The Headline Queen: President Hawthorne is Her Die-Hard Fan! Chapter 35: No Checks

Given that the aroma was too enticing, and given that Paige Sterling seed eager to master all the languages Julian Hawthorne knew, she entered Julian Hawthorne’s ho.

The interior design of Julian Hawthorne’s apartnt was nothing like the mansion Paige had visited before.

This apartnt gave Paige a feeling that strangely matched her tastes.

It was as if every corner had been decorated according to her preferences, and every ti Paige visited, she always felt like she was coming ho.

Initially, she was quite resistant to going to Julian Hawthorne’s place, but later that feeling inexplicably disappeared.

Eventually, Paige would go to Julian Hawthorne’s place right on ti without him needing to call her.

She even morized the code to Julian Hawthorne’s ho.

A few days later, Paige got a call from Austin Xavier, his tone was filled with resentnt.

"Paige, you have ten minutes to get to the hospital."

Paige muttered, "What a pain," ready to hang up the phone.

Austin Xavier knew exactly how to push her buttons, "If I can’t see you, I’ll just have to call Uncle Sterling and let him know what his daughter has been up to out there."

Austin Xavier had a knack for pretending in front of her elders, her dad had a very good impression of him.

If Austin Xavier spouted nonsense in front of her dad, her dad would likely think she was up to no good. He might even send seventeen or eighteen bodyguards over to watch her 24/7.

Paige sneered, "You want to see you, right? I’ll co to see you, and after I do, you won’t have to leave the hospital for the rest of your life."

Austin Xavier sounded so weak on the phone that Paige thought he was actually in trouble.

When she got to the hospital, she found him well, eating and sleeping normally, looking like he’d gained a few pounds.

"Austin Xavier, aren’t you doing just fine?"

Austin Xavier looked at Paige with a cold gaze, "Am I fine?"

Paige sneered, "Even if you’re not, it’s not my fault. Stop doing trashy things, and you’ll be fine, won’t you?"

The hardest thing to deal with in this world is a woman. Isn’t Austin Xavier asking for the beating himself?

"My arm’s dislocated? Ribs pierced my lungs? Can you say that had nothing to do with you?"

Paige was puzzled, "Wasn’t it just a dislocated arm earlier? And now you say your ribs pierced your lungs?"

Paige suspected Austin Xavier was faking, but when she scanned him with her device, it turned out he really did have ribs piercing his lungs.

It was quite serious, no wonder he sounded so feeble.

Just how did Austin Xavier manage to make himself so miserable in such a few days?

Paige asked, "Did Penelope Thatcher co to get revenge again?"

Have girls beco this scary now? Are they ready to take your life if you ss with them?

Austin Xavier, in a sarcastic tone, stared at Paige, "Paige, I ended up like this, shouldn’t you ask yourself?"

Paige, "...?"

First, Julian Hawthorne got so strange illness and pinned it on her, and now even Austin Xavier was putting the bla on her.

Did she have such a face that begged to be taken advantage of?

As Paige was contemplating, Austin Xavier continued, "My lung was pierced by Julian Hawthorne."

"How did you get on his bad side?"

And this has nothing to do with her, right? She didn’t instruct Julian to do it.

"The day you left, he ca in, pretended to be a doctor to set my bones, and then I ended up in the operating room."

Paige, "...?"

She suddenly rembered that the day she was leaving, Julian said he was going to get so dicine and disappeared for five minutes.

When he returned, Julian indeed had dicine in his hand, and she didn’t think much of it.

So what deep grudge did Julian Hawthorne and Austin Xavier have to make him end up like this?

Maybe Austin Xavier was just too annoying, and Julian Hawthorne wanted to teach him a lesson.

Paige didn’t even realize that her thinking was completely skewed; she proactively found the most plausible excuse for Julian’s actions.

"If you want to settle the score, go find Julian Hawthorne. Why are you looking for ?"

"Aren’t you and Julian quite close? He hurt , and you’re not involved?"

Austin Xavier stared unblinkingly at Paige, as if waiting for her to deny – deny the closeness between her and Julian Hawthorne.

But who would have thought Paige, after seriously considering it, said, "What you’re saying does make so sense."

After all, Julian Hawthorne was her die-hard fan—apparently a sowhat domineering fan who wouldn’t allow his idol to have any intimate contact with others.

Austin Xavier was so angry that his lung ached. He couldn’t continue discussing this topic with Paige, or it might infuriate him to death.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Aren’t you looking for investnt?"

Paige raised an eyebrow, "You want to invest?"

Austin Xavier, out of habit, remained stubborn, "In your dreams."

Paige, "Psycho."

Without giving Austin Xavier a chance for rebuttal, she turned around and slamd the door behind her.

Austin Xavier was so furious he tried to get out of bed, but the mont he moved, his lung ached intensely.

In his anger, he knocked the things off his bedside table.

As Paige stepped out of the hospital room, she saw Penelope Thatcher, who had completely abandoned her usual innocent white rabbit look, dressed head-to-toe in leather, exuding a fierce dominatrix vibe, strutting in ten-centiter high heels, storming toward her.

From the way she looked, she was clearly here to cause trouble.

And at this angle, Paige guessed the woman was ready to puncture the other side of Austin Xavier’s lung.

Penelope Thatcher’s eyes landed on Paige, and she sped up, storming toward Paige.

"Paige!"

Paige looked at her like they were strangers, expressionless.

Penelope Thatcher, however, was extrely enthusiastic, "Paige, why are you ignoring ? Didn’t you say we weren’t friends anymore?"

Paige didn’t recall ever saying sothing like that. She asked indifferently, "Did you send soone to beat up Austin Xavier?"

"That’s right, I’m not the kind of person who takes a loss quietly. If he dares to toy with , he must be prepared for my revenge. What’s a beating? I was even thinking of crippling his legs."

The seemingly innocent little white rabbit turned out to be quite a tough character.

However, in this matter, Paige didn’t see Austin Xavier as innocent, nor did she see Penelope as the victim.

Austin Xavier did have a bit of a scoundrel streak, but Penelope going to such places looking for true love wasn’t innocent either.

So the two were on par, but Penelope clearly mastered the essence of striking first. In the end, she labeled Austin and gave him a harsh beating.

In that mont, Paige felt sowhat relieved for Austin Xavier, lucky he wasn’t a true scoundrel, or he’d be done for and his lineage would end.

"Austin Xavier is inside, go ahead."

Paige stepped aside, but Penelope said, "Who’s looking for him? I’m looking for you."

"What do you want with ?"

Was she here to ask for a check?

Although reluctant, Paige took out the check, "Here’s your check, I’m returning it to you."

"I don’t want the check."