After her rebirth

When Katniss woke up, she was in a hospital.

She opened her eyes to a dimly lit room, the familiar smell of disinfectant in the air.

Stiffly lifting her head, she saw Maximilian sitting on a chair beside her. The warm yellow light cast his profile into a picture, gentle and serene.

There seemed to be a hint of fatigue on his face.

Hearing the noise, Maximilian looked up.

Then he reached over to press the bell and slowly helped Katniss sit up, "How are you feeling?"

Katniss frowned, her voice a bit hoarse, "I just feel pain all over, especially... ah..."

She moved her right shoulder, feeling a sharp pain.

"Shoulder," Katniss's face scrunched up, "It hurts the most."

Maximilian comforted her, "The doctor said it's nothing serious, don't worry."

Katniss remembered the kidnapping and quickly asked, "Is Juniper okay? What about Simon, did they catch him? And those who escaped, were they caught too?"

Maximilian looked at Katniss's condition, with bandages on her forehead and hands, feeling a bit helpless.

She was in such a state, yet still worried about others.noveldrama

However, to ease her worries, Maximilian patiently answered, "Don't worry, Juniper is fine, she's in another ward."

"Yesterday, Juniper insisted on staying by your bedside until late at night. She couldn't hold on any longer and the doctor gave her some sedatives to help her sleep."

Katniss breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Juniper was okay, otherwise, she would feel guilty for implicating Juniper.

"As for Simon and the others," at this point, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in Maximilian's eyes, his tone carrying a bit of coldness, "They were all caught, not a single one escaped. Simon was shot in the leg while trying to escape, and then Conrad broke his leg. He's now being treated in the hospital."

Katniss pursed her lips and weakly asked, "Was that allowed?"

After all, there were police present at the time.

Without interrogation and conviction, Simon was just a suspect, and beating him up seemed inappropriate.

Maximilian's face was cold, his expression indifferent, "Of course not. But the victim's friends and family were too angry, and it was hard to prevent them. Besides, Simon didn't dare to say anything, and they wouldn't interfere."

Simon was already in a dire situation, and causing more trouble would only make his sentence heavier.

During their conversation, the doctor came in, followed by Jesse.

Seeing Katniss, he immediately started chattering, "Katniss, what were you doing? How did you end up like this? Is your hand okay? You're going to be a doctor, especially with your Shadow Acupuncture technique, if..."

Jesse swallowed the rest of his words.

Because he saw Maximilian's eyes suddenly turn cold and ruthless.

After the doctor finished the examination and gave some instructions about the shoulder injury needing rest, he left the ward.

Only Jesse was left, who plopped down at the end of Katniss's bed, "You look like you're recovering well. You don't know, when Maximilian carried you in yesterday, his face was so cold, I thought he was going to go on a killing spree."

Jesse had never seen Maximilian like that in all these years.

Maximilian, being a capitalist, always kept his emotions in check, not letting others see his true feelings.

But yesterday, Maximilian's demeanor was truly frightening.

He even suspected that if something really happened to Katniss...

Jesse turned his head and met Maximilian's gaze. The latter was looking at him with a half-smile.

Katniss glanced at Maximilian, then corrected, "Dr. Jesse, as a doctor, can you be more precise with your words? What do you mean by 'going on a killing spree'? Maximilian is not that kind of person."

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Although Maximilian was a bit cold, he was very gentle most of the time.

Katniss looked up and gave Maximilian a sweet smile.

Maximilian looked at her smile for a few seconds before his expression softened.

"Get more rest, and don't let irrelevant people talk too much. Otherwise, it will affect your intelligence."

Jesse complained, "Can you two stop showing off your love? This is a hospital, there are other people here."

Katniss looked innocent.

She was just telling the truth, how was that showing off?

Jesse must have been single for too long, unable to stand seeing men and women interacting normally.

Maximilian ignored him, just looked at his watch and said warmly, "I have some things to take care of, Mira should be here soon. She will be taking care of you for now."

She wanted to ask, with Mira taking care of her, what about the house?

But she felt it was unnecessary.

Maximilian always had everything arranged.

So, Katniss obediently nodded again.

As Maximilian left the room, he pulled Jesse out with him, the latter yelling, "Hey, if you have something to do, go ahead. I have nothing to do. Besides, I have a lot to talk about with Katniss. Don't pull my collar, Maximilian, I need to maintain my image!"

The soundproofing of the ward was excellent, and Jesse's screams gradually faded away.

Katniss looked around the VIP ward, a single suite with two rooms, fully equipped, feeling like home, very comfortable.

No wonder the soundproofing was so good.

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Some money was well spent.

After leaving the ward, Maximilian got into the car, with Emilio following closely behind.

He lowered his voice and respectfully said, "Mr. Hamilton, the word has been spread."

The word was out that anyone who dared to interfere with Simon's case would be going against the Hamilton family and the Boleyn family. No one would risk offending them to cause trouble.

Simple and straightforward.

"Good." Maximilian's expression remained unchanged, responding lightly.

This time, Simon had really crossed the line.

Compared to the calm on Katniss's side, the Manners family was in chaos.

Clara sat nearby, looking annoyed as Elodie cried and wailed.

One problem after another!

No matter how much they guarded, they couldn't prevent Simon from causing trouble.

She didn't know how Dylan arranged things, but he couldn't even keep an eye on one person.

Gabriel was also very concerned about this matter, even directly ordering her not to go

to the hospital to take care of Desmond, but to first find out what was going on with Simon.

Clara had found out, but it felt even more terrifying.

Simon causing a hit-and-run was already bad enough, but now it was said to involve

kidnapping.

Simon was truly lawless.

Even if he wanted to get back at Katniss, couldn't he use a smarter way?

She was furious with Simon, he was truly a failure.