Raina originally wanted to refuse, but her fingers moved slightly and ultimately didn’t.
She knew Elias Hawthorne had seen the bruises all over her body, and the cold, terrifying aura emanating from him made it nearly impossible for her to breathe. Suddenly, she heard the man speak, his words filled with endless anger: "Raina, what on earth is going on with you?"
Raina raised her eyes to look at Elias’s gloomy and frightening appearance, and Corvus Hades’s words whispered in her ear not long ago floated through her mind again.
Corvus Hades had said: You’ve been kidnapped for so many days, your body is covered in marks, do you think he’ll still be able to trust you?
Before she didn’t care because she always considered Elias Hawthorne a passerby.
But now, at this moment, she realized she still had extravagant hopes.
That hope made her unable to control herself; she wanted to gamble one more time.
However, in the end, she still lost.
Raina suppressed the surging emotions, her gaze growing cold. Just as she was about to push Elias away, she heard him speak again: "You were bitten by a dog, hurry up and get the rabies vaccine and tetanus shot, the wounds haven’t been treated. Do you know how dangerous it is to be exposed ?"
Raina was dumbfounded, and at one point even doubted her ears were malfunctioning.
Elias got up, made the calls and arrangements, then seeing Raina still dazed on the big bed, couldn’t help but urge: "I’ve already called a doctor to The Celestial Alliance to help treat your wounds; we can’t delay any longer." Pausing for a moment, he couldn’t help but say: "Raina, I know you received a call and were anxious to go home, but no matter how anxious you are, your safety should be a priority. Nothing is more important than your well-being, understand?"
If you are safe and well, even if it’s to the ends of the earth, there’ll always be a day to meet, just time.
This time, Raina understood everything clearly, and after staying silent for a while, she couldn’t help but say: "It wasn’t a dog, it was a person, Corvus Hades bit me."
Raina knew she was courting death by saying this. With how things had developed until now, she should have said nothing; that would be the best outcome.
But, she still couldn’t control herself.
Suddenly, Raina remembered what Master Phoenix had once said about her.
The master said she had heaven-given talent, yet wasn’t exceptionally clever. Truly clever people pretend to be confused.
As they say, sometimes confusion is a blessing.
Raina thought, if being confused is what counts as exceptionally clever, then she is destined to never learn it in this lifetime.
"I know it was a person who bit you. But whether bitten by a person or a dog, there are countless bacteria, and there’s still the risk of rabies," Elias rationally explained. "Raina, you can’t assume just because he’s human, he won’t hurt you like a dog would."
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Raina, unable to bear it anymore, said, "Elias Hawthorne, seeing the bite marks on my neck and the bruises all over, is this all you have to say? Could you not suspect anything?"
"Suspect what? Suspect you have something going on with another man? Or suspect you and Corvus Hades are in love? Raina..." Elias called Raina’s name, sighed lowly, filled with helplessness: "I’m not that foolish yet."
How proud Raina was; if she was truly in love with another man, why would she marry him?
Even if it was merely a stop-gap measure, simply searching for her missing child was a valid reason.
Thinking about that child, Elias’s eyes flickered slightly, as if considering some possibility.
But now, it wasn’t the time to verify.
Raina said in silence, "Elias Hawthorne."
She called his name, intending to say something, but felt all words were leaving her speechless.