<h4>Chapter 287: Chapter 287: I’m afraid it’s not up to you anymore</h4>


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    The two bickered their way to the inpatient department.


    Scarlett Yates was not entirely clear about Alice Green’s condition, but ording to Knox Simmons, it was nothing serious anymore.


    The high-end VIP Ward area was built like a resort vi.


    The elevator stopped on the fifth floor.


    The moment she stepped out, Scarlett Yates suddenly felt a twinge of fear.


    It was as if all the courage she had mustered up initially, and the impulse born out of anger, suddenly disappeared just before she was about to see Matthew Saxon.


    Knox Simmons walked out first, not yet noticing her change, and while walking, he said, "Scarlett, don’t be afraid, no matter what happenster, I’m on your side. Although Matthew and I have been friends since childhood, I will definitely not be biased toward him."


    After walking a few steps, he noticed the silence behind him.


    "Scarlett, what’s wrong?" He turned around and saw Scarlett Yates still standing at the elevator exit, just staring at him nkly, with no intention of following.


    "I..."


    Scarlett felt that deep inside, she was still a coward.


    A coward who would flee before a battle.


    Even she despised herself.


    She looked at Knox, who was staring back in confusion, bit her lip, and found it difficult to speak.


    How to say it?


    Tell him that she suddenly felt scared and didn’t dare to face it, so she wanted to run away?


    Not only did she think it would be embarrassing to say it out loud, but even she herself did too.


    She didn’t know how to start, so she simply remained silent.


    Knox stared at her suspiciously for a while, then suddenly curled his lips, seemingly seeing through her thoughts.


    He slowly stepped back to her.


    With an enchantingly handsome face, he got close to hers, "Don’t want to go?"


    "I, I don’t know either." Scarlett struggled for a moment, frowning in frustration.


    Knox smiled gently, his fingers as beautiful as his face lightly touched her forehead, pushing away a lock of hair that blocked her brow, and softly said, "If you don’t want to go, don’t force yourself. Why not walk around downstairs, and I’ll take a quick look, thene down to find you?"


    Scarlett bit her lip but said nothing.


    There was a hint of hesitation and struggle in her eyes.


    To go or not to go?


    After what happenedst night, after she used his kisses of being disgusting, should she still go?


    He probably wouldn’t want to see her, would he?


    After such an unpleasant scenest night, her appearance would just annoy him.


    "I think...I better not go." Even if it meant losing face, it was better than facing his cold, contemptuous gaze.


    She admitted she was a coward.


    A coward who only thought of escaping when faced with problems.


    She thought it’d be humiliating to face Knox, so she kept her head down the whole time, her fingers entangled in each other, just like her current state of mind—chaotic and tangled.


    So, she didn’t notice Knox’s expression change suddenly.


    Nor did she see his gaze move past her,nding on the corridor to her left.


    In the long corridor, a few nurses and doctors walked by intermittently, nodding slightly in greeting to the two, with a very polite demeanor.


    A handsome man and a beautiful woman naturally draw attention, and in addition to one being the Saxon Family’s Young Master and the other a big star, it was even more so.


    Knox fixated on the slowly approaching Matthew Saxon and Alice Green, sighed softly, and gently rubbed Scarlett’s forehead, saying helplessly, "Scarlett, this issue is now probably beyond your control."