Chapter 414

Langston choked on his burger, coughing violently!

Everett quickly got up and patted his back, “Easy there, cowboy. Ain’t no one gonna rustle that burger from ya.”

“I’m fine!” Langston waved him off, avoiding Everett’s gaze.

At first, Everett was genuinely concerned about the choking hazard, but Langston’s shifty behavior tipped him off that something was amiss.

He was trying to play it cool, but the more he did, the more it screamed that there was something fishy.

But this time. Everett didn’t go for the direct approach. Instead, he played it off like he hadn’t noticed a thing and finished the meal as if everything was normal.

He knew Langston was onto his old tricks, but there were plenty more tricks up his sleeve.

first. The rest… well, they would

to it

showed no signs of

fractures throughout his body posed no threat to his life, but any thoughts of manual labor or heavy

only silver lining was that his condition

were swollen from crying, and she had fainted more than once. Eventually, Huxley had to strong–arm her back to the hotel to rest, leaving him to

she found Huxley staring at the ICU

of stuff in her

“Huxley.”

when he saw her, though not with the warmth he reserved for Everett. His demeanor was cooler, almost frosty.

“Yeah, you’re here.”

came to see how Jeffrey’s doing. Is he

on the doc and

shift to keep watch? I’m free anyway. and you and Paloma should get some rest

okay. I’m worried someone might try to harm my

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