Nevertheless, he still felt pitiful for her as he saw her neck bleeding.
Stanford gently touched her wound and asked in a deep voice, “Is it painful?”
He seemed to care for her so much with his deep tone.
Phoebe was dumbfounded at the moment. Her heart was pounding rapidly.
It was too easy for her to think wildly due to Stanford’s concern.
However, she was clear that she must have been too frightened and bewildered. So, she must have misunderstood his concern in the wrong context.
She felt even embarrassed when she noticed that she was held in his arms.
“I, I’m not in pain anymore. Thank you for saving me.”
Phoebe pushed Stanford away hurriedly as she said that. She got up from his arms.
Stanford felt so empty when Phoebe got up from him suddenly. He felt very uneasy.
He reached out to grab Phoebe’s wrist subconsciously.
Phoebe was dumbfounded and looked at Stanford in shock. Her eyes were gleaming.
“What, what are you doing?”
“Dangerous.”
Stanford said in a deep voice and kept staring at Phoebe.
His gaze was serious with mixed feelings.
Phoebe’s heart was pounding even rapidly. She felt that Stanford stopped her not because of her danger, but he seemed to have something very important to tell her.
However, she noticed that they were surrounded by the bodyguards before she could figure out Stanford’s intention.
Those men were approaching them.
It would be very difficult for Stanford to deal with them as they were surrounded, let alone with her beside him.
Worse still, Stanford did not even glance at the bodyguards. He just stared straight at her while he did not intend to fight against them seemingly.
Perhaps, would both of them be gang-bullied?
Phoebe was so worried.
Indeed, Stanford did not intend to continue the fight as he had put all his attention on Phoebe. He was in dismay as he wanted to hug her tightly although he could not express it clearly.
He even wanted to hug her not only for a short while but forever.
He was unclear about this decision. Yet, he was somehow firm.
Stanford’s grip on Phoebe’s wrist became even tighter as he thought of this. He stared at her seriously.
“Phoebe, I have something to tell you.”
What did he want to say?
Phoebe glanced around at the bodyguards who were approaching, “Mr. Fraser, we will talk about it later. Let’s settle them first.”
She did not want to get caught again.
Stanford was not concerned at all, “I have something even more important to tell you.”
Phoebe was speechless.
“But, but…”
She was in a panic. When she was about to persuade Stanford to settle them first, about ten bodyguards came out of the hotel and surrounded Kieran’s bodyguards immediately.
Then, they started fighting without wasting time.
Kieran’s bodyguards were surrounded instantly. They could not even take care of themselves, not to mention attacking Stanford and Phoebe.
Phoebe was only relieved then.
She felt lucky after experiencing such a narrow escape.
Florence who was watching aside looked at Ernest beside her in confusion.
“Have your bodyguards waited in ambush at the side already? Why don’t you let them help just now and wait until this moment?”
She had just seen Ernest make a command gesture.
Ernest grinned gently and looked at Stanford and Phoebe meaningfully.
“Give your brother a chance to perform.”
Florence was speechless. So, he deliberately let Stanford rescue Phoebe alone just now?
Then, he just had to focus on getting along with Phoebe after rescuing her. Meanwhile, Ernest ordered his bodyguards to end the fight?
He was really so thoughtful.
Florence found the man in front of her amusing and even a bit crazy while looking at him.
He was indeed skilful with all the same tactics in order to help Stanford get rid of being single.
Stanford completely ignored the bodyguards who were fighting around.
He gripped Phoebe’s wrist tightly with a serious expression.
He said clearly, “Phoebe, let’s talk about what happened last night.”
Did he want to discuss now?
Phoebe was dumbfounded as she could not believe it at all.
The people around were still fighting but he was so desperate to talk about what had happened last night?
He seemed to be very unhappy with the sleep last night as he was so desperate to seek revenge on her now.
He still wanted to voice out his anger for being forced to sleep with her rather than being hit or even killed by those people around.
Phoebe was apprehensive as she had just got into another trouble after a narrow escape just now.
However, she could not even run away from such chaos, let alone being held by him.
Phoebe was desperate as her heart sank, “Go ahead.”
She hoped to get it over with as soon as possible.
Stanford looked extremely solemn as he spoke.
“You did that to me last night because of your side effect since I didn’t help you cure your poison immediately. It’s also my fault as I chose to rescue Florence first, causing you to have such a side effect. So, it’s my responsibility to cure your poison.”
Florence covered her eyes as she could not bear with her brother anymore.
Her brother was really stupid! He had earnestly explained the whole story to Phoebe after this kind of thing had happened. He was so stupid, who wanted to listen to his explanation?
Did he want to remain single for the rest of his life!
Phoebe was stunned while looking at Stanford in disbelief.
So, she had forced him to make out with her last night. Was it actually just because of the side effect after being poisoned?
In fact, Stanford made out with her last night because he felt guilty and wanted to compensate her too.
As such, was he explaining to her not because he wanted to seek revenge on her, but to draw a line between them so that he did not owe her anything?
After all, she had the side effect last night due to his late cure. However, she had managed to survive because of his rescue.
Indeed, they did not owe each other.
She would have not to deal with him anymore.
However, she did not know why she was unhappy as if her heart was clogged all of the sudden.
Phoebe was startled. Her expression was gloomy while her voice was stiff.
“Oh, it’s actually like this… huh. Fine, thanks for saving me. I, I will just pretend as if nothing has happened last night. Let’s forget about it…”
However, Stanford’s face turned gloomy. He grasped Phoebe’s hand tightly.
Did she want to pretend nothing had happened before?
Did she want to forget about it?
He almost burst with anger. He frowned and said in a deep voice.
“It has become a reality for what happened last night. It’s impossible to pretend nothing has happened before.”
Phoebe looked at him in astonishment.
Stanford was extremely solemn. He said seriously.
“I will be responsible to you.”
He continued saying in a deep voice after pausing for a while, “If you’re willing.”