An Understated Dominance

Ch 59 - Who Else?

[Chapter 59]

Two days later, at the Peaceful Medical Center, Dahlia finally woke up.

The first thing she noticed was that she was in a very plain room that contained a table, two chairs, and a hospital bed.

She thought everything looked vaguely familiar, as if she had been here before.

"You're up?" Dustin quipped as he appeared at the entrance of the room.

He was carrying a bowl of chicken soup in one hand. Even though it wasn't the most flavorful dish, the soup looked tantalizing to her as she hadn't eaten anything for the past two days. So much so that her stomach began to growl non–stop at the sight of it.

"Were you the one who saved me?" she asked first to break the awkward tension between them.

"You were injured and unconscious on the roadside, so I patched you up," he answered plainly.

"You patched me up?" she repeated with furrowed brows. A split second later, she hastily asked, "Oh, right! How long have I been unconscious? What's the situation with the Spanners now? Are my parents in danger?"

The sudden barrage of questions made his head spin.

"You were unconscious for two days and two nights. Your family is safe and sound. As for the Spanner residence, it has been engulfed in flames," he answered each of her questions calmly.

Upon receiving news that her family was safe, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, it didn't take her long to ask another question in surprise. "Engulfed in flames'? What happened?"

"I don't know the specifics, but I heard that there was a gas leak, so all 20 to 30 people inside the Spanner residence got burned alive inside," he said.

"A gas leak? Do you suppose it was a coincidence?" she asked in a confused manner.

"The wicked reap what they sow. The Spanners have done many evil deeds and always sought to harm others. Seeing them fall from grace like this, I suppose this was just karma coming for their ass in a way." Dustin said.

She nodded in response, feeling a sense of relief on the inside.

With the Spanner household destroyed, she surmised she did not have to worry about being their target anymore in the future.

"Alright, stop letting your mind wander. Have some soup first," he said as he handed her the chicken soup.

"Thanks," she replied. Since she was hungry, she didn't refuse his kind gesture and happily started digging. into the soup. She managed to finish the entire bowl shortly after.

However, she still felt hungry after finishing her food and considered licking the bowl.

"I'll get you another bowl," he said after noticing her expression and served her another bowl of chicken soup.

Without a word, she devoured the second bowl of soup as well.

Now that she was having the chicken soup, she soon felt a pleasant warmth in her stomach, which made her feel so content it was hard to describe in words.

Although the two bowls of soup may not look like much, he was the one who cooked them precisely because he was aware that they were very good at speeding up the recovery process.

"Still hungry?" he asked.

At that moment, she couldn't stop herself from letting out a small burp.

She realized that she might come across as improper to him, so she tried to swallow the air back into her stomach.