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.

Grant’s dark eyes were chillingly cold. "He went abroad before we even graduated from college. At best, we were

a mocking smirk touched his lips. "And now, it seems he’s much

Reed grabbed his hand. "I’m begging you, please stop tormenting him like this. He’s really going to get

brought him no pleasure. In fact, his

me?

"Yes. I’m begging you."

Grant, I’m begging you,

Hah...

and now she’s offering to

just trying to placate

Grant’s expression

THUD—

Miles Hawthorne

"Miles Hawthorne!"

Walker Grant off guard, tore herself from his grasp and rushed

"Miles Hawthorne? Miles Hawthorne!"

eyes fixed on his now-pale face and tightly furrowed brow. He was in

to pull out her phone and dial

Her hands were trembling.

watched the scene with cold eyes, the suffocating frustration in his chest growing ever more

Chloe Reed accompanied him

an acute gastric perforation. The doctor said if they had

her as she stood in the hospital room. She watched Miles Hawthorne on the

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