Emily called to say she had family matters to handle, and Jason claimed a relative in his hometown had passed away and he had to attend the funeral.
After hanging up, I got out of bed and began unwrapping the bandages around my body.
The caretaker was stunned and rushed to stop me.
“Miss Evans, you can’t! Your injuries aren’t healed yet—”
Before she could finish, a group of men stormed into the room. Leading them was my attending physician, followed by several burly bodyguards.
Seeing me take off the bandages, the doctor didn’t seem shocked. Instead, he quickly helped remove the rest.
The caretaker grew more frantic.
“Dr. Harris, what are you doing? Mr. Miller and Miss Brooks strictly ordered that Miss Evans must stay in bed. If they find out, do you realize what will happen?”
She instinctively pulled out her phone, trying to call Jason and Emily.
In the next second, the bodyguards pinned her down and snatched her phone away.
She panicked, struggling and shouting,
“Who are you people? Let me go or I’ll call the police!”
I looked at her coldly and said flatly,
“These past few days, you’ve been watching me and reporting my every move to Jason Miller and Emily Brooks. Were you worried I might run away?”
“How much did Jason Miller and Emily Brooks pay you to keep such a close eye on me?”
“Did they tell you to guard me today, to make sure I wouldn’t leave the ward or use a phone or anything electronic?”
Her face turned pale instantly. She stammered,
“Miss Evans, what do you mean by that? Are you accusing me of bad intentions? I’m just a caretaker. Mr. Miller paid me to look after you—what’s so strange about that? Not letting you use electronics was for your own good. You—”
She suddenly froze, her eyes wide with disbelief, as if she’d seen a ghost.
The bandages were completely gone. There wasn’t a single scar on my face or body.
Her voice trembled in shock.
“You… weren’t you disfigured? You… you faked it? But why?”
I looked at her coldly.
“You’ll find out soon enough. Today is Emily Brooks’s twenty-fifth birthday. The Brooks family is throwing her a grand birthday party. I hear she’ll even announce her fiancé to everyone.”
“And who is her fiancé, I wonder? Such a mystery.”
“You’re Jason’s cousin, aren’t you? Then you must know where Jason is right now.”
She looked terrified but kept denying it.
I said flatly,