothly down the asphalt road, with David firmly in control of the wheel. Glancing in the rearview mirror, David saw Thalassa sitting close to Lysander, who looked straight ahead, while Thalassa, with her eyes fixed on Lysander's profile, leaned on him, showing a mix of SOV dependence and affection that David hadn't seen in a long time, With just a glance, David quickly shifted his focus back to the road.
The intimacy between Thalassa and Lysander was a sight Davidhadn't witnessed f led for aut quite a while.
However, this time, it was Thalassa who looked at Lysander with a fond, clingy gaze, not the other way around as it used to be. Previously, Thalassa seemed to passively accept Lysander's assertiveness, but today, she was the initiator.
A woman's gaze filled with security and reliance towards a man is m upmistakably genuine. What had happened? He was only slightly late, yet it seemed he had missed a pivotal moment.
What groundbreaking news did he miss out on? As David pondered, a satisfied smile formed on his lips.
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