Chapter 68
Chapter 68 The Woman on the Island
Chapter 68 The Woman on the Island
“You’re saying Mr. Gunn would actually kill me over Natalie?”
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Shauna sighed in exasperation. “Did you forget the woman on the island? How did Mr. Gunn treat her?”
“He would’ve given her the stars if she asked. Hell, he wanted to hand her the whole world,” Finn muttered.
Shauna pressed her lips together, leaned in, and whispered, “Natalie’s burns are so severe she’ll need full-body skin grafts. If I’m right, Mr. Gunn is going to ask the woman on the island to donate skin for her.”
“What?!”
Finn’s voice shot up in disbelief-only to be muffled by Shauna’s hand.
“You wanna die, go right ahead. Just don’t drag me with you.”
But Finn wasn’t listening to anything else she said. His expression turned grim.
“No. No way! Mr. Gunn adores her. There’s no way he’d let her give up her skin for someone like Natalie.”
“You better watch your mouth. I don’t care what Natalie’s history with Jensen is. Right now, she’s under Mr. Gunn’s protection-and she might very well become our future matriarch. Keep calling her ‘trash,’ and when you lose your tongue, don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
With that, Shauna turned and walked away.
As she passed Yvonne, she said coolly, “Go report for punishment. But don’t go overboard. Once Natalie’s surgery is over, you’ll need to be there to take care of her. Don’t blame Mr. Gunn for this.” Find the newest release on
Yvonne nodded tearfully. “It was my failure. I don’t blame Mr. Gunn. I just hope Ms. Summers makes it.”
Shauna let out a soft sigh. “With Mr. Gunn acting as the Witch Doctor, Natalie’s not allowed to die. Go on.”
“Yes.”
Once Yvonne was gone, Finn remained frozen, still reeling.
Shauna ignored him and immediately began preparing post-op arrangements.
Inside the sterile room, Baron stepped in and saw Natalie soaked in blood. Her burns had gone septic, the infection spreading fast.
She was unconscious, face scrunched in agony-whether from pain or a nightmare, he couldn’t tell.
Baron’s eyes grew heavy with cold fury.
“You really can’t go one day without making a mess, can you? You knew you shouldn’t move. Why did you get up?
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He knew she couldn’t hear him, but it didn’t stop the anger from boiling over.
His chest ached. It felt like something was squeezing his heart tight, making it hard to breathe.
He glanced down at her right hand-crushed during the fire.
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The flesh was unrecognizable now, just a blackened, broken limb. And he knew those shattered bones weren’t going to heal on their own anytime soon.
With a sigh, he picked up his tools and began carefully treating the wounds and infected areas.
It was delicate work.
Normally, he left this to others. But this was Natalie.
So he did it himself.
It took over two hours to stop the bleeding and disinfect the wounds. By the end, Baron’s sterile suit was soaked in cold sweat.
Just as he finished, Natalie began convulsing-frothing at the mouth.
Baron’s bloodstained hands trembled ever so slightly.
His eyes sharpened. Without hesitation, he grabbed her jaw and quickly drew a blood sample for analysis.
When the toxic markers flashed on the screen, a terrifying coldness flooded his expression.
There was no time to waste.
He crushed the antidote vial and tried to administer it to her directly, but her body rejected it.
Even with his grip on her jaw, the medicine wouldn’t go down.
Baron narrowed his eyes, lifted the antidote to his lips, and drank it himself.
Then he leaned down and sealed her mouth with his own.
This kiss had no romance, no tenderness.
The fire had turned a once-stunning woman into something unrecognizable.
Her skin was burned, fused in patches. The sight would make most people recoil.
But Baron didn’t flinch.
He kissed her without hesitation, forcing her lips open and pouring the antidote into her mouth with his own.
The mixture of bitter medicine and his own breath slid down her throat.
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Natalie reflexively swallowed, trying to open her eyes-but it was no use.
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Her entire body throbbed in unbearable pain, magnified a thousandfold. Even someone as strong as her could hardly endure it.
Her abdomen ached horribly, like something inside was twisting her from within.
She couldn’t speak. Couldn’t move.
All she could do was lie there, waiting to die.
And yet-Baron’s mouth against hers brought a strange new awareness.
She could smell him.
She knew it was him.
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