Chapter 65: Meeting Father Keir
While Yeri was being treated by the doctor, Shin stood at a distance, speaking on the phone but his eyes never left her.
She had come dangerously close to death several times that night.
If she had stayed in the car like he told her to, he didn’t dare imagine what might’ve happened.
If he had been a second too late... and that assassin pulled the trigger—
If he had misjudged and failed to stop the knife aimed at her—
The "what-ifs" crowded his mind like ghosts he couldn’t shake. His jaw clenched as he gripped the phone tighter. He needed answers.
Whoever sent those assassins would pay a price worse than death.
"How do you feel?" the doctor asked gently, snapping Yeri back from her thoughts.
The physical treatment was done, but given the nature of what she’d experienced, a mental health assessment followed.
A pampered, upper-class young lady like her, who had just survived a targeted murder attempt, it wouldn’t be surprising if trauma hit her hard.
Yet, to the doctor’s surprise, though her skin was pale and her hands were cold, Yeri looked surprisingly composed.