When Portia found out Stephen had visited Nicole with a handful of expensive gifts, the expression on her face was as dark as the night sky.
Is Stephen that determined to be involved with that vixen?
No. I can’t let him do whatever he wants.
If Stephen can visit her in the hospital, why can’t I?
It’s a good idea for me to take a look at how injured that vixen is. Gaining more information about the enemy will help me plan my next move.
After packing up, Portia asked Daphne to accompany her to the hospital.
On their way there, Daphne mentioned Hector to Portia. She praised him to the heavens, stating that she had never seen a man as handsome as him. She even vividly described how he had rescued her to Portia.
Finally, she looked at Portia and asked, “Aunt Portia, can you ask Jacob to contact him? He works as a bodyguard at the estate, but Jacob says there’s no such person.”
Daphne suspected Jacob was just refusing to help her.
Portia had never seen Daphne as interested in someone as she was now.
Why is she acting so different suddenly?
She’s interested in a bodyguard she rarely spares a glance at.
“Daphne, you’ll be marrying Levant in the future. You’re going to be a duchess. It’s best if you ignore these unimportant bodyguards. Save yourself the trouble.”
Marry Levant?
Daphne sneered in her heart. Can’t you see how Levant feels about me?
You’re only concerned about whether I’ll be taking over your title. You’re don’t care about my happiness.
Do you want me to end up like you? To bind yourself to a man you don’t love for the rest of your life just to become a duchess?
You’re a prime example of someone living a horrible life. I’ll never want a life like this.
I’ll become a duchess. But the duke in my heart is not Levant but Hector.
Only Hector is worthy of me.
She prayed in her heart, hoping that God will see her devotion and let her encounter him soon.
At the hospital.
Portia and Daphne knocked on the door of Nicole’s ward.
When Evan realized who was at the door, he immediately chased them away.
“What kind of attitude is that? We’re here to visit her.”
With wrath on her face, Portia glared at him. No one had ever chased her away before.
How dare this man!
Daphne stared at Evan’s handsome face without blinking her eyes. What she was seeing felt unreal as if she were in a dream.
I can’t believe I’m meeting him here.
Is this real life?
Why is he in Nicole’s room?
The many questions that emerged in her mind forced her back to her senses. A shy smile grew as she continued staring at Evan.
“Hector, why are you here?”
Don’t tell me that vixen Nicole hijacked Hector because he’s handsome?
Portia was dumbfounded when she heard Daphne calling Evan “Hector.”
No wonder Daphne told me about him. This man does look handsome.
Not wanting to bother himself with Daphne, he was about to shut the door when Daphne took a sudden step forward and stopped it.
“Hector, I’ve been looking for you for ages. Why aren’t you a bodyguard at the estate anymore? Is it because this woman is trying to take you away? Don’t listen to her. She’s just a bewitching vixen.”
At that moment, Evan realized why Daphne had failed to win Levant over even after trying for five years.
I really think she should have a doctor check her level of intelligence.
I’m in Nicole’s room, chasing them away. Even an idiot will realize what my relationship with Nicole is.
And she’s still asking questions!
What Evan did not know was that a woman in love was a brainless fool.
When a woman was deep in love, she would fully believe in the man she loved. Even if the man slapped her, she would assume that it was done out of love.
That was what Daphne felt at the moment.
A look of intense contempt emerged in his eyes when he looked at Daphne. “My wife is here. Of course I’ll be here, taking care of her.”
Wife.
The gears in Daphne’s head was turning slowly. Hector’s wife can’t be…
