Chapter 339


    After discussing the uing n with Shane, Rick was the first to leave. He was not so sure why


    Kendall wanted to see him. If it was something important...


    Rick left as soon as they finished discussing. He was in such a hurry that Avery looked at his back


    and joked, "This guy said that he wanted to marry me. Well, I''m all alone now."


    "How wonderful is that?" Charlotte couldn''t help but think of the first time she met Kendall. She


    sighed and said, "How nice would it be if our rtionship can remain the same as when we first


    met. Kendall is a good fit for superficial friendship."


    "You''re too tolerant of her." Avery didn''t think that things would be that simple.


    "I''m not too tolerant of her. I''m more tolerant of myself."


    Avery shrugged.


    Charlotte could say whatever she wanted anyway.


    Rick returned home. The whole vi was dark without lights. He walked to the bedroom and pushed


    open the door. It was dark inside too. Thinking that Kendall might have fallen asleep, he did not turn


    on the lights and nned to walk to his desk to turn on themp. But after a few steps, he felt


    something soft on the tip of his toe.


    He frowned and squatted down. When he was about to reach out to touch it, he heard a series of


    shaky breaths.


    "Kendall?"


    Rick called, but no one responded. He immediately turned around and switched on the lights.


    On the floor, Kendall was curled into a ball. The corner of her forehead and her arms were all


    wounded. Her clothes were in tatters, and there was an obvious cut on her abdomen. Rick''s breath


    hitched in his throat. He took her into his arms and shouted, "Kendall! Kendall!"


    She had already lost consciousness and did not respond. Rick immediately called the ambnce.


    Fortunately, there was no traffic at this hour, so the ambnce arrived shortly.


    Kendall was carried onto the stretcher. After some time of emergency operation, she was finally


    safe. Rick was dead tired when he sat in the hospital. He didn''t know how to face Kendall, and he


    didn''t know how to face Anne either. He was afraid that


    Anne was involved in this.


    After more than ten minutes, Kendall slowly regained consciousness. The pain in her body made


    her tremble with fear.


    "Kendall?"


    When she heard the familiar voice, her tears streamed down at once. But she stubbornly turned her


    head away and did not look at him.


    Rick didn''t dare to touch her. He could only extend his hand and wave it in front of her. "Are you


    awake?"


    "No."


    "Dummy, tell me what happened. Who did this to you?"


    "I fell on my own," she answered in a muffled voice.


    "How long are you going to cover up for Anne?"


    Kendall instantly felt wronged. She turned around and stared at him with red eyes. "I want to go


    home..."


    "Let''s move to another ce to live, okay?" Rick stroked her forehead gently, his fingers touching


    her bangs. "I''ll rent a house, just for you and me."


    "Really?" Her eyes suddenly lit up.


    Rick nodded. Gently, he touched the wound on her cheek with his fingers and asked, "Why didn''t


    you dodge?" "Because I''m stupid."


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    "There were more than one person, right?"


    Kendall felt that her lies were useless. She lowered her head and whispered, "Anne and her friends


    came to our house, but I didn''t know. They saw me when I went downstairs to get some juice, so


    Anne called me over. When her friend heard that I was Caleb''s sister, she... Anne actually stopped


    her, but her friend was too crazy."


    "What''s her surname?"


    "Abril Medina. I think so." Kendall tried to recall. "I didn''t think too much. I thought maybe it was just


    because of my brother''s love affair. Then I wanted to hide upstairs. But, she called a lot of people to


    come over. Actually, Anne and I called you, but you didn''t pick it up. So Anne ran out to look for you


    after that."


    "Why didn''t you tell me when you called me?"


    Kendall smiled awkwardly. "I thought that you had something important to do, so I dismissed the


    thought. I originally wanted to call Anne and tell her that I felt a little ufortable, but I had no


    strength."


    The doctor did say that her injury didn''t look serious, and there was no need for her toe to the


    hospital in the first ce. But the unfortunate thing was that her internal organs were a little injured,


    so the signs didn''t appear at once. She didn''tment on this point. Maybe it really had nothing to


    do with Anne.


