"Do you still have any of the ointment left? The ointment that you took from Jerry?" Duke cut right to the chase and didn''t even bother to say hello.


    "Why do you ask? Did someone get hurt?" Edward asked. He was lyingfortably on the bed in the rest room, and was understandably curious. He got up very early this morning, so he was very tired and needed a nap right now.


    "Yeah! Belinda was hurt by a drunk the other day. Just tell me, do you have any left or not?" Duke couldn''t help but roll his eyes at Edward''s questions. Couldn''t he just give him the answer?


    "Yes. There''s still some ointment left here. You cane by this afternoon and pick it up if you get the time." Edward massaged the skin between his eyebrows, and he was quite curious exactly how Belinda had been hurt by a drunk. In fact, he was not the only one who was curious. Tom raised his head and nced at Duke after hearing what he said, because Duke didn''t tell him how the hell Belinda got hurt. Now that he had more info, and thought of the wounds all over Belinda''s body, he was getting a clearer picture of what was going on.


    "Can''t Ie over now?" Duke''s brows furrowed. He was quite surprised that Edward would tell him to wait til this afternoon. He wondered what Edward was busy doing now. Was he with some other woman?


    "Sorry. Not now, I''m really tired. I need to rest for a bit, " Edward said, then closed his eyes. Last night''s love-making had used a lot of his energy, and he didn''t get to sleep until veryte. Then he got up early this morning, so he was definitely going to take a solid nap and restore his energy.


    "What? Are you messing with me? You never take a nap! Did you do something badst night?" Duke mumbled, feeling a bit annoyed. But he couldn''t do anything to Edward. After all, he was Edward.


    "What do you think? You''re married too. Do you need me to tell you the details?" Edward smirked and raised


    ain and work on Hero''s case. So he really didn''t have time to waste. He had to make sure the n was perfect today because they would need it tomorrow.


    "Okay, okay! We get it. We are going now. Just have a good lunch, alright?" Duke stressed the word ''good'', and a meaningful smile appeared again on his face at the same time. Tom felt a chill run down his spine.


    "Okay. Just go! Take care." Tom waved at Duke, then stood up and walked to the sink to wash his hands before lunch. Though he still felt uneasy about Duke''s weird smile, he couldn''t care anymore, he was literally starving. That was the reason why he started cursing when his mouth was full of hot mustard. He drank half bottle of water and still couldn''t get that taste out of his mouth.


    Fortunately, not every dish had mustard in it, or he would surely starve to death. It seemed that Duke was not that vicious after all! No wonder Duke couldn''t control his smile today. He was trying to prank him! That was the reason why Duke insisted that he ate his lunch after checking up on Belinda. This was his purpose. And he couldn''t believe that he had fallen for his lie! He had sensed that something was not right, but still, he walked into it. If he guessed right, Duke was somewhereughing at him now for sure.