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Chapter 118
Right after Charlotte said that, the elevator dinged and she entered the elevator with a charming smile on the corner of her lips.
On the other hand, Victoria pressed her lips even tighter when she looked at the thermos flask in her hands before she trudged
to the elevator.
The Spritz siblings might be unavoidable dog poo, but Christian was a ferocious hound that had almost killed her with his bites a
few times now. Even though she hated him and wanted to kill him if possible, she was pressed under his sharp claws. She had
no choice but to submit to him in order to avoid being torn to shreds.
There were a lot of people in the hospital. An old man with a missing left arm, and had a prosthetic calf and a face full of wrinkles
lit up when he saw Victoria. He then patted the equally disabled young man beside him and pointed in Victoria’s.
Another pair of eyes lit up then.
Supporting each other, the men limped their way to Victoria and stopped her.
When she looked up, she was greeted by two unfamiliar faces. One of the men was probably in his 60s or 70s from the looks of
his a lined face, and the other was about 30 or 40 years old. This one had tanned skin and fine lines at the corners of his eyes.
Even though they were of different ages, they were both disabled people. Their clothes looked tidy, but it had obviously been
washed so many times the colors were slightly faded. They also had on rarely-seen black shoes made of clothes.
Judging from their appearance, they either looked like beggars, or fraudsters that would go, “Little lady, I am a few dollars short
on travel money. Can you please lend me a few bucks?”
She took a look at the two of them again to make sure she didn’t know them. “Is there something you need me for?” she asked.
Thump!
The men didn’t say a word, and only exchanged a brief glance before they fell to their knees. Their actions were so conspicuous
that they immediately attracted the attention of the curious crowd.
Seeing this, Victoria only knitted her eyebrows together and looked at them with emotionless eyes. She didn’t help them up nor
say a word.
“Don’t get us wrong!” The middle-aged man waved his hand at her twice when he noticed Victoria’s reaction. He then explained
in broken standard English, “We are neither beggars nor swindlers. We are farmers who you have helped before! We wanted to
thank you when we saw you!”
The older man was wiping his tears away as he listened to his companion speak in a dialect Victoria couldn’t really understand.
flask in her arms.
The middle-aged man hurriedly helped the old man up, then together they limped to Victoria before he blurted out, “We really are
not liars. We only want to thank you since we coincidentally bumped into you!”
His tanned face slowly became flushed under her suspicious gaze. “We came here to be laborers, or in your people’s words,
construction workers. When the building collapsed, it injured a few of us, and there were also a few that died. Our employer ran
off after the incident! If it wasn’t for you who sold the birthday gifts and donated the money to us, we wouldn’t even have money
for medical treatment and prostheses! I must kowtow to you!”
He immediately tried to get to his knees again after he said that.
When Victoria heard that, she gave it a thought, and only then did she recall that she had asked Jill to sell all the presents from
her birthday banquet and donate the proceeds to the disabled.
She quickly placed the flask on the floor and bent down to help the middle-aged man up. “You don’t have to thank me. I will be
heading off. I have something to attend to.”
She didn’t take the credit for her actions, and she also didn’t stay behind to listen to the endless praises the crowd were
showering her in. She only bent forward to pick up the flask before she lined up in front of the elevator.
“Come here, young lady. You should change places with me. You should stand here instead!” A robust middle-aged woman with
a loud voice swiftly pulled Victoria to the front, and she herself stood at the back of the row. She then gave a thumbs-up to the
people around her. “What a beautiful and kind-hearted person this young lady is!”
The crowd immediately agreed with her and started praising Victoria as well.
By the time she stepped into the elevator, she saw that the two crippled farmers were still waving at her with all their might, and
they both had smiles filled with gratitude on their faces.
Victoria, too, slowly flashed a subtle, but genuine smile that reached her eyes as she looked at them.
Christian’s VIP ward was on the twelfth floor. After she reached the ward, she stood outside the door for some time before she
finally brought a hand up to knock on the door.
“Come in.” Christian’s clear voice called out from inside.
Hearing that, she looked at the door and licked her dry lips before she pushed the door open and went in.
The man’s dark eyes flashed when he saw her walk in. He then quickly kept the thing he was fiddling with, but no matter how
quickly he did that, Victoria still saw it. He was holding her jade pendant that was supposed to be in the previous supervisor’s
hand.
Charlotte has something to deal with. That is why she told me to come.”
A lot of people had been fired after yesterday’s incident. Even though she didn’t know how he was planning to handle her, she
knew that he wouldn’t just fire her, as that would be going too easy on her.
He hummed in response. He then fell silent after looking at her for a while.
It made Victoria uncomfortable from her head to toe as long as he was around. Lowering her head, she stood with her back
tense for more than 20 minutes until her palms were drenched in sweat. “If there is nothing else, I will—”
“I’m hungry.” He threw her a quick glance and interrupted her before he put the jade pendant on his neck again.
Victoria only frowned without moving any other muscle.
Seeing this, Christian propped up the bed with one hand and sat up. “Get me a bowl of soup.”
“Sure.” Victoria held back the anger that was about to burst out of her body and responded .com fast updatein a low
voice. She then went over to pour him some soup.
She didn’t understand how he could act so nonchalant in front of her today when he had just thrown her naked body out in the
corridor yesterday.
Distracted, she brought the bowl of soup to him, and bent her torso to give him the bowl.
However, Christian didn’t take the soup; his eyes were fixated on the red spot on her neck. As his eyes dimmed, he touched her
neck with an elegant finger. “How did you get this mark?” His voice was slightly cold.
The cold touch on her neck sent a shiver throughout her body. Immediately, Victoria stood up straight and tugged on her collar to
cover the trace, but she didn’t say anything.
She didn’t want to explain it to Christian. In fact, she didn’t need to.
Because by the end of the day, his attitude toward her was going to be the same anyway.
“Victoria.” As Christian looked at her impassive expression, he felt as though there was a ball of cotton soaked in water in his
chest. His breathing didn’t feel any smoother even after he undid a button. “I am asking you a question.”
Her eyelashes trembled, and she looked up at him. However, she quickly lowered her head again. “Is there a rule in the club that
stipulates all the subordinates have to answer the superiors’ questions? If not, I refuse to answer.”
His gaze on her instantly sharpened as he locked his eyes on her. “Victoria,” he warned, his voice having gotten a little louder.
He had started unconsciously tapping on the bed with his finger.
She raised her head again, but she didn’t lower it this time. “You don’t need to speak so loudly. I have good hearing. I can hear
you. Is there anything you need me for?”
The corners of her lips had curled into a small smile.
She used to be so careful with currying his favor in the past only to no avail. The anger, repression, and hatred she held in
instantly became overwhelming joy when she saw the gloomy expression on his face.
Victoria had probably been driven to madness by Christian.
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