After finishing the lamb hot pot, most of the staff at Concordia dical Hall went ho, leaving only one person on duty in each departnt.
Luna Axton hadn’t been drinking, so she planned to stay at Concordia dical Hall to keep Academician Frost company.
But then, Blaze Fairchild ca to pick her up early.
It was only a little after four in the afternoon, but the sky was already dark.
With the Spring Festival approaching, the empty streets were filled with a festive air. Lanterns and colorful decorations were everywhere, and even the bare tree branches were adorned with strings of colorful lights.
Luna Axton thought about what had happened with Eliana Yates. Eliana’s actions today had been genuinely dangerous, and she couldn’t count on soone being there to protect her every ti.
"I have sothing to tell you," Luna Axton said.
Blaze Fairchild, who had been thinking with his eyes closed, opened them at her words. "Go on," he said, his tone serious. "I’m listening."
"There’s a girl in my internship group who’s disliked from the very beginning. First, she claid my diamond ring was just rhinestone. Then, she started pointing her phone at often. I don’t know if she was filming —I have no proof—and I don’t know why she’s doing it, but my gut tells she was..."
At first, Blaze Fairchild thought it was just petty jealousy between girls, but the more he listened, the more he felt sothing was wrong. His sharp brows furrowed deeper.
"I thought that since we’re all interns at Concordia dical Hall and have to see each other every day, I could just endure it and clap back once in a while. But today, she said sothing bad about Lucky, and I couldn’t stand for it. That’s why I provoked her by bringing up how she cheated on her final exams."
The story about Eliana Yates cheating on her finals wasn’t a groundless rumor; it was all over the school forums.
She had overheard Paige talking about it during a break. He’d been wondering why he’d never heard of Eliana Yates before, only to find out it was because she had cheated.
To prove he was telling the truth, Paige had even shown Luna his phone.
As Luna Axton recounted the whole incident, she realized how childish and inappropriate she had been.
She lowered her head, her face flushing with sha. A hand appeared in her line of sight and grasped hers tightly.
Blaze Fairchild said, "You did the right thing. Not just for Lucky, but for yourself. When sothing makes you uncomfortable, then it’s uncomfortable. Even Rosalind Fairchild couldn’t get the upper hand with you, and no one else gets to, either."
Luna Axton looked up in surprise. ’Is Blaze encouraging to fight back with sharp words?’
A handso curve ford on Blaze Fairchild’s lips as he gently caressed the back of her hand.
"If it ever looks like things might get physical again, tell imdiately. Don’t take risks on your own. I’ll handle it."
Luna Axton felt a sting in her nose.
All her life, she had been taught to endure things whenever she could. Even when she couldn’t, she would agonize over how far she should push back.
But Blaze Fairchild said he would handle it.
The subtext of his words was clear: ’You can rely on .’
’Can I... can I really rely on Blaze Fairchild?’
Luna Axton later wondered, if Ethan Frost hadn’t stepped in, would that slap have landed on her face today?
Or, without Ethan Frost’s intervention and the attention of the onlookers, could sothing even worse have happened to her?
A wave of fear washed over her. "I think Caleb should stay with after all."
She didn’t dare take that risk. Just like Blaze, all she wanted was for Lucky to be born safe and sound.
Blaze Fairchild stroked her soft, short hair, his voice gentle. "I’ll investigate and handle this business with Eliana Yates. You just focus on what you need to do."
"Okay." Luna Axton’s anxious heart finally settled.
The Phantom was driving slowly down the road when, after a short distance, it ca to a complete stop.
After five or six minutes, the driver saw no sign of movent up ahead. A long line of cars had already ford behind them, making it impossible to reverse.
"Sir, Young Madam, I’m going to see what’s going on."
"Mm." Blaze Fairchild was in the middle of a text and answered without looking up.
Bored, Luna Axton glanced around. Not far away was an amusent park.
A Ferris wheel turned slowly against the snowy night, its multicolored lights twinkling beautifully in the dark sky.
Each little cabin seed to hold its own happy story.
’A snowy night, an amusent park, a Ferris wheel... This scene is straight out of a tragic, romantic K-drama.’
"What are you looking at?"
"The Ferris wheel. Look at it..."
Luna Axton pointed out the window and turned to share the sight with Blaze Fairchild.
Unexpectedly, her lips were t by his, which were slightly cool. His warm breath fanned across the tip of her nose.
THUMP-THUMP! THUMP-THUMP-THUMP... Her heart rhythm was suddenly thrown into chaos, her pulse skyrocketing.
Flustered, Luna Axton tried to pull back.
Blaze Fairchild didn’t give her the chance.
