Chapter 40 mes and Doubt


    Yvonne quickly reported the facts.


    “Ms. Summers is recovering steadily, but the burns are extensive. We can’t risk touching her carelessly. And every time she wakes up, she’s in excruciating pain. I can’t give her too many painkillers either. Thankfully, you’re finally awake, Mr. Gunn.”


    As Yvonne spoke, Baron’s eyes darkened slightly.


    Natalie’s body was covered in burns. Her skin was severely fused and damaged-she wasn’t even eligible for a skin graft at this point.


    But just standing by and watching her suffer… he couldn’t breathe properly with that thought stuck in his chest.


    Whoever had hurt her needed to pay.


    Even if Natalie nned to take revenge herself someday, that didn’t mean he couldn’t start collecting interest now.


    “Go investigate the exact cause of the fire that injured Natalie. The reports from Phantom were scattered and iplete. I want full details-everything.”


    At the mention of Phantom, Yvonne paused.


    “I’ll go, Mr. Gunn. I need to know what really happened to my sister in Ocean City.”


    By all logic, Phantom was supposed to be a top-tier agent. Protecting someone like Natalie shouldn’t have cost her life.


    Yvonne couldn’t wrap her head around it.


    Baron nced at her. “Whatever the results are, I want to be the first to know. And if you ever take your sister’s death out on Natalie, you’ll leave her side. Understood?”


    “Don’t worry, Mr. Gunn. I’ll take good care of Ms. Summers. I won’t hold anything against her.”


    Yvonne made her position clear.


    Baron said nothing more and took over Natalie’s treatment himself.


    Seeing that Baron had no intention of speaking to him, Finn slipped out of the room quietly.


    Yvonne followed soon after.


    “Finn,” she asked as they walked, “was my sister on another mission before she left for Ocean City?”


    Finn frowned faintly. “What are you getting at?”


    “My sister wouldn’t make rookie mistakes. Both times Ms. Summers was attacked, my sister wasn’t there. That’s not normal.”


    Yvonne had done her homework on Natalie’s incidents.


    When Sharon arranged to have Natalie’s hand severed, Phantom wasn’t there. When Natalie was drugged and kidnapped, Phantom was also absent.


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    That wasn’t something apetent bodyguard would let happen-not twice.


    Finn lowered his voice. “Your sister’s gone. There’s no need to dig too deep. She died saving Natalie. From now on, Mr. Gunn will look after you. As long as you don’t cross his bottom line, your path will be smooth from here on out. Just focus on finding out who kidnapped Natalie-forget the rest.”


    He turned to leave.


    But Yvonne’s eyes narrowed.


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    How could that be?


    A thread of doubt passed through her mind.


    She immediately went off to investigate the fire and the details Baron had asked for-but she also resolved to secretly look into Phantom’s death and why she had failed to protect her charge.


    Whatever the truth was, Yvonne didn’t want to go through life in the dark.


    Baron adjusted Natalie’s treatment n but didn’t leave her side.


    Holding her medical chart in his hand, his long, pale fingers clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white. He looked down at the sleeping Natalie-her brow tightly furrowed, her muscles twitching involuntarily from the burns. His heart ached unbearably.


    “Still as foolish as you were five years ago.”


    His voice was quiet, but Natalie’s eyes suddenly opened.


    When she saw him sitting there, she thought it was a hallucination.


    “Baron?”


    “Well, would you look at that. You actually remember my name. That’s progress.”


    His tone had a sharp edge of sarcasm.


    But Natalie quickly realized it wasn’t a dream.


    “You’re awake?”


    She lit up and tried to sit up, but the motion tugged at her wounds. Her face twisted in pain, and the corners of her lips cracked- blood beading immediately.


    Baron’s expression changed in an instant.


    “Don’t move! Do you even know what condition you’re in?”


    He moved to help her up, but stopped short, afraid to touch her and make the injury worse. He hovered awkwardly, clearly agitated.


    Natalie didn’t get mad at his harsh tone. Instead, she smiled happily.


    “Why are you smiling? Did the fire fry your brain?”


    He couldn’t stand the sight of that smile.


    That kind of bright, radiant smile didn’t belong on a face covered in burn scars.


    But Natalie felt her eyes sting.


    If not for him, she would’ve been dead.


    Even though she was barely alive now, she still owed him her life.


    “Baron, I’m just d you’re okay. Please don’t do anything so reckless again. We’ve barely met. You didn’t have to almost die saving me.”


    “Natalie, are you saying I should’ve minded my own business?”


    His face darkened instantly.