Chapter 212

Chapter 212

"No, I'll think you're amazing. I'll think you've finally learned to protect yourself, Victoria. So all of that was real?"

Chris was genuinely happy for Victoria, but also a bit hesitant.

He had just helped Chase deceive Victoria today. If Victoria hadn't trusted him, she would have seen through such a clumsy lie long ago.

Victoria was in a good mood. "Yeah, after all, I don't trust anyone except you guys, so I could only force those people to choose me. Besides, we're using each other - he's not losing out either."

The car drove smoothly.

The weight on Chris's chest lifted.

He had always felt that, with Victoria's inherent kindness, she would probably have a hard time carrying out her revenge.

He hadn't expected that Victoria had already transformed inside.

"So what are you planning to do next?"

Chris was even more worried for Chase. Victoria was making progress now, but what about Chase? If Victoria found out the truth later, would Chase still be able to stay by her side as he wished?

"It's simple. Tomorrow I'll go visit that man, then clean house at my company and hire some new employees. Only by constantly growing can I have the means to fight back."

Victoria knew she was still far from that man's level and could only take it slowly.

According to her plan, she would resolve everything within two years...

The car arrived at Chris's door.

Victoria urged him to come rest at her villa, but Chris kept waving his hands in refusal, like someone with a guilty conscience.

"No thanks, Victoria. I'd rather stay at home. You should go back and rest early too. See you tomorrow."

Chris closed the door directly.

Victoria stood outside his door, feeling like this man was hiding something from her.

She turned to leave, and after just a couple of steps, she saw Aiden standing not far away.

Aiden stood in the moonlight, his clothes particularly disheveled, his eyes slightly red.

The moment he saw Victoria.

He rushed over desperately, holding Victoria tightly in his arms, like he was holding some precious treasure he had lost and found again.

"Why didn't you tell me when you left? Why didn't you wake me up?"

His voice even revealed a hint of grievance and something strange.

Victoria pushed him away directly and scolded coldly, "What are you doing here? Are you following me?"

Aiden choked up. "No, I was waiting for you at the hospital. I saw you leave with Chris, so I followed you."

"You're sick," Victoria cursed under her breath. "I don't need you following me, Aiden. Can you just disappear from my life?"

Victoria got straight into her car. Aiden quickly blocked her car door. Days of mental torture had left his mental state on the verge of collapse.

His eyes were bloodshot, and it felt like someone was constantly hammering inside his head.

He struggled to support himself, desperately trying to stay conscious.

"Victoria, don't go."

Victoria softened a bit, but then remembered how both Zane and Blake always used Aiden's situation to morally blackmail her.

She didn't want to owe Aiden any more favors or get entangled with him again.

Victoria kicked his leg. "Move, or I'm going to drive!"

Aiden's body was so weak that Victoria's kick made him fall to his knees.

He covered his head with both hands, his vision blurred, mumbling and struggling. "Victoria, don't go. Stay with me... I feel like I'm dying."

When Victoria heard that word, her heart trembled.

Finally, she said harshly, "Whether you die or not has nothing to do with me!"

She started the car, and the tires kicked up a cloud of dust that engulfed Aiden.

Through the rearview mirror, Victoria saw Aiden lying on the ground, one hand stretched out toward her direction. Then the man seemed to cough up blood.

After that, he lay on the ground without moving.

Victoria kept driving forward, but her mind kept replaying the image of Aiden just now.

Aiden had coughed up blood... If he stayed outside, would he just die?

She gritted her teeth. She didn't want to care about him, but her mind kept replaying images - sometimes of him covered in injuries, sometimes of him begging pitifully.

Finally, Victoria gritted her teeth, hit the brakes, and turned the car around.

Aiden was still lying on the ground in the same position, as if he had really passed out.

Victoria quickly got out of the car. She crouched beside Aiden. "Aiden, wake up. If you don't wake up, I'm not going to care about you anymore."

But no matter how much she shook him, he gave no response.

Victoria panicked. Without thinking, she stepped forward and knocked on Chris's door.

Soon, his annoyed voice came from inside.

"Who is it? Not sleeping in the middle of the night! Coming, coming!"

He was about to curse someone out, but when he opened the door and saw it was Victoria, he was startled.

"Victoria, why are you still here?"

Victoria grabbed his hand and led him to the nearby road. "Check if he's dead."

Chris was startled by the person on the ground. "Aiden?! Why is he passed out at my door? And he coughed up blood?"

He immediately went into professional mode, checking Aiden all over, his brow furrowed the whole time. "Physical injuries, this fainting is probably due to severe lack of sleep plus stress."

Victoria found the medical terms a bit headache-inducing. "Just tell me what to do now. We can't just leave him here, can we?"

"Right now the simplest solution is to let him rest properly, but Aiden's psychological defenses are very strong, making it hard for him to fall into deep sleep..."

Chris had diagnosed him before and knew that Aiden's weakness was Victoria.

"Victoria, his subconscious only responds to your presence. If he's around you, he'll fall into deep sleep."

Victoria recalled what others had said before.

She looked at Aiden again, feeling conflicted. "Fine, I can't let him actually die in front of me. Chris, I'd like to stay at your place tonight. Do you have a spare room?"

Chris yawned and helped support Aiden as they walked inside. "Yes, I also have some regular medicine I can give him to supplement some nutrients."

Victoria followed them in.

Aiden was placed on the guest bedroom bed. Just as Victoria was about to leave, her foot was unconsciously grabbed by Aiden.

Aiden greedily inhaled Victoria's scent, murmuring continuously.

"Don't go, stay, don't leave me alone."

Chris had been leaning against the doorway, watching this scene with mixed feelings.

Aiden was indeed very sick, but Victoria was his only cure.

Whether Aiden could survive might depend on Victoria's choice.