Chapter 238: Why Are You Helping Me So Much?

He picked up the last bottle of liquor and continued to drink.

But he had already drunk far too much, and a fiery burn seared its way from his throat down his esophagus and into his stomach.

The first sip was all it took before he started to vomit uncontrollably.

His eyes lost focus, and his body swayed even more violently.

Seeing this, Chloe Reed’s face filled with terror and panic. "Stop, you can’t drink anymore! Something will happen to you! I..."

"Don’t..."

Miles Hawthorne shook his head sharply. "I’m fine."

After a moment’s pause, he continued to drink.

"No, don’t drink anymore! Stop!" Chloe Reed began to struggle frantically.

Walker Grant’s expression darkened. Pinning Chloe Reed in place, he said in a low, dangerous voice, "If you go to him, I guarantee he won’t be leaving this room tonight."

Chloe Reed whipped her head around to face him. A storm of emotions churned in her eyes for a long moment before she finally spoke. "Walker Grant, don’t do this to him. You’ve known each other for so many years. Weren’t you friends?"

Her tone softened. She was pleading.

But she still wouldn’t give him the answer he wanted to hear.

were chillingly cold. "He went abroad before we even graduated from college. At best, we were merely

his lips. "And now, it seems he’s much closer to you

begging you, please stop tormenting him like this. He’s really going to get

her softer tone brought him no pleasure. In fact, his expression only grew

me?

"Yes. I’m begging you."

repeatedly. "Walker Grant, I’m begging you, please stop. I’ll go back to Jardinelle with

Hah...

to go to court, and now she’s offering

just trying to

expression

THUD—

Hawthorne finally succumbed and

"Miles Hawthorne!"

tore herself from his grasp

"Miles Hawthorne? Miles Hawthorne!"

her eyes fixed on his now-pale face and tightly furrowed brow.

scrambled to pull out

Her hands were trembling.

the scene with cold eyes, the suffocating frustration in his chest

ambulance arrived quickly, and Chloe

if they had been any later, they wouldn’t have

in the hospital room. She watched Miles Hawthorne on the IV drip, her

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