Chapter 20
20 Surrounded and Ambushed
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Yunice knew she was about to be scolded. Lowering her tone, she said , “My brother, I just went out for some air.
That single “ Brother ‘ was enough to make Owen hesitate mid–kick.
She had been back for so long, yet this was the first time she had called me that,
But he was not going to be fooled by her tricks. This was nothing more than an attempt to avoid punishment. Owen scoffed, “For some air? Nice try. Looked more like you were taking a breather on some old man’s lap
Seeing Yunice’s stunned expression, he sneered. “What? Gonna claim I’m falsely accusing you? Then tell me, where did you get the Alphasirox pills? Did you steal them, or did you pick them up off the ground?”
“Even the Powell family couldn’t get their hands on them, yet you could? Must be a pretty powerful sugar daddy you’ve got. Maybe one day, even my reputation will benefit from your connections!”
His words were dripping with sarcasm. Yunice simply repeated, “I didn’t.”
“Oh! Then where were you last night? As far as I know, you don’t have any friends willing to take you in. You’ve got no money and no ID. Where exactly did you stay?”
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So he knew. Knew that I had no friends, no identity, no money. And because he was so certain I had nowhere to go, he felt entitled to bully
Yunice replied evenly, “The streets. Under a bridge. Plenty of places can shelter someone for a night. They’re just a bit cold.” She then added. “As for the pills, they were given to me by Wyatt.
That caught Owen off guard. But he recalled seeing her speaking with Wyatt the day before.
If it was it, then yes, he could get the medicine.
Owen’s eyes scrutinized her, scanning her up and down. She looked completely ordinary. “Why would he give them to you?”
“Tie mistook me for Paul’s fiancée and wanted to mess with me. Giving me the pills was his way of setting up at misunderstanding”
As Yunice spoke, she locked eyes with him. Her gaze practically said, See? You all fell for it.
Owen was speechless. He had not expected this to backfire on him.
If Wyatt had planned it that way, then Yunice was nothing more than a pawn. An instrument for Wyatt to provoke Paul. Wyatt had always clashed with the Powell family. A natural–born troublemaker. This was exactly something he would do. Half convinced, Owen pressed on, “Then why didn’t you say so yesterday?”
Yunice replied, “First, if I had told you, it would’ve stirred up a fight between Paul and Wyatt, which doesn’t benefit me. Second, Alphavirus pills are good medicine. I wanted to keep them.”
Now that sounded more like the Yunice he knew. A more self–serving person.
Seeing that he was no longer pressing her, Yunice returned to her room to catch up on sleep.
Meanwhile, Owen had no intention of informing Paul about Wyatt’s involvement. Their family had no desire to provoke that mad dog
His real concern was Yunice . She was already an adult, headstrong and unpredictable. If they did not marry her off soon, who knew how much more trouble she would bring to the family?
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