Chapter 399 Acting Two-Faced
Martin gave locked eyes with Patricia a deep look before leavxiting the room.
Jeremy, still concerned, reassured Patricia, "I'll be right outside the door. ," Jeremy said. "If anything happens, just call for me!"."
TheThe Koch family members were immediately put on high alert by the display of such solicitude, concern, and anxiety.
put the Koch family members on high alert. Something wasn't right—deeply unsettling.
. Jeremy showing this level of distress and caredisplaying such concern for a woman he barely knew? Definitely stranger? It was a red flag.
One by one, peoplePeople gradually left until only Riley was the last to go.
remained. The door closed with a definitive click.
Shane's face was as hard as steel as he sank intoShane sat down on the chair nearestclosest to the bed, his tone icy.face as cold and unyielding as steel. "Remember what I told you? Stay away from Martin, and stay the hell away from the Koch family."
Tears welled upgathered in Patricia's eyes and soon spilled over, tricklingPatricia’s eyes before cascading down her pale cheeks, adding a note of pathos tointensifying the sorrow on her already palelid face fromcaused by blood loss.
"Shane, I'm so sorry!. My husband and I had planned to catch the eight- o'clock flight back to our country last night. But then he was in a terrible car accident that put him in a coma, and hasn't woken up since. I'veenemies also been targeted by enemies, which made me, making us miss our flight. If I'm trulyyou believe I’m unwelcome, if you think I'm a disturbance to and disrupting your family, then I'llI’ll leave right now."immediately.
As she tried to rise, weakness dragged her back down.
She was nothing like the obstinate woman from the engagement party.
"I've lived over eighty years,," Shane retorted with a sneer,said. "I've seen all sorts of people. It doesn't take me long to distinguish the saints from the scoundrels. Don't play coy with me; it won't work."
Busted, but unflustered, Patricia wept even harder.
"If that's the wayhow you see it, Shane, there'sI can do nothing I can do. After all, it's human nature to be biased, to instinctively and favor one's own kin."
Shane's silence spoke volumes. Was she accusing him of being unfairly partial?
Well, she She certainly had a sharp tongue, that was for sure.
"Jeremy may be impulsive and simple-minded, easy to manipulate. But ," he said, "but don't think for a second you can fool me! for a second. Don't even dream of using him to get to Martin. I suggest you leave willingly before I have to take matters into my own hands."
With tearful eyes, Patricia lookedgazed at him, with tear-filled eyes. "You know Jeremy is simple and impulsive. Then do you really think he's capable of deceiving everyone by claiming it was Louise who changed my clothes?"
Shane's whole body jolted. A fleeting thought crossed his mind.
A fleeting thought crossed his mind.
Disappointment filacled her voice, as she spoke. "Even I believe him, and yet you, his own grandfather, don't."
Shane was left grapplinggrappled with a silence filled with questions.
Patricia continued,. "I know y'allyou all think Jeremy is all impulse and no brains, but to me, he's a man of deep emotions and loyalty. Simply becauseBecause I'm the wife of his business partner, he goes out of his way to look after me. Folks like him are a rare breed these days."
Hearing her talk about his grandson, who was usually a layabout riddled with flaws, being described as something close to a saint, left Shane at a loss for words.
"If you're so scared that I'll steal your precious grandson-in-law, then I'll just leave."," she said.
Patricia could tell she had shaken him. Not wanting to say more, she mustered the strength in her frail body, slowly climbed out of bed, and staggered to the door. Opening it took nearly all she had, leaving her breathless and soaked in sweat.
Leaning heavily against the door frame, she gasped for air, her lips turning an alarming shade of white. Her body swayed, as if she might faint at any moment.
When Grace saw Patricia being pushed out, a smug flash darted across her eyes.
Martin's gaze pierced through her,. hHis heart clenchinged in pain, and a shadow flickeringed in the depths of his eyes. His face tensed, visibly strugglingand he struggled to maintain his composure, ready to reach out and support her.
