Chapter 36: Justin’s Doubts
In response, Natalie yawned, "Can you two carry on outside? A patient needs to rest."
Ivan, still holding Briena protectively, looked down at her. "What happened? Are you hurt somewhere?"
Briena shook her head, "I was just showing my concern and apologizing on behalf of my fans, but she got angry and hurled the glass at me. If I wasn’t quick enough, it could have..." She let out a soft sob, leaning into Ivan’s arms,
Ivan’s gaze hardened as he looked back at Natalie. "Can you learn to act reasonably? Is this how you repay someone’s goodwill? What if she was hurt?"
Natalie sighed, clearly exasperated. She shifted in her bed, eyeing the two of them with a mix of annoyance and disbelief. "Seems like you two can’t understand simple words."
Without a second thought, she picked up another glass from the bedside table and, with calculated strength, smashed it close to Briena’s feet.
The loud crash of glass breaking filled the room. Ivan instinctively pulled Briena back, shielding her, but Briena winced in pain, letting him know she was hurt.
"Briena," he exclaimed in worry.
Briena looked at her feet, her left foot had small cuts caused by the glass shards. She looked at Natalie, only to hear her icy voice, "Now that’s what it would look like if I actually meant to hurt you, Briena."
Ivan knelt beside Briena, carefully inspecting her injuries before looking up at Natalie with a mix of frustration and disbelief. "You’re impossible."
Natalie remained unfazed by Ivan’s accusing stare. "Tell your fiancée to stop playing the victim in front of me, or it won’t take long for her act to become reality, just as I demonstrated now," she warned, her tone chilling. "If I wanted to smash glass at her, it would look like this. That previous, delicate attempt where she was unharmed, and the shards weren’t directed her way? That wasn’t me."