In the dim light of the car, he raised a hand to cradle the back of her head, forcing her to tilt her face up to et his kiss.
His kiss was deep and intense, their breaths mingling.
Luna Axton couldn’t withstand such a fierce assault, and her breathing quickly beca ragged...
The lights shifted, and the driver returned.
Blaze Fairchild released her just in ti. He knew she was easily embarrassed; if a third person were present, she would be mortified and get angry with him again.
The driver pulled open the car door, and a gust of cold air dispelled the intimate atmosphere that had filled the confined space.
Luna Axton’s face was scorching hot. She pressed her hands to her chest, so shy she didn’t know where to look.
The driver reported what he’d found out. "Sir, there’s been an accident up ahead, so the road is blocked for now. Should I ask one of the family drivers to take a different route to co pick you and the Young Madam up?"
"No need," Blaze said. "I’ll take the Young Madam to the amusent park for a bit. Call when the road is clear."
As he spoke, Blaze Fairchild unbuckled both of their seatbelts.
He took Luna Axton’s hand and started walking toward the amusent park, the warmth of their palms trapped between their tightly clasped fingers.
"What are we going to do at the amusent park?"
"We’re going to ride the Ferris wheel."
?
Luna Axton was thoroughly confused.
’Why is he being so romantic all of a sudden?’
’Did he sohow hear my thoughts?’
Still holding her hand, Blaze Fairchild bought tickets, and with a staff mber’s guidance, they boarded the Ferris wheel.
The Ferris wheel slowly ascended, revealing the entire nightscape below.
The white, snowy ground served as a canvas for the brilliant lights.
"It’s so beautiful."
Blaze Fairchild’s lips curved into a smile. When she was happy, his mood was exceptionally good, too.
’No wonder she wasn’t this excited even when I gave her the three-hundred-million-dollar pink diamond,’ he thought. ’So, this is what Luna likes.’
’She likes snow, likes snowflakes. She’s always in a very good mood on snowy days.’
Blaze Fairchild silently committed this to mory.
Luna Axton took a picture of the night view from the Ferris wheel and sent it to Joy Coleman.
When she looked up from her phone, her eyes t Blaze Fairchild’s. He was sitting across from her, a smile on his lips as he watched her.
She blushed. "Do you want to take a couple of pictures?"
Blaze Fairchild readily agreed and moved to sit beside her. "Let’s take one together. That way, when Lucky asks what we did while we were expecting her, we can show her the photos."
Luna Axton didn’t overthink it and raised her phone to take the picture.
Blaze Fairchild took the phone from her. "Let . My arms are longer."
In the phone’s cara view, Blaze Fairchild’s hand rested on her shoulder.
She wanted to show off her baby bump, so she had to place one hand on Blaze’s thigh for support. The heat from his leg seared her palm, and she could feel how firm and hard his thigh muscles were.
Luna Axton tried hard to ignore the sensation under her hand and gave a thumbs-up with her free one.
"You can take it now," she said, forcing a smile and squeezing the words through her teeth.
Blaze Fairchild’s smile grew even wider, revealing his perfectly straight, white teeth for the photo.
The two of them took selfies together in the Ferris wheel cabin and also took solo pictures of each other.
Ti flies when you’re having fun. Seeing her reluctant expression, Blaze asked, "Want to go for another ride?"
"No." The driver had already called. "We should head ho. Mom and Grandpa are still waiting for us for dinner."
Blaze Fairchild wrapped his hand around hers and tucked them both into his trench coat pocket as they walked toward the exit together.
Despite the cold, there were still other people at the park, mostly couples.
Both inexperienced in love, they ca across a couple locked in a passionate kiss in front of an attraction and, by unspoken agreent, quickened their pace.
Luna Axton was quite tired from the day’s excitent. Blaze hadn’t even finished reading one story to her before she fell fast asleep.
Blaze Fairchild traced the bridge of her nose with his finger, placed a kiss on her forehead, and then tiptoed to the study to handle so business.
The investigation had already yielded results.
The series of screenshots and a comparison of video traffic data thoroughly enraged Blaze Fairchild.
The temperature in the study plumted, the very air seeming to freeze. His voice was chillingly sharp. "Save the evidence. And make her shut her mouth."
After hanging up, his well-defined fingers tapped lightly on the desk—a habitual gesture of his when deep in thought.
Eliana Yates was the daughter of Valoria’s deputy director of the Health Bureau, who had been implicated in the Hepatology Hospital incident and was now scrambling to deal with the fallout.
Kai and Eliana Yates were involved with each other. ’Does Miles Jacobs know?’
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