"What happened earlier really frightened me. Are you satisfied with such an answer?" Veronica looked at him fearlessly, her eyes clouded with mist.

But Nick did not back down from her challenging gaze to see who was tougher. His black eyes were deep and sharp as if trying to get a quick run through of her soul.

"You have to thank someone in particular, or else I would be the one lying in the hospital bed right now. Or would you rather see me lying on a hospital bed?"

"I didn't say that!" Nick creased his eyebrows.

Veronica shoved his arm away angrily, stormed out of the bathroom with only...