Valeria sat still, refusing to move. "Honestly, I wouldn't have remembered if you hadn't brought it up. My forehead still hurts, you know."
Edward shot her a look. "If you were really hurting, you'd have said something. We're in a hospital and you haven't even bothered to get your wound checked." "I got caught up in everything and just forgot I was even hurt."
She glanced at him, a little worried. "Did you bring my car over? It's okay, right?" "The car's fine. I had the driver wait with it," Edward replied, not missing a beat. “Alright then, get up. We need to take care of your wound."
"You're a girl. Aren't you worried about a scar?"
Valeria made a face. "It's not like it's going to leave a scar in a few minutes. And if it's going to scar, it'll do that no matter what I do now."
Edward clearly wasn't having it. He pulled Valeria up and practically dragged her off to find a doctor. Valeria barely had time to look back at Claire, let alone say
goodbye.
Meanwhile, Edison was still talking with the police but kept an eye on everything else. When he saw Valeria being led away, he finished up and walked over to Claire. "That's Edward, the Black family heir," Edison said, pointing him out right away. Claire's eyes widened a little. "You know him?"
"The Black family's main base isn't here in Apex. They're from Cabinda. Our VIA Group actually works with them sometimes."
"Small world," Claire said, surprised.
"There's nothing else for us to do now. Want me to take you home?" Edison checked the time. It was already two in the morning. If they stayed any later, Pandora would definitely start to worry, and Claire still had classes the next day.
Claire hesitated. "Let's wait a bit longer. The little girl hasn't come out yet."
As Valeria was being pulled away, she'd mouthed at Claire to wait for her. Claire took it seriously.
Edison tried to reassure her. “The police have probably reached the girl's parents already. They're on their way, so you don't need to worry about the rest."
Claire grinned and gave him a thumbs-up. “You're on top of everything.”
She said it, but she clearly wasn't in a rush to leave. Instead, she yawned, her eyes turning glassy with sleep.
Edison couldn't help but sigh. Everyone always said Pandora from the James family was stunning, her son had inherited those look Latham's wife was from Cabinda. Edison hadn't seen her much, but he knew she was gorgeous too. Cindy was pretty, sure, but next to her parents and grandmother she was just average. No wonder Pandora had always been a little distant with her granddaughter. Cindy just didn't look like she belonged to the James family.
Sometimes Edison even wondered if Pandora knew the truth about Cindy, if she knew that Cindy might not actually be a James. But if she did know, why had she never said anything or tried to find out what really happened?
Since Claire clearly wasn't ready to leave, Edison just sat down beside her. Before long, Claire's head
started to droop as she drifted off to Sleep Edison smiled and gently caught her head with one hand,
making sure she didn't bump it.
Cóntent
A little while later, Valeria came back, looking a bit grumpy after Edward forced her
to get a CT scan. She caught sight of Edison and Claire and walked over with Edward.
Edward greeted Edison immediately. “Edison.”
He'd already heard all about Claire's background from Valeria's endless chatter. Now, seeing Edison here, Edward realized Claire wasn't nearly as helpless as Valeria made her out to be Lathan's side of the James family had a big name in Apex, but the James family behind VIA Group was just as powerful, maybe even more so.