Alarieka pressed her lips together and didn’t say a word. She took her left hand off the IV stand, not caring about the needle still stuck under her skin, and used both hands to tie her shoelaces tight.

This was probably the tightest she’d ever tied them in her life, including before.

She wasn’t willing to lose to Kieran and Roschelle, forgot she was still sick, and suddenly stood up.

The result was a wave of dizziness.

All Alarieka could see was a blur of white light in front of her eyes, and she barely held onto the wall to keep her balance.

She hadn’t opened her eyes yet, and a gentle woman’s voice came from beside her ear.

“Hi, do you need help? You really look pale,” the woman said, then screamed, “Your IV came out, your hand is bleeding! I’ll get the doctor for you.”

Alarieka opened her eyes and saw that the IV needle on the back of her hand had somehow slipped out from under her skin. The needle had left a really obvious red scratch on her hand, and little drops of blood were oozing out from the thin cut.

This bright red blood stood out on the pale, bloodless back of her hand.

Alarieka looked over, not showing much emotion, and just said quietly, “Thanks, could you help me find a nurse?”

The woman looked at Alarieka, then at Kieran and Roschelle not far away.

When she saw Kieran’s face, the woman’s eyes clearly paused, and obvious amazement showed in her gaze.

The woman nodded hard and said, “Then wait for me, I’ll be back soon.”

Alarieka pinched the IV tube and didn’t let the liquid from the bottle drip down.

She just put the IV stand outside the bathroom, didn’t even look at Kieran and Roschelle, and went in.

After she came out, Kieran and Roschelle were already gone.

Only that kind woman and the nurse were still waiting outside.

The nurse saw the wound on the back of her hand right away, quickly came over and wiped the blood off with a cotton swab, then carefully put the IV back into another vein on the back of her hand.

“The patient needs to know how to protect themselves. Your situation was already considered good–there wasn’t any swelling. If it had swollen, you would have suffered. You can’t do this again in the future.”

Alarieka’s chest felt warm and comfortable. Looking at the nurse and the woman, she said softly, “Thank you.”

The nurse said no need and left.

The woman stayed and carefully asked her, “Let me help you back. You don’t look so well.”

Alarieka was just about to shake her head when the woman suddenly said angrily, “That was your ex–boyfriend and his current girlfriend just now, right? She’s just pregnant, so what are they showing off for?”

Alarieka was a bit speechless and amused: “No, I don’t know them.”

The woman obviously didn’t believe it: “You really don’t know them? The way they looked at you was just so...just so…”

The woman finally found the right words: “It’s just all about love and hate, but a guy who brings his current girlfriend to show off in front of his ex is really low. You don’t need to be sad.”

Alarieka paused for a moment.

He really wasn’t a good person, and he had no class.

She laughed softly, “Thank you, they really weren’t good people.”

The woman proudly lifted her chin: “I was right.”

Footsteps came from the side of her ear, and Alarieka instinctively looked over, meeting Kieran’s deep, dark eyes and his lightly pressed thin lips.

Alarieka’s face changed.

It was still the woman who noticed something was off. When she saw Kieran, she suddenly frowned and quickly helped her by the arm to leave. She only left Kieran with her back.

Kieran’s deep, rich voice came from behind: “You left your phone at home.”

Alarieka’s eyelashes fluttered.

Kieran said “at home.”

She knew her phone was left at the Argent’s villa last night, so she knew Kieran called the Argent’s villa home in front of her.

Alarieka felt sarcastic and helpless inside.

The Argent family kicked her out, but still wanted her to see the Argent’s villa as home.

Was it too cruel, too bossy?

The Argent’s villa wasn’t her home; she never felt like the Argent’s villa, a place that could be called dangerous, was her home.

So she replied calmly, “I’ll go back and get it later, sorry for the trouble.”

It was a very polite and distant tone.

This tone worked for a lot of people.

But Kieran never thought that Alarieka, who used to act all wild and reckless, would actually talk to him in this kind of tone.