"Actually, Wendy is kind of pretty, but compared to Miss Quinn, she’s not even close."
"Right, I used to wonder what kind of person could match Lord Keaton’s extraordinary charm. But after seeing Miss Quinn, it’s like she put a face on Lord Keaton’s other half."
"Isn’t Wendy a bit too confident? Sure, she looks good, but her abilities are about the same as ours. How can she compare to Miss Quinn, whose abilities far surpass ours? Only someone like her is worthy of our Lord Keaton."
The Vanguard War Generals were a bunch of straightforward men, saying whatever was on their minds.
Yet they didn’t realize that what seemed like established facts to them felt like a slap to Wendy’s face when said in front of her.
Blow after blow, making her face burn.
She couldn’t take the mocking expressions of her former teammates any longer, covering her face as she ran away.
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"What are you doing? So many people are watching. What kind of propriety is hugging and cuddling ?"
She had no interest in public displays of affection.
But just as she finished speaking, Kyle Keaton sternly reprimanded her.
"July Quinn, do you even know how dangerous these situations can be? Didn’t I tell you not to participate? Why won’t you listen?"
Initially, July was a bit angry at being yelled at.
Danger or not, she knew well enough.
Joining or not was her choice. What right did Kyle Keaton have to dictate from the sidelines?
Originally, she wanted to retaliate against Kyle Keaton, to make him understand that she’s not his pet, that she won’t accept his surveillance, nor will she live according to his preferences.
She had wanted to make this clear ever since Kyle Keaton ambushed her at Liam Monroe’s room door, but she hadn’t found the right opportunity yet.
But just as those words were about to slip out, she heard Kyle Keaton, his eyes bloodshot, ask her,
"Have you never thought about what I would do if something happened to you?"
That familiar magnetic voice had a hint of hoarseness to it, and a touch of vulnerability.
July was taken aback: "Kyle Keaton, are you worried about me?"
"If I didn’t care about you, then why did I call over so many rescue teams?" Kyle Keaton continued to roar.
God knows how terrified he was when he heard from Thomas Grant over the phone that July Quinn might be on the verge of dying at the hands of the Alpha Mercenary Corps.
At that time, he had only one belief in his heart — if anything truly happened to July Quinn, he would skin every member of the Alpha Mercenary Corps alive!
But thankfully, God heard his prayers.
It made him truly realize how beautiful the phrases "escaping death" and "regaining the lost" truly were.
But aside from gratitude, what he felt more was fear.
So he intended to give July Quinn a stern warning this time.
"July Quinn, I’m warning you. If you dare to recklessly again in the future..."
But his warning was cut off midway when July suddenly stood on her tiptoes, wrapped her slender arms around his neck, and then kissed his lips.
In that instant, nearly all the Vanguard War Generals were dumbfounded.
They thought Lord Keaton had come to offer them warmth, but instead, he came to stuff them full of romance.
A couple of single guys who couldn’t handle it quickly covered their eyes.
Of course, there were also a few who got overly excited by the romance, starting to egg them on.
"Whoa, they’re kissing."
"Lord Keaton, kiss back, don’t lose out, we support you."
Besides that, a few were nearly driving themselves mad from the emotional overload.
Watching his goddess initiate a kiss on another man, his heart churned, itching to rush over and punch Kyle Keaton twice.
But pathetically, he was currently stitching up a wound for Darren, unable to leave.
So in bitter resolve, Owen Shaw could only sew the word "endure" onto Darren’s belly.
But more painful than Owen Shaw, was Wendy.
She had always been confident that Kyle Keaton came for her, and yet not only did the reality slap her in the face, now Kyle Keaton and July Quinn were kissing.
The kiss that belonged to her by right was forcibly taken by July Quinn...
Indeed, Wendy still believed that Kyle Keaton’s heart belonged to her.
It was that shameless wretch July Quinn, who drew attention and stole Kyle Keaton’s focus from her, even forcibly kissing Kyle Keaton!
Just wait, someday she would make July Quinn return everything she took away.
Just as Wendy was fuming and nearly ripping out the grass around her, a voice came from the side: "If you’re so capable, go up there and beat her up, take the person back. If you’re not, then don’t mess up the plants here!"