Even though Elysia had no intention of dating Lucian, she genuinely wanted to be friends with him.

After all, they hadn’t been in touch for over a month. Maybe Lucian didn’t have feelings for her anymore, and perhaps inviting her to dinner was just his way of catching up with an old friend. So that evening, Elysia went to meet him.

Meanwhile, while Amara was reading in her hospital room that night, Mr. Kevin Everly came to visit her, accompanied by Hogan and Celeste.

Hogan was carrying a bouquet of flowers, and Celeste had a fruit basket in her hand.

Hogan set the flowers down on the bedside table. “Amara, I hope you have a speedy recovery. It’s a little dull in here, so hopefully the flowers will help brighten up the room.”

Celeste awkwardly placed the fruit basket next to the flowers and muttered, “Get well soon, okay? Grandpa’s been pretty worried about you lying in the hospital.”

Amara glanced at the fruit basket, feeling even more convinced that Celeste hadn’t been the one behind what happened this morning.

If Celeste really had harmed her earlier, she definitely wouldn’t have brought food so soon afterward. Celeste might be devious, but she wasn’t foolish.

So who was trying to hurt her?

Amara didn’t dwell on it for long. She chatted idly with Mr. Kevin Everly, repeatedly assuring him that her stomach didn’t hurt at all and that she’d be able to leave the hospital the next day. Only then did Mr. Kevin Everly seem to relax.

Just then, Finnian arrived, carrying the dinner he’d bought for Amara in one hand and a folder in the other.

After setting the dinner on the small table by Amara’s bed, he took out the chopsticks and spoon, arranged everything neatly, and personally opened the meal, placing the chopsticks in Amara’s hand so she could eat.

Amara thought he was being much too attentive. Finnian really didn’t need to go this far, especially with Mr. Kevin Everly and the others smiling and watching nearby.

Although Mr. Kevin Everly didn’t say anything, she felt uncomfortable under their gazes. But speaking up to stop Finnian would only make things more awkward, so she stayed quiet.

Finnian nudged the meal toward her. “Go ahead and eat. I just picked it up, so it’s still warm. After you finish, you’ll need to take another dose of medicine.”

“I checked with the doctor. As long as your stomach doesn’t hurt tonight, you can be discharged tomorrow morning.”

Amara nodded, picked up the chopsticks, and started eating.

She glanced at the folder in Finnian’s hand, wondering if he had come here to work.

But if that was the case, why wasn’t he opening it or getting down to business?

It wasn’t until she finished her meal that she realized she’d misunderstood.

Finnian took the empty containers

away from the small table, then

handed her the folder. “We’ve

already looked into what happened earlier today. It was Amelia and Elowen working together to hurt you.”

Amelia and Elowen?

Amara was taken aback.

Honestly, when it came to people who might want to harm her, Elowen would’ve been Amara’s first guess—after all, Elowen had caused her plenty of trouble since they were kids.

But she’d heard that Elowen was currently under Larry’s watch, and Amelia was being confined by Mrs Walker She thought neither of them could make any trouble lately, so she hadn’t suspected them. It turned out the two had figured out a way to get to her anyway.

She flipped open the folder, but seeing that it contained several pages, realized it

would take some time to read through. So Finnian explained for her:

“Amelia and Elowen plotted together against you. Elowen knew you liked the cakes from that dessert shop,

and that you bought them ever once in a while, so she gave that information to Amelia.”