    Rick''s knitted brows rxed slightly when he heard that Anne had nothing to do with it. "Are you


    sure Anne didn''t hurt you?"


    "I''m sure. Anne isn''t that evil," Kendall exined.


    Rick nodded, and he took out his phone to contact Anne. When Anne heard that he was in the


    hospital, she immediately asked in an anxious tone, "How is Kendall?"


    "You still have the guts to ask me?"


    "Rick, I didn''t know that Abril is a psycho. I owe an apology to you and Kendall for this. You can


    punish me however you want, but first, you''d better tell me where you went. Braden and I have


    searched all the ces we could think of. We''re in the waiting room at the airport now."


    There was indeed the sound of nes taking offing from the other side of the phone.


    Rick massaged the space between his eyebrows and said, "You''ll know tomorrow when you watch


    the news. Now you..."


    "I''lle over right now," Anne interrupted him. "I''ll be right there."


    Toot, toot, toot-


    Anne immediately hung up the phone. Rick didn''t say anything more. He sent the address to her


    through text.


    After a while, Anne arrived at the hospital. Kendall fell asleep again. She was lying on the hospital


    bed, appearing thin and pathetic. Anne felt bad for her. No matter how much she hated Kendall, she


    never wished death upon her. And she looked so small and pitiful, even a little cute.


    Anne dragged Rick to the hospital''s corridor and said, "Braden has sent someone to keep an eye


    on Abril. Do you want to punish her first or me first?"


    "You''re my sister." Rick shook his head helplessly. "Kendall said that you didn''t hit her and even


    helped her to find me. It doesn''t make sense if I me you."


    "Rick, it''s my fault. But I can also see how awful the people from the Stevens Family are to


    outsiders. Do you want to..."


    "Then I''ll make them shut up."


    This was the first time Anne had seen a murderous look in Rick''s eyes.


    His lower eyelids were slightly tightened upwards, and there seemed to be frosty winds and snow


    from the mountains hidden in his pupils.


    Anne had a hunch that the Medina Family might end up in bad shape, but was it worth it because of


    Kendall? The Medina family wasn''t that easy to deal with...


    Anne tentatively said, "Rick, do you want to think about it again?"


    "Of course I won''t do it on my own."


    "Then..."


    "I would definitely pass this favor to Shane and Charlotte."


    Would Charlotte defend Kendall against injustice?


    Anne quirked the corners of her mouth and said, "Rick, why would you think of letting your


    exgirlfriend help your current girlfriend?"


    "It''s not about girlfriends, it''s about..."


    "Shane told me." Braden suddenly opened his mouth to speak. "You pretended to fall out with


    Avery, and then he hid the trading contract between Charlotte and Avery. So generally speaking,


    Shane and Charlotte are standing by your side to resist Avery."


    Rick nodded. "There''s nothing more suitable for me to be allies with the Stevens Family than


    defending Kendall."


    "The most terrifying thing is to turn your enemy into an ally." Braden sighed. "This trick of yours is


    really..."


    "As long as it works."


    Indeed.


    Anne did not leave. She followed Rick into the ward. At this time, Kendall had already woken up,


    and she was staring at the ceiling.


    "Kendall." Anne came to her bedside. Looking at the person on the bed, she felt very sorry.


    "Anne." Kendall turned around and smiled at her. "Thank you for today."


    "You didn''t even suspect me and thanked me first?"


    "There is nothing to suspect. Besides, even if you really asked someone to hit me, I can only ept


    it. Because I still like Rick, even though I don''t deserve him. I still don''t deserve him even if you hit


    me." Kendall said as she made a face.


    Kendall was different from Charlotte.


    Charlotte would never say something like that.


    Anne had been friends with Charlotte for a long time. So she naturally couldn''t stand someone like


    Kendall.


    But she also understood that she had to tolerate this person who her brother liked.