The air seemed to crackle with tension. Joanne said nothing as she took a tissue to wipe her lips, then stood up
to leave with her bag.
"Hey, Joannel What are you doing..." Renee immediately gripped Joanne's wrist and smiled charmingly. "I was
just messing with you, you don't have to answer if you don't want to. Why are you getting upset?"
"Why did you bring it up if you know | don't like to talk about it? It's like you wantto leave! "Joanne snapped,
her previous warmth instantly gone.
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"It's a special treatment!" Renee pursed her lips, sounding serious.
Joanne frowned. What's that?"
"Immunotherapy!" Renee cleared her throat and elaborated, "You know, people couldn't cure fever in the past.
The only resolution was to keep getting fever until their bodies built antibodies to fight off bacteria. After a while,
less people fell sick, and finally, there was no disease in that area."
What kind of crap is that? Does it have anything to do... with you mentioning that person?" Joanne was still
reluctant to talk about Quinton. She knew she couldn't take him out or remove those memories, but she could
stay away from him and everything related to him, including his friends, family, and the topics relevant to him.
She knew she shouldn't have agreed to meet Renee since-she was Quinton's sister, after all. They were bound to
talk about Quinton since Renee was so close to him, but Joanne had wanted to befriend Renee because she had
risked her life to save her once. Besides, Renee was Stefan's most beloved woman and she was a charming
person, so Joanne summoned the courage to meet her after turning her down so many times. In the end, she had
brought up Quinton, and hearing that nmade Joanne tense and becstressed... She hated herself for
losing control like this.NO5scontent rights.
"Of course!" Renee got up and pressed Joanne's shoulders to make her sit down, then carefully explained, "Don't
you think my brother is like the bacteria causing the fever? He's strong now, so you're scared of him and try to
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmstay away from him, but that isn't a solution. You should face him properly so you can becimmune to him,
then you'll gain true success!"
"That's ridiculous!" Joanne disagreed vehemently. "If you put it that way, your brother is more like a deadly virus
i stay away from him because know that I can't defeat him. If I go near him, I'll die.’
"No, that won't happen!" Renee protested. "He's different now-he's not as vicious as before. He is like a virus
that might make you sick but he won't kill you. You won't know since you're not in contact with him. He's quite
peaceful and gentle now. He rarely gets mad too... He's like a different man. He even moved on from his hatred
towards Stefan.
Knowing all this, do you still think he's scary?"