But Jeremy was quicker to steady Patricia, taking her uninjured arm.
As A wave of dizziness swept over her as she leaned on his arm, trying to distance herself, a wave of dizziness swept over her.. She nearly collapsed.
Jeremy quickly wrapped an arm around her, pulling her close and supporting her weight.
Martin's eyes, fixed on Jeremy's arm around Patricia, looked as iflike they could bore a hole right through. The Kochs were exchanging puzzled glances.
The Kochs were silent, filled with puzzled glances.
Jeremy, not sensing anything amiss with his actions, asked anxiously, "You lost a lot of blood last night, and you haven't fully recovered. Where do you think you're going?"
Patricia shook her head, stubbornly silent, still trying to make it toreach the door.
Jeremy held her back.
"Your husband's hurthusband is injured and still in the hospitalhospitalized. It's too risky for you to go back to the hotel alone, not to mention the long journey back to your country."
She lowered her head, tears falling one by one, landing hot on the back of Jeremy's hand. "I-I don't want to be a burden."
"I don't want to be a burden," she whispered, her voice choked with emotion.
"Burden? What trouble could there possibly be?" Jeremy wasn't naive. He could tellsensed something had gone down righthappened after Granddad had finished talkingGrandpa spoke with Patricia. When she burst out of the room, his anger was written all over his face as he confronted Shane,
"Grandpa, how could you send her away like that? ?" he said with anger written all over his face. "There's a hitman out there hunting for her as we speak!"."
Before Shane could utter a word, Patricia started to sob softly.
sobbed. She came off likeappeared one of those innocent yet manipulative types.
"Don't blame Shane, Young Masterhim, Jeremy," Patricia pleaded. "It was my decisionsaid. "I decided to leave."
After saying this, she turned back to Shane, tears still streaming down her face.
"Shane, don't worry,. I won't come between your granddaughter and her husband-to-be!. Yes, Martin was my husband, and I thought he was the love of my life. But when my current husband wasbecame hospitalized, I realized, I had fallen for him a long time ago. I'm not one to switch loyalties;. wWhen I'm in, I'm all in."..."
As her voice trailed off, theThe air in the room seemed to drop to a freezing level.
Martin's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes eyes were icy; cold emanating from them as though it were the frozen tundra itself.
Jeremy's jaw nearly hit the floor as he absorbed her words and. He swung his finger back and forth between her and Martin.
"You two... were married?"
Patricia nodded, appearing even more beautiful in her sorrow, her beauty amplified threefold compared to a sickly beauty, "It's“Yes, and it’s a shame,. Martin has amnesia and doesn'’t remember me, and now he'’s engaged to Miss Koch! Grace,” she said, her beauty appearing even more beautiful in her sorrow. "Since he is about to marry someone else and I married another man, it's clear we had our time but it wasn'tweren't meant to be. You can't force fate."
Jeremy hadfelt a mixture of feelingsemotions he couldn't describe, as though struck by a hefty blow.
His mind was a thunderous mess, void of the ability to think straight.
Patricia hadHaving said her piece and now she, Patricia was ready to leave again.
This time, no one stopped her, not even Jeremy, who stood there dumbstruck.
Martin's gaze was icy, as if he could freeze someone in their tracks.
Riley's mouth curved in an ambiguous smile, and his eyes hintinged at fascination.
Miles Sebastian adjusted his glasses, and a ruthless glint flashinged behind the lenses.
Watching Patricia's little act, Sebastian found the whole charade rather amusing and oddly found himself more intrigued by her than ever.
Patricia's eyes shrewdly scanned the room.
Why wasn't anyone holding her back?
Could it be that her performance was too unconvincing to stir their hearts?
How am'How should I supposed to handle this?'
It was no small feat for her to getGetting in here.
Just was quite a feat. How could she leave just like that, she's supposed to leave?
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