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Chapter 371

Chapter 371 She Was Not a Saint.

At this point, he still had the nerve to say these things to me. I glared at him, somewhat annoyed. He

didn’t seem to be in a hurry, calmly saying, “Don’t worry, nothing will happen, I will handle it.”

I pursed my lips, still feeling worried inside. Belongs © to NôvelDrama.Org.

The car arrived at the hotel, where the old lady and Emma were waiting downstairs. Seeing us get out

of the car, the old lady came forward and asked, “Is everyone okay?” After saying this, she turned to

me and asked with concern, “Tabatha, what did the doctor say about your injury?”

I shook my head slightly, smiling faintly, “It’s okay, they’re just minor injuries, they’ll heal with some

rest.”

She nodded slightly.

It wasn’t good to linger too much at the hotel entrance, so I returned to my room. Today’s events were

too sudden. After going upstairs, Walter was called away by the old lady.

Emma helped me into the room and said, “Grandma just said that everyone was scared today, so we

won’t go out to eat. The hotel waiter will bring food to the room later. Tabatha, you rest well. If you need

anything, call me.”

I nodded, smiling faintly, “Alright, thank you, sister-in-law.”

She shook her head, guiltily saying, “I should be the one thanking you. If it weren’t for you pushing us

onto the car today and facing those people by yourself, I’m afraid the ones who would have gotten hurt

would be me and the old lady.”

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I shook my head slightly, saying, “You’re being too polite. You and grandma, one pregnant and one

elderly, it’s only right that I should protect you. Besides, I didn’t get hurt. Sister-in-law, don’t take this to

heart and don’t blame yourself.”

She pursed her lips, walked over to me, and still very seriously said thank you.

I knew that she might not listen to what I had to say, my gaze fell on her belly as I said, “Sister-in-law,

you should go home and rest. You’ve been through a lot today, you must be very tired.”

She hummed in agreement, gave a few instructions, and as she reached the door, she stopped again,

looking at me, seemingly wanting to say something but hesitating.

Seeing her like this, I couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong with sister- in-law?”

She hesitated, and after a while, she said, “Tabatha, your friend, did. she come to Springbury for

tourism or for work?”

Friend?

For a few seconds, my mind was blank, I didn’t know what she was

saying.

However, I soon realized who she was talking about, Rachel.

I hesitated for a few seconds, looking at her, stammering, “Sister-in- law, I…”

“Last night, I saw it,” she said bluntly, her gaze steady.

For a moment, I didn’t know what to say. I also understood that she didn’t want to stroll around the

night market last night, but wanted to see who William was meeting.

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Rachel, she was known.

I took a deep breath, looked at her, and calmly said, “Sister-in-law, whether you believe it or not, I had

no idea about Rachel coming to Springbury. As for what’s going on between her and my elder brother, I

admit, I had some suspicions before, but I don’t know how far things have progressed between them.”

Emma’s expression was light, she lowered her eyes and touched her lower abdomen, then looked at

me and pulled a slight smile, saying, “I didn’t mean to blame you, don’t be nervous. I’m telling you this

because I want you to pass the message to your friend. William has told me everything, he didn’t do

anything excessive to your friend, nor did he have any other intentions. Please tell your friend not to

bother William anymore. The reason he saved her in the first place was because the situation was

urgent. If it were any of your friends, William would have stepped in. She’s not an exception.”

I nodded, letting out a sigh of relief in my heart. As long as there were no other excessive actions

between William and Rachel, it would be fine.

After speaking, Emma left with a faint smile.

I sat on the bed in a daze for a while. The sky in Springbury darkened late, the sunset outside had not

yet fallen, layers upon layers of orange clouds hung on the horizon, so beautiful that it felt somewhat

unreal.

Indeed, I needed to talk to Rachel. After our last argument, so much had happened to me and I hadn’t

had the time to properly talk to her. But now that she was also in Springbury, perhaps it was necessary

to arrange a meet-up to chat.

I called her, and she picked up after a short while. I couldn’t discern her emotions over the phone, but

there was a hint of unfamiliarity. “What’s up?”

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Knowing it was because of what I said last night, I pursed my lips and asked, “Have you had dinner?

Shall we eat together later?”

The voice paused for a moment before saying, “Okay.”

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