Your Owen had not expected Yunice’s words to be so sharp. His face darkened, and he raised his fist. ready to teach her a lesson.

But Elsie hurriedly grabbed his arm, trying to calm him down. “Owen, don’t hit Yunice! She’s just harsh with her words, but deep down, she already prepared medicine for Paul!”

True enough. If Yunice showed up at the hospital and even knew Paul’s leg was injured, then she must havee to deliver medicine.

Owen lowered his fist, turning his palm upwards instead. “Hand the medicine to Elsie

Yunice’s expression was cold. “Why should I give it to her?”

“You think you can just waltz in there yourself? Owen sapped impatiently. “Paul belongs to Elsie. You’re bjust /bgoing to barge in like the main character, ogling his bare leg! Do you have no shame!”

Yunice shot back without hesitation. “If just seeing his leg is shameless, then when Elsie helped him take off his pants, shouldn’t the two of them have been dragged off to be drowned in a pig bcage/b?”

Owen’s face flushed bhot/b. “This is the kind of bfilthy /bbtalk /byou learned while you were away?” His anger surged, and once again, he raised his bhand /bto strike her

“Mr. bOwen/b” A cold voice cut through the air.

All three of them turned toward the source of the voice

It was Wyatt. He had changed into ba /bbdark /bred dress shirt, the sleeves casually rolled up, revealing his blean/b, powerful forearms. When he tightened his grip on his cane, the veins on the back of his hand stood bout/b. radiating strength

Elsie’s gaze swept over Wyatt. She had rarely seen him before. All she had heard was that Wyatt bwas /bba /bcripple. But standing here now, he exuded a presence even moremanding than Jensen. The oppressive aura around bhim /bmade people instinctively forget his inconvenient limp.

Why was he speaking to Owen?

Owen was also sizing him up, his eyes guarded. He had grown up on the same side as Paul. What bcould /bWyatt possibly have to say to him?

Was it because Wyatt had been beatenst time and seen by me and now he wanted revenge

Countless thoughts ran through his bmind/b, yet not one of them was prepared for what happened next.

Wyatt’s gaze passed straight over him andnded on Yunice.

Wyatt beckoned lightly. “Come here.”

Yunice nced at Owen, then at Wyatt, and without hesitation, she ran toward him.

Wyatt bsneered /bat Owen as he reached out and pulled Yonice behind him, shreiding her without the slightest disguise.

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Chapter 77 The Sister You Failed to Protect

Owen was stunned, bthinking /bWyatt bhad /bmisunderstood. “She’s my sister!”

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He quickly called out to Yunice, his voice tight with concern. Yunice,e to me.”

As her brother, wasn’t it my responsibility to protect her from someone like Wyatt

Wyatt’s bvoice /bwas calm but cutting. So she cane back to you and get beaten again?*

Owen choked, instinctively looking at Yunice. But she kept her head down, refusing to meet his gaze.

Still, Owen felt justified. “What’s wrong with a brother disciplining his sister?”

It was not like he would actually hit her. How could Yunice turn her back on him and stand on someone else’s side

“Sister?” Wyatt sneered, biting down on the word like it was poison. “When your sister was kidnapped, where was this brother of hers”

Owen froze. His gaze shot first to Elsie, then to Yunice Both his sisters were standing right here. When had there been a kidnapping!

No, wait!

Owen’s eyes widened bin /bbshock /bas he stared at Yunice. Could it be that in the days she’d disappeared…

Yunice lifted her eyes, standing coldly behind Wyatt, her voice like ice. I’m self–aware enough not to hide on purpose and make byou /bworry. After all, I know better than anyone that none of you care whether I live or die.”

Owen opened his mouth, but his throat felt tight, almost painful. For a moment, he did not know what to

His voice trembled slightly. “You… you were really kidnapped? By who?”

Yunice’s frosty gaze fell directly on Elsie. She spoke two words, each one clear and sharp. “Quinton Ford”

Owen bshook /bhis head in disbelief, unwilling to ept. “Stop talking nonsense! Mr. Quinton doesn’t even bknow /byou. Why would he kidnap you?”

Yunice’s voice was cold as steel. “Because your dear little sister told Quinton I could recite Father’s medical notes from memory. His greed got the better of him. So he had me kidnapped and tortured, trying force me to copy them bdown/b.

At her words, Wyatt’s gaze swept over to Yunice, bhis /beyes darkening slightly.

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Elsie’s face wentpletely pale. She stepped forward in panic. “That’s not what happened!”

“Owen, you know how badly Mr. Quinton wanted those notes. I only said that to help you maintain your partnership bwith /bhim! Elsie’s voice shook as she looked pleadingly at Yunice. “I didn’t know he’d actually kidnap you. If I bhad /bknown. I never would’ve said it!

So it was true. Yunice had really been kidnapped.

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The Daughter in the Shadows