ra was stunned and shook her head.


    Horace said that it was better not for her to know, so she never asked.


    “Ten years ago, Horace had a car ident.” stair said as if there was nothing to hide from her, “everyone thought that Horace was crippled in that ident, but in fact, he was only injured. After arriving in the United States, he was cured.”


    ra recalled that she had seen the report of the car ident on the news that year.


    At that time, Horace was less than 20 years old. He had just entered college and was kidnapped. The kidnappers asked for a ransom of $100 million. This incident was so wildly reported that it was all over the news at that time.


    It was said that after receiving the ransom, the kidnappers drove away with him as their hostages, but they did not expect a car ident on the road. The kidnappers were killed on the spot, and Horace was seriously injured.


    However, at that time, many details were closed to the public, so nobody knew that the second child of the Kirnd family was injured in both legs. The only thing the public knew was that he went to the States for medical treatment and became weak and ill from then on.


    “I’ve probably heard of some of that.” ra said, “so after he was cured in the United States, he continued to pretend to be disabled?”


    “Yes,” stair tilted his head, “but guess why?”


    ra did know how to react.


    stair and Horace were really different. Girls probably liked his personality better.


    “Why?” ra pretended to be thinking before she replied, “Maybe because he did not want his family members to guard against him?”


    In fact, ra had thought about the reason Horace pretended to be disabled. She had already had her own deduction.


    At any rate, she was also a news reporter. Although she had no experience living in powerful families, she could guess that Horace’s endeavor to hide his recovery must have something to do with his family.


    She had never met Horace’s eldest brother, or Darren’s father, Sean. However, it was widely known that Sean was a man with great ambition and ruthless means. Now as Russell Kirnd got older and weaker, Sean was slowly taking over his family’s business.


    Horace, on the other hand,pletely put aside his rtionship with his family and started from scratch. That might also be to avoid conflicts with his elder brother.


    So, could it be because of his brother?


    ra was just guessing, but she had won the approval of stair, “Good guess, ra. You are a smart gal!”


    ra gave out an awkward smile, “I’ve seen many TV shows.”


    stairughed and said, “in fact, his family is too big and involved in too many business sectors. Theplexity is not much different from that of Netflix shows. Anyway, he is more than a man born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He has had a very difficult life over these years.”


    ra was stunned but soon nodded.


    For a whole decade, it must have been hard to have to sit in a wheelchair while beingpletely healthy, and guarding against his own family.


    stair suddenly put away his smile and looked serious and said, “So, ra, please promise me. Make him happy. Don’t break his heart.”


    ra never expected those words from stair. She was stunned.


    Make him happy?


    But what happiness could she give him?


    Before ra could answer, she suddenly heard a steady footstep, apanied by a cold voice, “what are you talking about?”


    ra turned around and saw that Horace got back.


    Horace was standing. His perfect body shape was outlined in a light blue shirt, and his long legs were straight and slender.


    A hint of sadness shed across ra’s eyes.


    How did it feel for an excellent man like him to have to sit in a wheelchair?


    “I’m telling ra that I fell in love with her at first sight and was about to steal her from you.” As soon as stair saw Horace, he immediately showed a flirtatious smile, with an unseemly face. “Horace, you know me. Women just cannot resist my charm. You be careful man!”


    “Don’tpare ra with the women around you.” Horace said faintly, went to the table, and opened the wine with a bottle opener. “You are not her type.”Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org.


    “Ok man, chill.” stair snorted andughed out.


    At the dinner table, stair was so humorous and raughed through the meal. After finishing thest dessert, stair wiped his mouth and got up reluctantly.


    “Well, ra, I have another appointment today. I won’t bother you and Horace. I’ll see you next time.”


    ra stood up and saw off the guests with Horace. He watched stair’s red sports car drive away before returning to the dining room.


    In the restaurant, Horace was taking the finished te back to the kitchen.


    “Let me do it.” ra immediately walked over to take the te from Horace, but he raised his hand and stopped her.


    “I can still do these things,” Horace whispered.


    ra had no choice but to be his assistant while he cleaned up.


    After all the dishes were in the dishwasher. Horace suddenly asked, “What did stair tell you just now?”


    ra was stunned for a moment, but he told him the truth, “he told me the reason why you pretend to be disabled.”


    “Ok.” Horace was not surprised.


    After years of friendship with stair, he must have known him so well and he would have guessed.


    “Do you me me?” Horace suddenly opened his mouth and looked up at ra deeply.


    ra was taken aback and didn’t know how to respond. After a while, she whispered, “For what?”


    “I should have told you these things myself.” Horace put thest te into the machine and whispered.


    ra said, “It doesn’t make any difference. Without your consent, stair wouldn’t have told me.”


    Horace nced at ra.


    Sure enough, although ra never talked much, she knew it clearly in her heart.


    She deserved to be the woman he liked.


    “You are right.” Horace led ra out of the kitchen. “stair is better with words than me.”


    What this meant was that stair might do a better job at exining his situation to ra.


    “As for the detailed reasons.” Horace hesitated and added, “I still can’t exin that to you right now. The more you know, the more dangerous it is for you. I hope you understand.”


    ra nodded. “I know you want to protect me.”


    ra’s words were very light, just like a feather. But this feather swept across Horace’s heart. He held ra’s hands tight.


    ra felt that Horace was holding her hand tight, and her face was a little blushed. Just when she wanted to say something, she suddenly heard her mobile phone ringing in the living room.


    “I need to answer that. Please wait for a second.” She withdrew her hand from his and walked to the living room.


    Picking up the mobile phone on the tea table, ra frowned when she saw the caller ID.


    She answered the phone and said, “Ashlee, why are you calling me?”