Her hands were all covered in blood, and cold sweat broke out again, cold and sticky.

Nathaniel didn’t mind, and he held her hands tight, wanting to give her some warmth.

***

Nathaniel didn’t mind. He held her hands tightly, wanting to give her some warmth.

“Ira, Heriberto was so tough, he definitely would be fine.” Heforted Iris.

Iris opened her eyes and looked at him, then suddenly smiled and asked, “How did you know?”

“Think about it, Heriberto grew up by Madam Hale’s side and Megan never liked him. Later, after Julian had an ident and left, Heriberto took over the Hale Group, and nobody thought he could do it.”

Nathaniel spoke, raising his eyebrows, “But he never let anyone look down on him, led the struggling Hale Group to a new peak, stepped on everyone who doubted him, and made everyone truly respect him.”

Iris listened and smiled softly again, but didn’t say anything.

Of course, she also hoped Heriberto was okay.

Otherwise, Ezekiel and Isabe really didn’t have a dad.

He was alive, at least, so when Ezekiel and Isabe asked who their

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dad was someday, they could still have a dad.

“What’s wrong, you didn’t believe me?” Nathaniel said again,

Iris nodded, “Of course I believed.”

***

Bluehaven Estates.

Aedan made five dishes and a soup, but still didn’t see Irise back.

I was just about to call her when I heard something at the door.

He knew it was Irising back, so he wiped his hands and hurried

over.

When he walked past the screen into the hallway and saw Iris, who looked exhausted and beaten, covered in blood, Aedan froze hard.

Iris was changing her shoes. She heard footsteps and looked up.

“Iris…”

Aedan realized what was happening, hurried over to her, grabbed her shoulders anxiously, looked her up and down, and said, “What happened?”

Iris looked at him and tried to smile, giving him a reassuring grin, “Don’t worry, I’m fine, the blood is all Heriberto’s.”

Aedan froze again when he heard that, and his brows furrowed uncontrobly, “Heriberto, he…”

“Someone wanted to kill me, Heriberto showed up just in time and took a bullet for me.”

Iris kept trying to smile and said, “He’s in the hospital now, they’re

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Acdan was stunned again and asked, “How did he know someone wanted to kill you and show up right on time?”

“Yeah, I was always really curious about this too,” Nathaniel bsaid/b.

Iris didn’t want to think about this at all.

She just felt really tired.

I was tired, and my heart was tired too.

“I’m going to take a shower and change my clothes,” she said.

“Okay.” Aedan nodded and took her inside.

Amelia went to run her a bath and added some rxing essential oils.

Iris took off her bloodstained clothes and slipped into the bathtub.

Watching as most of the water in the tank slowly turned red, her eyes suddenly stung like crazy.

Tears just slid down uncontrobly.

She took the shower puff and slowly scrubbed off the dried blood on her hands and body.

“Heriberto, don’t you dare die…”

“If you died, I really wouldn’t forgive you for the rest of my life…”

Outside, Nathaniel told Aedan everything.

Aedan was really frustrated.