Nina Sinclair walked out of the restaurant and immediately saw Julian Lancaster and Sharon Lancaster sitting by the roadside.
Seeing Sharon’s red eyes as she clung onto Julian, crying her heart out, Nina’s heart sank into the abyss.
With all the traffic around, could it be that there was an accident?
She disregarded everything else and hurried over to help Julian up, "Julian, what are you doing here? What happened? Are you alright?"
Julian’s face was calm, he just gently shook his head.
Seeing the timing was about right, Sharon quickly said, "Nina, my brother and I came for a meal, but my brother got hit by a car. That car fled after the accident, and I don’t know what to do, boohoo..."
Hearing that Julian was in a car accident, Nina’s heart instantly tightened.
She quickly examined Julian from head to toe, checking his condition, and only relaxed when she saw he had no obvious injuries.
Just then, Joel Thatcher walked out of the restaurant and overheard Sharon’s words. When he heard Sharon say they came here to eat, a scornful look appeared on his face.
Thatcher Hospital isn’t in downtown Crestfall; it’s in a fairly suburban area. For them to be here dining is simply ridiculous.
They were clearly here targeting Nina Sinclair.
Julian has already divorced Nina, yet he brings Sharon here acting like a husband catching an errant wife. What is he doing?
Although Nina checked that nothing was severely wrong with Julian, she knew that some internal injuries in accident victims could not be seen, so she still wanted Julian to go to the hospital for a check-up.
"Let’s go to the hospital to get checked out."
Joel gave Julian a cold look, feeling even more displeased.
The man looked perfectly fine, hardly like someone who had been in a car accident. It was too coincidental for them to crash outside just as he and Nina were dining here.
Julian caught Joel’s disdainful stare.
Julian’s deep eyes held an indifferent gaze, coldly looking at Joel, making him momentarily realize he wasn’t wrong. This man was pretending to be in an accident, using a pity ploy to gain Nina’s sympathy.
Joel wanted to tell Nina about this, but seeing the expression on her face.
In her eyes, it seemed she could only see Julian. Perhaps even if he told her now, she might not listen, or worse, label him as jealous.
Joel didn’t know why, but he suddenly felt he had lost.
Even before he had started anything with Nina, he had already lost completely, with no chance of anything further.
Nina held onto Julian’s arm, asking, "Are you really okay? Is there anywhere you feel uncomfortable? Let’s go to the hospital, shall we?"
Since her mother had also been in a car accident, Nina was naturally very sensitive about such incidents.
Hearing about Julian’s car accident, she couldn’t control herself and immediately thought of the worst. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ ɴo(v)elFɪre.ɴet
Originally, Julian found Sharon’s pity ploy somewhat amusing but couldn’t help playing along. Now, seeing Nina leaving Joel to come and care for him, a warmth rose in his heart.
Actually, Nina still cares about him, which made him feel a slight pang of guilt.
But the thought of Nina being with another man made him feel that even shamelessness was acceptable.