Chapter 20 Surrounded and Ambushed
+8 Pearls
Yunice <b>knew </b>she <b>was </b>about to be scolded. Lowering her tone, she <b>said</b><b>, </b>“My brother, I just went out for some air.
That single “<b>Brother</b>‘ was enough to make Owen hesitate mid–kick.
She had been back for so long, yet this <b>was </b>the first time she had called me that,
But he was not going to be fooled by her tricks. This was nothing more than an attempt to <b>avoid </b>punishment. Owen scoffed, “For some air? Nice try. Looked more like you were taking a breather on some old man’sp
Seeing Yunice’s stunned expression, he sneered. “What? Gonna im I’m falsely using you? Then tell me, where did you get the Alphasirox pills? Did you steal them, or did you pick them up off the ground?”
“Even the <b>Powell </b>family couldn’t get their hands on them, yet you could? Must be a pretty powerful sugar daddy you’ve got. Maybe one day, even my reputation will benefit from your connections!”
His words were dripping with sarcasm. Yunice <b>simply </b>repeated, “I didn’t.”
“Oh! Then where were youst night? As far as I know, you don’t have any friends willing to take you in. You’ve got no money and no ID. Where exactly did you stay?”
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So he knew. Knew that I had no friends, no identity, no money. And because he was so certain I had nowhere to go, he felt entitled to bully
Yunice replied evenly, “The streets. Under a bridge. Plenty of <b>ces </b>can shelter someone for a night. They’re just a bit cold.” She then added. “As for the pills, they were <b>given </b>to me by Wyatt.
That caught Owen off guard. But he recalled seeing her speaking with Wyatt the day before.
If it was it, then yes, he could get the medicine.
Owen’s eyes scrutinized her, scanning her up and down. She lookedpletely ordinary. “Why would he give them to you?”
“Tie mistook me for Paul’s fiancée and wanted to mess with me. Giving me the pills was his way of setting up at misunderstanding”
As Yunice spoke, she locked eyes with him. Her gaze practically said, See? You all fell for it.
Owen <b>was </b>speechless. He had not expected this to backfire <b>on </b>him.
If Wyatt had nned it that way, then Yunice was nothing more <b>than </b>a pawn. An instrument for Wyatt to provoke Paul. Wyatt had <b>always </b>shed with the Powell family. A natural–born troublemaker. This was exactly something he would do. Half convinced, Owen pressed on, “Then why didn’t you say so yesterday?”
Yunice replied, “First, if I had told you, it would’ve stirred <i>up </i>a fight between Paul and Wyatt, which doesn’t benefit me. Second, <b>Alphavirus </b>pills are good medicine. I wanted to keep them.”
Now that sounded more like the Yunice he knew. A more self–serving person.
Seeing <b>that </b>he was no longer pressing her, Yunice returned to her room to catch up on sleep.
Meanwhile, Owen had no intention of informing Paul about Wyatt’s involvement. Their family had no desire to provoke <b>that </b>mad dog
His real concern was <b>Yunice</b>. She was already an adult, headstrong and unpredictable. If they did not marry her off soon, who <b>knew </b>how much more trouble she would bring to the family?
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