The Big Shot’s Movie Star Wife Is Beautiful and Sassy - Chapter 566

Chapter 566: Chapter 509: Charlotte Lane

On the day of Dean Yue’s funeral, many people spontaneously came to pay their respects.

Some even came from other places.

In his lifetime, Dean Yue made great contributions and helped countless people, whether before or after joining the research institute.

The institute owes its present glory and reverence to him.

Charlotte Lane, Kevin Clark, and William Lane accompanied the Santiagos until the end.

The Celestial Pivot, the Clark family, and the Lane family all brought people with them to ensure the Santiago family’s safety.

They did nothing themselves; just their presence was enough to exert a great deal of pressure, so no one dared to make trouble.

At the end of the funeral, the Lane family’s cars took the Santiagos home, not even allowing them to use their vehicles.

This was because, some time ago, Siera Santiago had discovered that Turner Daniel’s car had been tampered with.

As a result, not only were they not allowed to use their cars, but the Santiago family’s bodyguards were also replaced entirely.

…

Andrew Lane and Sophie Ortiz also returned.

However, since Charlotte Lane’s mood remained low, they let her return to Clark Manor with Kevin Clark.

Upon returning, Charlotte went straight to her room, intending to take a bath first.

She locked the restroom door and stood inside with one hand covering her eyes for a while before entering the bathroom.

Before removing her coat, she habitually checked her pocket.

As she took out her cell phone, a note also came out with it.

She held the note, remembering the scene when Jessica Maxwell secretly gave it to her today.

Jessica had gone with the Maxwell family.

With Bonnie Maxwell and George Maxwell gone, the only younger generation of the Maxwells left was Julian Maxwell’s younger brother’s daughter, Jessica Maxwell.

It seemed that Julian Maxwell wanted to cultivate Jessica.

That’s why Mrs. Maxwell would always bring Jessica to important events and gatherings.

It’s just that Jessica suddenly and secretly gave her a note today.

At the time, her expression was both panicked and frightened.

Even pleading.

So she took the note and put it in her pocket without opening it at the time.

Charlotte unfolded the note and read the words on it.

[Contact me; I have something very important to tell you. This is my mobile number…]

Charlotte sat by the bathtub and dialed Jessica’s number first.

Jessica didn’t say much; as soon as she confirmed that the caller was “Daisy Zane”, she hung up the phone and added her on WhatsApp.

Then she sent Charlotte a voice recording.

…

Kevin Clark and Hugo Clark discussed some matters outside; when they returned to the room, they found that Charlotte was still in the restroom and hadn’t come out yet.

It had been almost two hours, and she still hadn’t come out.

Kevin tried to turn the restroom door handle and saw it was locked, so he knocked twice: “Little girl?”

After calling out, he knocked twice more.

Soon, he heard movement inside.

He waited for a while, and the restroom door opened. Charlotte, wearing a bathrobe and a towel on her head, came out.

She pressed her left hand to the towel and wiped her hair twice, then lazily looked at Kevin, saying, “I accidentally fell asleep in there.”

Seeing the redness and weariness in her eyes, Kevin felt her side neck and found it not cold: “Go to the bedchamber, dry your hair, and rest for a while.”

“Mmm.”

Charlotte replied, then walked towards the bedchamber.

Kevin went to the restroom to get a hairdryer. Just as he reached the washbasin, before his hand even touched the hairdryer, he stopped for a moment.

He paused for a moment, then lowered his gaze. His left foot shifted slightly to the side, and a glass shard on the ground jabbed at his foot.

Kevin Clark stared at the glass shard on the ground for a while, then looked up at the furnishings in the restroom. He also went to check the bathroom.

A glass incense burner was missing by the bathtub.

The incense burner in such a large bathroom smashed outside.

Normally, accidentally breaking it wouldn’t cause it to fly so far away.

Kevin Clark picked up the broken shards outside and threw them into the trash can. After washing his hands, he picked up a hairdryer and left.

Lila Campbell sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the floor, her right hand hanging down while her left hand continued to dry her hair.

As Kevin approached, she lifted her head to look at him.

They stared at each other for a few seconds before Kevin set the hairdryer aside, bent down and reached for her right hand.

Lila instinctively recoiled.

Kevin looked at her.

Lila could clearly feel Kevin getting angry at that moment.

She didn’t dodge him again, and Kevin grabbed her wrist and turned her palm over.

There was a three- or four-centimeter-long wound in the center of her palm, as well as on her middle and ring fingers.

Because it had been soaked in water, the wound’s edges were somewhat turned out, and the skin had turned white.

Seeing Kevin’s frown, Lila tried to pull her hand back by moving her wrist.

But suddenly, Kevin tightened his grip, and she couldn’t pull back.

“I accidentally bumped into it,” Lila said in a low voice, “It’s not serious, and the wound is not deep.”

Kevin looked at her, redness around the corners of his eyes, his gaze fierce. “Do you think I’m blind?”

Lila: “……”

“I’m really fine,” Lila emphasized again.

Because of her nonchalant attitude, the fierceness in Kevin’s eyes deepened, and he called out her full name, “Lila Campbell….”

After calling her name, he couldn’t quite bring himself to say the rest of the words and swallowed them back.

Suddenly hearing her full name, Lila stared at Kevin, blinking blankly for a moment.

Once again, they stared at each other.

Lila suddenly calmly said, “Kevin Clark, you’re so fierce.”

Kevin pressed his lips together, looked at her for a moment, then stood up straight, turned around, picked up his phone, and made a call: “Thomas Firway, get a doctor to come to Clark Manor.”

After hanging up, Kevin exhaled softly, turned back around, picked up the hairdryer, and continued to help her dry her hair.

As the hum of the hair dryer filled the room, Kevin’s fingers brushed through her hair.

Lila lowered her gaze, feeling Kevin’s gentle touch.

After a while, she rested her head against Kevin’s body, inhaling the scent of eaglewood on him.

Though it was the same eaglewood scent, she always found the one on Kevin more pleasant and comforting.

Earlier, she had just been unable to calm down, and her hand had been hurt unintentionally.

Kevin’s expression stiffened for a second, and in a moment, he gently touched her face before continuing to dry her hair.

Once her hair was dry, Kevin squatted down in front of her and looked up at her.

Apart from the redness around his eyes, the fierceness was gone, and his voice had softened: “Tell me, what’s wrong?”

Lila looked at him, and after a while, she said, “The dean’s illness is well controlled, and his condition is very good. It shouldn’t be like this.”

As Lila spoke, a tear fell from her eye and dropped straight to the ground.

When she started to cry, Kevin suddenly panicked: “Little girl…”

“We should have been more cautious,” Lila said with a blank expression, her voice still distant and calm.

If it weren’t for the tears, it would be difficult for those unfamiliar with her to sense any fluctuation in her emotions.

“We’ve already done our best,” Kevin comforted her.

“We could have waited for the special medicine,” Lila said, burying her face in Kevin’s shoulder.

Kevin held her, stroking her head. Feeling the damp warmth on his shoulder, the corners of his eyes grew redder: “That’s enough, little girl, don’t cry anymore.”