Evangeline had been about to refuse, but hearing his final plea and seeing his weakened state, she swallowed her words.


    She figured Soren must have hit his head when he fell and would probably forget about this in a couple of days.


    Besides, was a family asrge as the Fawkes family really going to be short one bowl of soup for him?


    She didn''t need to get tangled up with Soren over such a small thing again.


    Evangeline neither refused nor agreed.


    She brushed him off casually. “I''ll see. If I have time, I''ll stop by."


    With that, she stood up, walked out the door, and hurried downstairs.


    Finn''s car was waiting outside. Evangeline scanned her surroundings warily before getting into the passenger seat.


    The assassination attempt still left her shaken. The attacker had failed once, which meant he would surely try again.


    But then she reconsidered. This was a hospital. No matter how audacious the attacker was, he wouldn''t dare make a move in a ce like this.


    With that thought, she rxed a little.


    Finn asked briefly about Soren''s condition. Learning that Soren was awake and not


    in any serious danger, he felt a sense of relief.


    It wasn''t that he was genuinely worried about Soren.


    It was that Soren couldn''t die just yet.


    "Victor is back in the country,” Finn said. "Things are about to get tricky."


    Evangeline nodded.


    In fact, after the incident, when Glenn discovered the killer was from the Fawkes family and had then killed himself, she had already guessed who truly wanted her dead.


    While the Fawkes family disliked her, they had no reason to be so ruthless.


    The only person who could hate her so intensely, driven to madness by years of resentment to the point of wanting her dead, was Victor.


    Finn hade to the same conclusion.


    He smiled at Evangeline and asked jokingly, "Are you scared?"


    Evangeline thought for a moment, then shook her head.


    "I was before."


    "But for some reason, I''m not as scared anymore."


    Especially when she thought about her time with Theresa, seeing the bright, long- lost smile on her face. She felt that everything she had done had been meaningful.


    The fear she had felt before simply melted away.


    Finn squeezed her hand and chuckled softly. "Good."


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    Before Evangeline could understand what he meant by "good," Finn continued, Victor could make a move at any time For the next little while, you should stay at my ce."


    "I''ll be there. I''ll protect you."


    Evangeline nodded.


    When they arrived at Finn''s vi, Evangeline saw that Glenn and Arabe were also


    there, sitting on the sofa, talking about something.


    Back in the forest, the sudden and dangerous interruption meant Glenn had gone after the assant white Evangeline had dpanied the Fawkes family to take Sorento the hospital.


    The two had barely had a chance to speak.


    During the days Evangeline was


    missing after the fall, even though


    Glenn had told himself she was


    alive, he knew


    the chances of


    Survival in that environment were


    slim.


    He had already prepared himself for the worst.


    But now, Evangeline was truly back, alive. Though he already knew, seeing her


    standing before him, safe and sound, was different.


    Glenn made almost no effort to hide his excitement. He shot up from the sofa and strode over to her.


    He desperately wanted to hug her.


    But seeing Finn standing beside her, Glenn forced himself to hold back.


    He suppressed his overwhelming joy at having her back and tried to make his tone sound as natural as possible.


    "How are you?"


    "Are you hurt anywhere?"


    Evangeline shook her head. "The Lockridges'' doctor just checked us over. It''s just some scrapes and bruises, nothing serious."


    "But... I found Tessa."