CHAPTER 33: CHAPTER 33: HIS VOICE

Julian Hawthorne’s expression also relaxed a bit, and he said, "I’m going to get the medicine, wait for me for five minutes, I’ll be right out."

Paige Sterling nodded, and unexpectedly, Julian handed her his coat as well.

Paige, "...?"

She accepted it and sat on a bench at the hospital entrance waiting for him.

Julian walked into the hospital, and Paige saw a couple walking out from inside.

The husband naturally handed his coat to his wife, telling her to wait for him while he went to the pharmacy window.

The wife smiled at him, took the coat, and sat down next to Paige.

Paige, wearing a mask, smiled and asked Paige, "Are you waiting for your husband too?"

Paige, "....."

She looked at the coat in the woman’s hand, then at the coat in her own hand, suddenly realizing how oddly similar the situation was.

"No, I am..."

She thought for a moment and said, "This coat is mine."

The woman giggled, "This coat is so big, it’s obviously not yours, why are you so shy?"

Shy? Impossible.

Paige stood her ground, "This coat is mine."

To prove her point, she put on the coat.

The coat ended up reaching her knees, and her action was simply to conceal a lie.

"This kind of coat is supposed to be a loose, long style."

The woman smiled, "Why are you so adorable?"

Paige, "..."

So basically, the woman just thought she was being shy.

Paige was utterly speechless.

The woman’s husband returned, she said goodbye to Paige, and left arm in arm with her husband.

Paige continued to sit on the bench waiting for Julian.

By this time, after the doctor’s examination, Austin Xavier was found to have no major issues.

The main problem was his arm was dislocated by Paige’s swing and needed to be put back in place, but the doctor wasn’t skilled, so he went out to get another doctor to do it.

Austin waited for a while, and a masked male doctor came in and went straight to work on his arm.

Austin casually glanced at the doctor and happened to see the man’s eyes, which looked very familiar, like he’d seen them somewhere before.

Just as he was trying to remember, a sharp pain shot through his arm.

From the time he was hit until then, Austin had never uttered a sound of pain, but suddenly let out a piercing scream.

"Hang in there, setting bones is a bit painful."

The male doctor continued to pull and twist his arm carelessly.

After a while, the male doctor said, "All done, I’ll go prepare a cast."

When Austin came to his senses, the male doctor had already left.

Austin couldn’t move at all, in pain with every slight motion.

Soon, another male doctor came in to lift Austin’s arm, his face turned pale with pain.

Another doctor standing by said, "What’s going on? It wasn’t this serious just now."

Austin gritted his teeth.

Finally remembering why the male doctor looked familiar earlier.

Wasn’t it Julian Hawthorne?

Paige had been waiting for just five minutes when she saw Julian coming out.

However, Julian, who came out, looked at Paige with a strange expression.

Paige puzzled, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

She looked down and saw herself... wearing Julian’s coat.

Paige, "...It’s a bit cold, so I threw it on."

Julian responded with an "oh".

Paige was about to take off the coat when Julian reached out to press her shoulder, "Keep it on."

Paige responded with an "oh," and naturally reached to hook Julian’s arm.

As her hand slipped into Julian’s arm crook, she suddenly realized what she was doing.

Darn, she must be possessed! All because of that woman’s influence on her earlier!

She needed to find a master to drive away the evil spirits.

Paige quickly withdrew her hand, and even someone as thick-skinned as Dr. Sterling was extremely embarrassed.

However, she managed to calmly come up with an excuse.

"Sorry, I thought you were my dad."

After saying this, she walked ahead.

Julian didn’t speak, only raised his hand to touch the spot on his arm where Paige had touched, a slight smile playing on his lips when Paige wasn’t looking.

Paige originally thought of finding a nearby place to talk to Julian about the million-dollar matter.

But she realized that this bustling street ahead was unusually dead silent tonight, and at a glance, every shop on the street was closed.

Paige felt a bit puzzled and looked at Julian.

Julian was about to speak, but Paige suggested, "Why don’t we go to my place?"

Julian paused, looking into Paige’s eyes, "Are you sure?"

"Sure," Paige said casually, "It’s not like you’d dare to do anything."

Confidence comes from strength.

Julian found himself at a loss for words for a moment, wondering if he should do something to show Paige what a capable man he was.

Besides Jared Sullivan, Paige had never brought a man to Silverstream Bay.

Walking into the property lobby, she saw a young property manager sneakily watching her, and Paige immediately shot her a glance.

She said to Julian standing by the elevator door, "Wait for me a moment."

Then she walked over to the young property manager.

Seeing Paige still there, the young manager, busy here and there, began to feel a shiver down her spine.

"What can I do for you, Miss Sterling?"

Paige leaned closer to the young manager with a smile.

"Don’t tell my dad about today, okay?" she said, thinking it was obvious Jared Sullivan had bribed her.

"Miss Sterling, how could I be that kind of person? I’ll keep the owner’s secret and won’t say a word."

Paige rolled her neck, pulling out her high-tech tricks to scare her, "You better keep it that way. If I find out you said something you shouldn’t have..."

The young manager had a pleading look, "I won’t say anything, Miss Sterling."

"Good," Paige said, pulling out a lollipop, "Be good, and I’ll keep bringing you candy."

The young manager, "..."

Paige’s home was large, but a bit messy, with all sorts of materials piled everywhere.

She showed no consciousness of having invited a man over and reminded Julian as they walked in.

"Make sure not to step on anything on the floor, just find an empty spot for your feet."

Julian, "..."

Julian was careful not to step on anything, casually glancing around, not finding any male items.

Paige invited him to sit on the couch.

Then Paige waved her hand, and a robot with bizarre eight-pack abs floated over with a low-pitched voice.

Offering two cups of tea, "Please have some tea."

Julian, upon hearing the voice, paused and stared at the robot for a while.

The voice was familiar, so much so that he’d thought about it all day.

The male voice calling Paige "babe" during her phone calls.

And at this moment, hearing it clearly, he realized the voice... was essentially his own.