The Beauty and the Brain

Chapter 91

“Such a severe injury, it’s normal to have a fever. Why didn’t anyone stay with him?”

Marie’s tone carried some blame as Dennis lay on the bed with his eyes tightly closed and his brow

furrowed, not moving at all. She felt very flustered inside.

“Ms. Marie, Mr. Whitney woke up and insisted that we all go look for you, instead of staying with him,”

Cullen explained.

Marie paused while searching the medicine cabinet and asked, “Where’s Gavin?”

“Dr. Hart and Mr. Philemon live on this floor, so they will be arriving soon,” Cullen said.

As soon as Cullen finished speaking, the doorbell rang. Cullen went to open the door, and Gavin

walked into the room carrying a medical kit, with Clayton following behind him. As they walked, Clayton

asked, “What happened? Why did he faint?”

Upon seeing Marie in the room, Gavin hesitated for a moment, “Marie? You’re back? Are you not

hurt?”

Marie shook her head, “I’m not hurt, let’s check on Dennis first.”

Gavin nodded, walked to the bedside, and saw Dennis without a shirt on. The gauze on his shoulder

was neatly arranged. He was taken aback and asked, “Cullen, did you do this?”

Cullen hesitated and shook his head, “No, Ms. Marie did it.”

Gavin turned to look at Marie and laughed, “Marie’s skills are pretty good.”

Marie glanced at him and said, “Alright, hurry up and check on him.”

Gavin lowered his head to examine the wound, then took a temperature reading and said, “The wound

hasn’t healed properly and has split open, causing some inflammation and a high fever. Let’s start with

intravenous therapy to reduce the inflammation and take some fever-reducing medication.”

Marie asked nervously, “When will he wake up?”

“Let’s see how his recovery goes. With Dennis’ constitution, he should wake up tomorrow,” Gavin said.

He lowered his head to give Dennis an injection, set up the IV drip, and then several people left the

room.

Clayton turned to look at Marie, “Where did Ms. Spence go last night?”

Marie’s mind was filled with thoughts of Dennis, and she was very agitated. She didn’t know what kind

of trouble Dennis had gotten into or why he had been shot. She knew nothing and could only

watch him injured and unconscious.

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And now, as Clayton questioned her again, she replied irritably, “I didn’t go anywhere, we just got

separated.”

“Did you get lost for a whole day and night? I heard from Cullen that Ms. Spence just came back

tonight,” Clayton’s gaze was like an X-ray, as if he wanted to see right through her.

Marie turned to stare at Clayton, “I was only separated for a day and a night, does Mr. Philemon have a

problem with that?”

Clayton had a cold expression on his face, looking quite stern, and at that moment, his eyes seemed

even colder. “Ms. Spence, please tell the truth, where were you during this entire day and night?”

Marie clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, saying, “I told you, I just got lost!”

Gavin saw the atmosphere getting more and more tense, so he stepped in between the two people.

and grabbed Clayton, saying, “Clayton, what are you doing? Marie isn’t a bad person, she just got

lost.”

“Why didn’t she want to explain where she was yesterday? If she had nothing to hide, why did it

take her a whole day and night to come back?” Clayton’s face turned pale.

Gavin turned to Marie and said, “Marie, just tell us where you were last night. Don’t let Clayton

misunderstand you.”

Marie laughed, “Why should Mr. Philemon question me about these things when Dennis doesn’t

even care? You can misunderstand me all you want, I don’t care!”

Gavin felt helpless and was about to turn his head to persuade Clayton to stop asking questions,

when Clayton suddenly pulled out a pistol from his waist and pointed the dark muzzle directly at

Marie’s forehead!

Clayton said coldly, “We were attacked last night, and right after that, Ms. Spence disappeared.

Since you can’t explain it, you can’t escape suspicion!”

Gavin, frightened, pulled Clayton and said, “Clayton! What are you doing? Why are you arguing with a

little girl?”

Cullen also stood in front of Marie and said, “Mr. Philemon, let’s wait until Mr. Whitney wakes up

to discuss these matters! If you hurt Ms. Marie, Mr. Whitney will definitely hold you accountable when

he wakes up!”

The atmosphere was tense when Marie spoke up, her voice flat, “Cullen, move aside.”

Cullen turned to look at Marie and said, “Ms. Marie! Before Mr. Whitney wakes up, I won’t let

anyone hurt you!”

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“Cullen! If she is a spy, the first person she would harm would be Dennis!” Clayton said sternly.

Marie laughed and said, “It’s alright, Cullen, move aside.”

Cullen hesitated for a moment, walked over to Marie, and still looked at Clayton with some caution,

fearing that he might really shoot.

Marie looked up, staring straight into Clayton’s eyes. “First, I’m not a spy, and second, I would

never hurt Dennis.”

Clayton stared at her, “Why should I believe you?”

Marie laughed, “I don’t need you to believe me, as long as Dennis believes me, that’s enough. He

trusts that I won’t hurt him, so I can stay here. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have to wait for you to question

me; he would deal with me himself. You know better than I do what kind of person he is.”

Clayton knew well that Dennis’ decisive and ruthless actions left no room for hesitation. Otherwise,

there would be no Whitney Group today, nor the power he and his brothers held.

But when facing Marie, he always carried doubt.

Marie appeared to be simple, but upon closer inspection, she was quité complex. Her background was

clean, but her displayed cleverness couldn’t be ignored.

Marie slowly raised her hand and grasped the barrel of Clayton’s gun.

Gavin and Cullen were startled and shouted at her.

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