Nathan was already sitting on the sofa, totally in a daze.
Sonny rushed to examine Nathan’s wounds and was relieved to find that his boss had only been whipped twice on the left arm. With a sigh of relief, Sonny quickly cleaned the wounds for Nathan.
Some of the whip’s thorns had even become embedded in Nathan’s arm, so Sonny carefully used tweezers to remove them and disinfect the wound.
Recounting what had happened at the door, Sonny shared everything with Nathan.
“Sir, I’m sorry,” Sonny said apologetically.
“I’m just afraid that you might get injured again and put yourself in danger during the mission later. I didn’t expect Miss Simmons to see me holding the medicine. Once the mission is complete, I’ll explain it to her myself.”
Nathan’s eyes lost their Luster.
“You work for me, and I should take responsibility for your actions. Your explanation won’t be enough.
She won’t trust me again.”
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Sonny landed a hard slap across his own face.
“I’m so sorry! It’s all my fault!” He hit himself again, frustrated with his stupidity.
“How could I have been so foolish?”
Sonny hit himself so hard that his face swelled and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
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“Well, I messed up first. I’ll find a way to explain things to her myself. You don’t need to blame yourself,” Nathan assured him.
But Sonny couldn’t help but blame himself. Nathan was his savior, his boss, and his family.
He and Nathan might have had occasional arguments, but Sonny always stood by his side.
After his wound was treated, Nathan and his men departed the city under the veil of nightfall.
Lucinda tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.
She had been grateful to Nathan for saving her life, but now that she knew it had all been a lie – that he had faked his death to manipulate her into feeling guilty – she felt foolish for having cried for him so many times in the past.
And to make matters worse, she had resigned herself to a life without marriage or children, planning to return to Forden to live alone with her memory of Nathaniel.
She now realized how foolish she had been.
What Nathan had done was unforgivable in her eyes.
However, she also knew it was impossible for her to seek revenge by taking his life.
The only thing she could do was cut off all contact with him, in hopes of slowly forgetting these painful memories.