What did Ms. Payne just say? She wanted to see his body? How could such an explosive statemente from her young mouth?!


    Harold gave her a long, deep look, realized she wasn''t joking, and scrambled for the door.


    "Harold!"


    Juniper frowned and strode after him. In her haste, she tripped over a nearby chair and instinctively pitched forward.


    Normally, Juniper could have caught herself, but seeing the room full of expensive reagents, she chose to take the fall. Breaking them would cost money, and that was a waste.


    "Watch out!"


    Harold saw her falling, his expression changing instantly as he opened his arms to catch her. "THUD-"


    Juniper crashed into his chest. The momentum sent them both tumbling to the floor.


    "Are you okay?" Harold asked, worried.


    "I''m fine."


    Juniper''s attention, however, was fixed on his half-unbuttoned shirt. She went straight for it, her hands tearing at the fabric. "Let me see here..."


    "What are you doing?" Harold''s face went white with panic as he instinctively tried to stop her. This girl seemed possessed today.


    Outside, Shanley was growing increasingly uneasy. He went to the break room, changed into ab coat, and went through the disinfection protocol before heading toward theb. He wasn''t going to go in, just take a peek from the door.


    He was a man approaching thirty, yet he felt like an eighteen-year-old boy, terrified that someone would steal his girlfriend.


    As he neared theb, Shanley suddenly heard amotion from inside. He quickened his pace and threw open the door. The scene that greeted him almost made him ck out He saw


    Youngdy be


    adored straddling Harold, her left hand pinning his head down while her right hand frantically tore at his clothes.


    With a loud rip, the front of Harold''s shirt was torn open, revealing his bare chest. And there, over his heart, a scar was clearly visible. There really was a scar. So, he really could be her brother, lost for fifteen years?!


    In the next second, taking advantage of her momentary shock, Harold managed to break free, flipping her over and pinning her beneath him.


    "Get away from her!" Shanley finally snapped back to his senses. His face darkened as he stormed forward, yanking Harold up andnding a solid punch on his face.


    He knew it. He knew Harold had ill intentions. He was right outside, and Harold dared to make a move on Juniper.


    Harold, clearly stunned by the blow, retaliated with a punch of his own. "Are you insane?!"


    Both of them seemed to have lost their minds today! He was the victim here. He was!


    "I warned you not to have any ideas about Juniper!" Shanley snarled, grabbing Harold''s cor. His eyes were bloodshot, his face radiating a terrifying killing intent.


    Harold winced in pain, and before he could even begin to exin, he saw Shanley''s fisting at him again—


    "Wait!"


    Juniper, having regained herposure, quickly stepped between them, forcing them apart.


    "Shanley, you..." she began, standing in front of Harold. The situation felt surreal, her voice hoarse. "Don''t touch him for now."


    Don''t touch him? Seeing her


    defending another man, Shanley felt a sharp pain in his heart. He was her future boyfriend, wasn''t he? Was Juniper taking Harold''s side? How long had they even known each other? They only run a few experiments together...


    And if he wasn''t mistaken, Juniper had been the one actively trying to undress Harold, and she''d been desperate. If Juniper had fallen for Harold, he swore he would tear that Baldy Fox''s entire medical association apart.