Chapter 229
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"Why don't you put on your coat? Have you taken your cold medicine yet?"
Although her tone was as cold as ever, she had just returned and asked about his health, which made Derek feel warm.
"You said you'd look at my wound when you came back at night, so I didn't wear it."
As he spoke, he pulled his shirt halfway up his arm and showed her the bandages on his back. "It's just, during the day I only had minor injuries, now you see, I've bandaged it up."
Bertha remained silent and said nothing.
On the contrary, Calista stared at Derek's face and then seriously asked Bertha. "Sister Bertha, who is he? He seems very handsome. Your eyesight is very good, the men around you are all very handsome."
Because last time at the Color Bar, when Calista walked up to them, Derek was injured so she couldn't see his face.
This time seeing Derek's face, Calista's eyes couldn't leave Derek.
Bertha said expressionlessly. "My maid."
'Just a maid?" Calista's eyes lit up. 'Sister Bertha, can you lend me him for a few days?"
"Are not."
Bertha frowned, she quickly refused without thinking.
Seeing Calista's eyes seem to be glued to Derek, Bertha glared at Derek uncomfortably and said. "Get dressed. Go upstairs, get your coat, put it on, then come down here."
"Alright."
Derek obediently nodded. From beginning to end, he didn't glance at Calista even once. He quickly buttoned his shirt and went upstairs.
Calista pulled Bertha's sleeve, she looked like a small child, still not giving up hope. "I didn't expect you to have such a handsome servant here. You're usually busy at work, so you don't have time to play with me, or you let him play with me these past two days."
Bertha's eyebrows furrowed. "No, you can't ask for anything."
"Sister Bertha..."
"We go to have dinner."
Calista reluctantly followed Bertha into the dining room to eat.
After eating, Bertha chose a relatively clean room on the third floor for Calista, she chatted with her for a while and then returned to her room to rest.
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Next morning.
Just at six o'clock in the morning, Liam brought a printed copy of Bruno's messages to the beach villa.
Liam was afraid that if he went in, he would be scolded, so he stood outside the back door of the villa and waited.
Derek walked out and took the documents from Liam's hands.
He glanced at the information, his expression gradually became serious, he went straight upstairs and knocked on Bertha's door.
He knocked on the door for a while but there was no movement inside.
Is she still sleeping?
Derek thought and felt it was still too early, it was better to wait until she woke up, he would talk later.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned his head, he saw Bertha coming from the hallway, she was wearing normal clothes and she was holding a box in her hand.
'Are you going out?"
Bertha's expression was lazy. "No, I'm going to the door to receive the express parcel."
There are so many bodyguards in the villa, since when does she have to receive express parcels herself? What makes her so serious?
Derek felt something strange in his heart, but he didn't ask anything more.
Bertha brushed past him and went into the room. "I have something to tell you."
He followed her into the room, handing over the documents Liam brought. "Bruno has a few words of advice, please read them."
"Okay."
Even though she answered, Bertha didn't glance at the document he gave her, she opened the express parcel box, and inside was a box of ointment.
She gave it to him. "Take it."
Derek looked at her bewildered.
This is what she bought him?
Seeing his doubtful expression, with some worry in his eyes, Bertha explained.
'Didn't you say that conventional medicine does not affect the wound caused by the strong corrosive agent S404? I asked a professional to buy this box of medicine yesterday morning. If you need medicine in the future, take this, perhaps you will recover faster."
Derek lowered his head to look at the medicine box in his hand.
Although she didn't say it, he knew in his heart that this medicine was only available in the war laboratory, so she must have contacted Fawn to get it.
The treatment effect is really good, but in his body is the biochemical virus S404, so this box of medicine does not affect his wound.
'Thank you, this is the first gift you gave me since your divorce."
His thumb gently caressed the medicine box, his eyes were slightly red, and even the wounds all over his body felt no longer painful.
'This is not a gift, this time you got hurt because of me, so this is compensation for my guilt, moreover…"
Bertha stopped, her lips suddenly curled up wickedly. 'The so-called gifts after the divorce until now are the bankruptcy of Tibble's family, your work agreement, and the 023 treatment medicine."
Derek's hand caressing the medicine box immediately stopped.
Suddenly he felt like he was no longer emotional.
Bertha was happy to see his stiff expression, her small face broke into a bright smile, and she took Bruno's statement paper that Derek had placed on the table.
She read every word carefully, her smile gradually froze on her face, and she became more and more serious.
'Bruno said that what happened at the bar before, and the acid attack, were all Uncle Boniface's orders to him?"
Boniface is her fourth uncle, the most idle person in Griselda's house, he has no ambitions.
Before, she thought that the family member who wanted to harm her might be her stepmother, she never thought it was Boniface. She thought he was a harmless person so she didn't take any precautions.
Derek nodded. 'Even though Bruno may not have told all the truth, he was able to clearly state the details and the exchange process, which cannot be wrong. Boniface's son works in the Foreign Affairs Bureau, Bruno is afraid of him, so it makes sense for Bruno to follow his arrangement to go to the lab to steal medicine."
Bertha sat on the small sofa. She was silent for a long time, her small face gradually showing anger.
