Filed to story: My Accidental Bride Is a Fashion Circle Queen Novel
“No, it’s embarrassing,” Quenlyn said as she waved her hands.
“Quenlyn, be honest with me. After running away, if you were to return home, what would your father do to you?” Herman was aware of the truth behind Quenlyn’s smile. He was certain she would get hurt again. That’s why he directly said, “Don’t try to brush me off. Tell me the truth.”
Seeing the seriousness on Herman’s face, Quenlyn felt a little uncomfortable, “What could he do to me? I am, after all, his daughter.”
After hearing these words, Herman grabbed onto Quenlyn’s wrist and rolled up her sleeves to reveal blue bruises and red wounds on her arms, “Your father has always been a violent man; everyone at school knew about this. But, I thought, after all these years, he would have changed.”
“Don’t make a big fuss out of nothing. I’m fine,” Quenlyn said as she pulled her arm away.
“It’s been so many years, haven’t you ever thought of leaving your father?”
“I need to put my hatred aside and consider that he is, after all, my father. I can’t stand idly by as ‘that woman’ tricks my father of his entire fortune,” Quenlyn finally gave a serious response. “However, I wonder at least once a day whether I should run away and go to a place where no one knows me, so I can spend a few days living my own life.”
“But…”
Herman understood her pain, so he directly started the car and drove her to a private hospital, “Don’t think about going anywhere for now. Let me see how many injuries you have first.”
“I…”
“Let me do something for you. Even if it’s something small.”
This time, Quenlyn did not persist. She knew, it was impossible for her to reject the current Herman.
So, she allowed the doctor to examine her as required…
However, no one expected that the doctor would approach Quenlyn with the results and ask, “Who was so cruel as to do this to you? You have over 50 new and old injuries combined.”
More than 50!?
Herman froze in shock. Although he expected that she was fairly injured, he did not expect it to be this serious.
More than 50! How ruthless would a father have to be, to treat his own daughter in such a way?
“Although they are all external injuries, our bodies are merely made of flesh and blood…”
“Doctor, can you please prescribe her some medicine?” Herman understood that the doctor was in shock. After all, if she was a child, it would have made sense, but she was a grown adult, did she not know how to retaliate when being hit?
However, even though others did not understand, Herman was well aware that Quenlyn had no other choice.
That’s why he cut in.
The doctor took a deep breath and nodded his head, “The patient will need some rest first.”
During this entire time, Quenlyn either looked elsewhere or pretended to be playing with her hair.
“Stop acting, I won’t question you. However, since we are old classmates, I can’t sit idly by. What can we do to stop your father from laying his hands on you again?”
“You know how bad his temper is…the worst case of violence was when he hit me so hard that I lost control of my bowels and bladder,” Quenlyn said with a slight smile, as if the person she was talking about had nothing to do with her.
She had lost control of her bowels and bladder!
This was beyond belief.
“There have been many times that I’ve picked up a knife and tried to take him to the grave with me. But, I failed.”
In this moment, Quenlyn told her story gently, while Herman stood by her bedside with his arms crossed…
“By the way, it’s best if you find a place to hide me. If another scandal gets started, my life will become even more tough…”
“There’s no use hiding,” Herman said as he r*bbed his chin.
“What are you thinking?”
“Nothing, you get some rest,” Herman sat down on the sofa in the room; he had some thinking to do. By suddenly b**ting his nose into someone else’s life, what kind of result would ensue.
“I can’t sleep. Can you watch ‘Stupid’ with me again? ‘W.H.’ is still screening at the cinemas, so it’s not online yet.”
Herman did not respond. Instead, he quietly pulled out his phone and gave Emma a phone call.
“Did you find her?” Emma asked.
“Yes. Sis, I was originally supposed to return to the US tomorrow, but it doesn’t seem like I can go yet. I want to help Quenlyn.”
“You can make your own decisions. Do you need my permission?” Emma asked in an amused manner. “If you want to do something, then go do it, regardless of the risks.”
“I understand.” After speaking, Herman was about to hang up the phone. But, he suddenly remembered that Quenlyn had said that she wanted to watch ‘W.H.’, so he quickly added, “Sis, where can I get my hands on a copy of ‘W.H.’? Quenlyn wants to watch it right now, but it’s not convenient for her to go to the theater.”
“Ask Luke.”
Herman understood as he hung up the phone.
“You don’t need to go through so much trouble…”
“Just wait a bit.” Actually, Herman had never done anything romantic for a woman before, but for some reason, when he looked at Quenlyn, he had the impulse to give her all the best things in the world. After all, they had known each other since they were little and were childhood friends, it was only normal, right?
One hour later, a laptop arrived in the hospital room. On the screen of the laptop, Emma’s latest film, ‘W.H.’, was playing. Herman sat on the bed holding onto the laptop as Quenlyn enjoyed the film. Not only this, he was also holding onto a tub of popcorn for her.
“No one has ever treated me this good. In future, I will definitely do all I can to help you.”
“Who needs you to do that?” Herman scoffed.
That night, after watching multiple films, the relationship bet**en the two remained as pure as ever. A single man and a single woman actually managed to spend an entire night simply enjoying what was on the screen!
How unbelievable!
The next morning, Herman escorted Quenlyn out of the hospital. After they boarded the car, Quenlyn asked, “Where are we going?”
“You will soon find out.”
Quenlyn did not ask any further, after all, it wasn’t like Herman would take her somewhere to be sold. So, she closed her eyes and got some rest.
Seeing that Quenlyn trusted him, the corners of Herman’s l*ps slightly curved upwards, before he drove Quenlyn back to the Xylander Household.
As soon as she saw the front door of her home, Quenlyn’s exp**ssion turned pale. Herman turned to her and comforted, “Do you trust me?”
“Herman…”
“Let’s go,” Herman helped Quenlyn out of the car.
The issue had already gotten so big and couldn’t get any worse. Plus, they would have to face reality sooner or later anyway, so what was the point of hiding?
“OK, let’s go…”
Herman looked at Quenlyn. This little monkey was quite silly; she did not put up a guard around people she was familiar with. Even if she knew she was heading into a fire pit, she would still jump in head first.
It didn’t take long before the two entered the living room of the Xylander Household. At this time, Father Xylander and Turquoise were enjoying breakfast in the dining room.
“Where did you go last night? How dare you stay out all night,” Father Xylander directly turned and questioned Quenlyn. Of course, he also looked at Herman with disdain.
“She was at the hospital,” Herman replied.
“Master Miller, this is a matter concerning my family…”