Chapter 88

Chapter 88:

Her expression twisted as she looked at Jordy. Just seeing him made her stomach churn.

Jordy, still sore from the fall, got up and dusted himself off. When he saw Sylvie’s contorted expression of pain, he asked with concern, “Miss Higgins, are you alright p>

Sylvie glared at him. “Stay away from me! Don’t come near me! You’re disgusting!” she said sharply.

Jordy’s expression hardened. Whatever patience he had left snapped. He had risked himself to save her, and this was how she repaid him? He scoffed and said, “Miss Higgins, don’t you think you are treating me the wrong way here? If I hadn’t pulled you out of harm’s way, you might have been trampled to death by now. Instead of thanking me, you hurl insults at me p>

Lying on the stretcher, Sylvie retorted, “Who asked you to save me? I would have been just fine without you interfering! Just stay away from me. You make me sick p>

Jordy’s hands clenched into fists. His jaw tightened. “I must have been out of my damn mind to have saved you!” he said.

Just then, Isabella arrived, catching the last of his words. From a distance, she had already sensed something was off. There was no trace of gratitude in Sylvie’s expression—only pure, unfiltered disgust. Relief flooded Isabella. She believed she didn’t need to worry about Jordy being together with Sylvie now.

She hurried to Jordy’s side, slipping an arm around him. She said, “Jordy, are you okay? I was so worried about you just now! I thought you were seriously hurt! You should let the doctor check you p>

Jordy took a step, still rattled. Now, he realized that sticking with Isabella was the wiser option for him. Any hope of forging a connection with the Higgins family had crumbled, but what stung him more was Sylvie’s bad attitude toward him. He had never encountered someone so unappreciative—someone who would look at the very person who saved her life with utter disgust and go so far as to call him a creep.

Glaring at Sylvie, he spat, “I shouldn’t have saved you at all p>

Isabella, seeing her chance, narrowed her eyes at Sylvie and said, “Miss Higgins, my boyfriend saved your life. Even if you don’t want to thank him, do you really have to humiliate him like this? I demand you apologize to my boyfriend now p>

Vivian realized something was amiss the moment she crossed the finish line. Without hesitation, she spurred her horse toward Sylvie. Only after dismounting with a swift motion did she rush to Sylvie’s side. After surveying her friend from head to toe, her relief was palpable as she found no wounds, just a layer of dust. She said, “My horse almost trampled you back there! Thank heavens you’re safe. I was so worried. Sylvie, are you alright p>

Sylvie, feeling like misfortune was her shadow, had no desire to entangle herself with Jordy’s type. Yet, fearing he might cling to her because of the incident, she said to him reluctantly, “You saved me back there. Thank you p>

Turning to the event staff, her voice urgent, Sylvie said, “Please hurry! I’m in pain. I need to go to the hospital right now p>