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Then, she inserted a needle.
After that, there was a long ten-minute wait.
Neither of them spoke, quietly observing Hayden’s condition.
It wasn’t until blood trickled down Hayden’s spine into the cup that Romina finally let out a sigh of relief.
Hayden’s consciousness gradually cleared, and his breathing became much steadier than before.
After everything was taken care of, Joaquin stood by the bedside and glanced down at his watch.
The entire treatment had taken less than fifteen minutes.
Looking across all of Straland, there really weren’t many people with such skill…
“Grandpa, are you feeling better now?”
“Much better, my breathing is smooth now.” Hayden beamed at Romina. “I owe it all to you tonight, Romi…”
“Grandpa, this is what I should do. Don’t think too much about it. Just rest well tonight, I’ll stay here and watch over you.”
“Alright.”
When Romina and Joaquin walked out of the room together, Jericho was standing by the corridor, smoking.
Seeing Romina come out, Jericho quickly stubbed out his cigarette and walked toward her.
Without even pausing, Jericho grabbed Romina by the wrist and hurried downstairs. “Come with me, I have a few things to talk to you about.”
“What are you doing? Let go of me!”
Romina struggled, but still couldn’t break free from his grip.
Joaquin walked to the stair railing, resting his hand on the mahogany banister, watching as Jericho led Romina into a
room.
“Bang-”
The loud sound of the door slamming echoed deafeningly.
The man’s brows furrowed slightly, and his hand on the railing unconsciously tightened, his knuckles turning pale.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally started down the stairs…
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Jericho flung Romina onto the bed, then looked down at her from above. “Romina, what is this supposed to mean? You ignored all my calls, but the moment Joaquin calls, you come running! Are you deliberately trying to embarrass
me?”
“I didn’t know Grandpa was unwell. How was I supposed to know you were calling about that…”
The man cut her off: “You think I have nothing better to do than call you for no reason?”
“That’s true, after all, you only ever call Nadine. Why would you even think of me? You only come to me when you need something, whether it was in the past or now!”
Romina’s tone was cold and detached, her voice extremely low.
As she tried to get up, Jericho suddenly reached out, gripping her shoulder and pressing her firmly down onto the
mattress.
“Romina, it’s always been your own scheming that got you into trouble. You framed Nadine and ended up in prison. If you had been a little more innocent, maybe I wouldn’t have nothing to say to you…”
“What? Are you trying to justify your misconduct? And you think it’s my fault that you went astray?”
“When did I ever go astray? Which of your eyes saw me do anything wrong?”
Jericho’s hand on her shoulder continued to tighten its grip.
A chilling coldness radiated from his entire body.
“Do I even need to say it? Isn’t it already common knowledge?” Romina sneered, her laughter icy. “Or is it that Ms. Lambert couldn’t satisfy you, so you came back to your ex-wife?”
“I didn’t intend to do anything to you.”
“Then why are you still holding me down?”
Romina lifted her gaze, glaring at the man’s cold, sharp eyes, the corners of her lips tinged with frost.
Jericho suddenly grabbed her chin, kneeling on one knee at her left side. “Don’t forget, you’re still my wife in name. Isn’t it a wife’s duty and responsibility to satisfy her husband?”
Romina stared at him coldly. “Let go.”
“Why are you resisting so much? Do you have someone else out there?”
Jericho had no intention of letting her go, his grip only tightening.
Romina quickly turned her head away, pulling her face out of his palm.
Suddenly, the man pressed down on her, pinning her hands and trapping her on the mattress.
He used all his strength, forcing her legs apart with his knee.
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In that instant, an inexplicable tension rose in Romina’s chest.
“Jericho, what are you doing? Let me go right now!”
Romina’s voice rose a pitch.
“What else could I be doing?”
Jericho’s deep and dangerous voice drifted from the bedroom, falling into the ears of the man outside the door.
Just a door apart, yet it was two different worlds, two entirely different situations.
Joaquin’s hand had instinctively reached for the doorknob.
But just as he was about to touch it, he suddenly stopped.
They weren’t divorced yet. What reason did he have to open that door?
At that moment, a muffled shout suddenly came from inside the bedroom.
It wasn’t Romina’s.
It was Jericho’s.
