?Chapter 736:


    Bryan’s POV:


    The moment I walked out of the vi, a sharp cold in the air struck me, easing my heated emotions.


    Thinking back on how roughly I had treated Makenna earlier, I felt a wave of guilt.


    Dominic noticed the change in my demeanor and smirked. “Feeling sorry for her now?”


    Hisment sparked my rage again. I faced him with a fierce look and snapped, “Aren’t you a bit sorry for her as well?”


    Caught off guard by my question, Dominic’s smile disappeared, and he stayed quiet.


    “What do you make of this? Could it really be that Makenna… cheated with someone else?” yton broke the tense silence, massaging his forehead tiredly. His question plunged us back into silence, leaving only the howling wind around us.


    After a lengthy silence, I inhaled deeply, finding it hard to speak. “I want to trust Makenna, but it’s difficult. There was no sign of any drug in her system, but she was found kissing a man in a warehouse. Just imagining her with him feels like a heavy burden on my heart, making it tough to breathe.”


    Dominic nodded in agreement and said in a deep voice, “Moreover, both Makenna and the man seemed entirely sober when we saw them. It wasn’t as if they were under any drug influence.”


    yton absorbed our thoughts. He stayed quiet for a long period before he managed to say, “But why? Why would Makenna do such a thing? It’s out of character for her.”


    I tightened my hands into fists, feeling frustration and confusion mounting inside me. I then said through clenched teeth, “Might it be because of Evelyn? Could she have been envious of the attention we shower on Evelyn and decided to retaliate against us?”


    Dominic gave a dismissive roll of his eyes at my theory, clearly finding it ridiculous. “Makenna wouldn’t stoop so low.”


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    His response made me question my own assumptions, and I asked in distress, “Then what could possibly be her reason?”


    Dominic’s eyes narrowed thoughtfully. “Though, something Makenna mentioned did catch my attention. It does seem odd that we happened to appear at the hospital’s warehouse at that time.”


    His words snapped yton and me from our daze. We nodded in agreement, recalling how the doctor who had led us to the warehouse for medicine had acted oddly, almost as if he were steering us there on purpose. A flicker of hope ignited in me. “So, there’s a chance Makenna is actually innocent.”


    Dominic, however, shook his head in resignation and sighed, “We still can’t be sure.”


    Confused, I pressed him, asking, “Why not?”


    yton looked toward Dominic and added, “It’s because of that man. He seems to be a wizard. Makenna seemed familiar with him, and he obviously cared for her. If he didn’t, he wouldn’t have intervened to protect her from harm when you raised your fist.”


    I quickly rified, “I never meant to hit Makenna. I was just trying to vent my frustration on the wall behind her.”


    Dominic massaged his temples tiredly and muttered, “Nevertheless, we have to keep Makenna here for the time being and fully investigate the events of tonight.”


    I felt utterly trapped in thisvish vi that masqueraded as a gilded cage, suffocating under the weight of its opulence.


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