"You… you're Cassius? How is that possible? Weren't you supposed to be a vegetable, hovering on the brink of death? How... how can you be standing here like this?"
Before she could finish, a sharp slap! echoed.
Frank had stepped forward without hesitation, his palm leaving a burning mark across her cheek.
"Cursing the young master? You've got some nerve!" he barked.
Noreen's head snapped to the side, her face stinging as she clutched her cheek in shock.
Maria and Gerardo were both frozen, their mouths hanging open.
Noreen, still dazed, blinked at Cassius with trembling lips. "You… you really are Cassius? But how? Weren't you supposed to be dying?"
Maria froze, her mind in shock.
She had no idea that the eldest son of the Bennett family, Cassius had woken up.
Not only was he awake, but he was breathtakingly handsome, far more striking than Cyrille could ever hope to be.
But what truly made her blood run cold was something even bigger.
