Cuyper 21 Playing Hurt
Chapter 21 Playing Hurt
Ryan was used to girls looking at him that way. His face twisted with obvious disgust.
He quickly pulled Sean in front of him to hide.
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Olivia tilted her head and giggled. “Hey, handsome. I’m Olivia, from the Hale family. Who are you?
Ryan ignored her. He dragged Mia in front of him too, blocking himself completely.
Olivia refused to give up. She reached for Mia, but a strong hand shot out in front of Mia.
The man’s expression was cold.
Olivia looked up at Sean: Her eyes lit up again.
“Wow. The sophisticated bad-boy type. I love it
“What’s your name, handsome?
I’m the Hale heiress. Stick with me, and I’ll take good care of you.”
She turned to Ethan and smiled brightly. “Ethan, I want these two.”
Olivia’s obvious crush surprised Mia.
Mia gently lowered Sean’s arm and held his sleeve.
Sean froze. His lips drooped slightly.
When Mia stepped in front of him, he blinked in surprise. His eyes lit up, and he almost smiled
Mia kept her face calm. She glanced at Ryan, who was casually scrolling on his phone. “Are you okay?”
The blood on his shirt looked alarming.
Ryan shrugged it off “Nah, it’s-”
He suddenly straightened his posture. He coughed lightly, rubbed his arm, and stared up at
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She kept her expression steady and took his wrist to check his pulse.
After a second, she let go. Her worry faded a little.
His pulse was normal. If he was in pain, it was only from external injuries.
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Mia placed his hand back on his knee and nodded quietly. She started rolling up his sleeve.
Before she could look, Ryan cried out loudly, “Ow-no, it hurts! It really hurts!”
The man who’d been attacked stared in disbelief.
Ryan is untouchable. Between his own company and Sean’s top lawyers, he can ruin anyone who crosses him.
I took the hit without flinching.
Why is he acting more hurt than the victim?
Even the police looked uneasy. “Should we call a doctor?”
Ryan swallowed hard. He glanced at Mia and whined dramatically. “My family has a doctor.”
Mia didn’t react. She slowly rolled his sleeve back down.
Sean stared at Ryan’s wrist for a long time.
Mia turned to the officer. “Officer, the injuries are internal and severe. But this started because of us. We won’t press charges for Ryan’s wounds.”
Ryan opened his mouth to protest.
Mia shot him a look. He went silent immediately.
An injury report would require an exam.
Ryan’s wounds were nothing more than a mosquito bite.
Olivia watched Ryan obeying Mia like an obedient puppy. Her heart raced.
She leaned in and whispered again, “Hey, handsome. Did you hear me? I want to be friends with you and your tall friend. You haven’t answered me.
“My family’s rich. Staying with Mia? She’s so poor. She’d just spend your money. Stay with me. I’ll spoil you.”
Olivia stood on her toes, acting cute.
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Ryan ignored her in disgust.
Sean’s gaze darkened when he heard “poor”.
Mia had left her family to marry Ethan. The two families had never even met.
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Yet he never imagined that during the three years Mia was married to Ethan, Ethan hadn’t even known Mia came from a blended family-let alone anything about her actual background.
Calling the only daughter of the Knight family “poor” was pure ignorance.
Ethan felt Sean’s sudden anger.
He paused.
He’d been wanting to connect with Sean and Ryan for a long time, but never had the chance.
Now they met under these tense circumstances, with Mia in the middle.
Sean looked powerful. Ryan looked wild.
But both fell quiet at just one look from Mia.
Ethan felt a sharp, unpleasant twist in his chest.
“So you can handle this?” Ethan asked Mia directly, pushing down his irritation.
Before Mia could answer, Ethan glanced at Sean.
“I know your legal team is impressive, Mr. Colton. But the facts are clear. Our injuries are much worse. We don’t want to make this a big scene.”
He looked down and met Mia’s eyes. “Let’s settle this peacefully. Step aside with me for a minute.”
As he spoke, Ethan felt nervous.
He was counting on Mia wanting to end this quickly.
And he wanted to test exactly how close she was to Sean and Ryan.
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