Chapter 29
Mallory’s face went pale, and she couldn’t say anything.
Not bothering to waste any more breath on Mallory, Eleanor gave her one final piece of advice
“Stop letting people use you as a pawn. Your parents truly love you, so don’t let them come the target of gossip and humiliation because of your stupidity.”
Family was Eleanor’s my weakness. For Mallory”s parents sake, she decided to give her one last chance.
When Eleanor turned to leave, a fleeting image suddenly flashed through her mind. But it disappeared before she could grasp i
“It looks like someone from my childhood,” she thought.
However, nothing came to mind, and she frowned. Instead of dwelling on it, she brushed it off and headed straight downstairs and out the door.
Sebastian was
I was waiting for her at the entrance of the Treston residence. “Did you get the answers you needed?” he asked.
Eleanor scuffed “It was end. After all that, it still traces back to your “ex–wife.”
“She’s not my ex–wife,” Sebastian corrected indifferently
“Yeah, yeah, whatever.”
As they walked away, neither of them noticed Mallory standing by the second–floor window, watching them the entire time,
the muted in a daze, “Eleanor, I really envy you. Ever since you were a child, you’ve always been the center of attention. You’re always shining, as if you’re the only woman in this wwerd. That’s why he’s drawn to you.”
Mallory had chosen to hold her birthday party at Dalvey Estate because the wanted to husk in the spotlight. She planned the champagne tower because she wanted to be the center of
attention.
Eleanor already had everything Mallory struggled to obtain. Even Sebastian became her husband. Mallory couldn’t swallow the bitterness. §
Almost unconsciously, she pushed the vase off the windowsill.
Eleanor remained unaware. The vase plummeted straight down, aiming right for her head.
At the very last second, Sebastian caught sight of it from the corner of his eye.
“Watch out!” he shouted as he lunged toward Eleanor quickly, tackling her to the ground.
The vase shattered beside them
At the same time, from somewhere in the shadows, several men in black suits aushed toward them. “Mr. Whitman!“”
Still pinned to the ground, Eleanor stated in shock at the broken vase. Then, she snapped her head up to the window on the second floor
Mallory quickly ducked out of sight
From that height, if the heavy vase hit her head, she would’ve died. Even if she survived, she would’ve been paralyzed.
Mallory!
Eleanor gritted her teeth, but she had no time to deal with it now. She quickly turned to Sebastian. “Are you okay?”
She just couldn‘
Sebastian was clutching his left shoulder, his face slightly pale. When he pushed Eleanor out of the way, he hadn’t been able to dodge completely. The vase must’ve grazed his shoulder.
Though it was just a graze, it still looked bad.
Eleanor cursed Mallory in her mind and immediately helped him up. “I’m taking you to the hospital!”
1—was a neurosurgeon there. Without hesitation, she called her.
The Trenton residence was close to jurstone General Hospital, and Selena Walker–Eleanor’s friend–v
After half an hour, the doors to the emergency room finally opened
“How is he?” Eleanor asked anxiously.
Selena, dressed in an oversized white coat and a face mask that only revealed her eyes, still managed to look beautiful.
“Relax,” she said. “It was just a dislocation and some soft tissue bruising. It’s all taken care of. When you called me earlier, I thought it was a life–or–death situation. This was nothing. Any random doctor could’ve handled i.”
Eleanor glared at her “Dislocation n‘ serious to you?”
“Conse on, the last surgery I did involved a steel rod this big stabbing straight through someone’s abdomen,” Selena replied, stretching her hands far apart.
“I spent eight hours on the operating table fighting to snatch them back from the Grim Reaper. And then, my next case was resetting your man’s shoulder.”
Her eyes twinkled behind her glasses as the scanned Sebastian up and down. With a cheeky grin, she added. “But hey, getting to lay hands on Mr. Whitman wasn’t too bad.”
