The True Heiress: Legend Mode novel Chapter 56

She could; she just couldn't physically answer him.

Juno remained still.

Babur looked at Kian like he was an absolute idiot. He seriously felt like this guy was completely incompetent.

Kian gently peeled back Juno's eyelids, inspected her pupils, and finding everything normal, released her.

He then quietly took a seat next to Babur.

About half an hour later, Juno finally snapped awake. She tried to move and immediately sucked in a sharp breath.

Her entire body burned with piercing pain.

Kian noticed and walked back over. "You're very lucky. Despite taking the brunt of the impact, you didn't suffer a single fracture."

Sometimes, sheer instinct could save a life.

Juno's voice was hoarse. "Who are you again?"

She had spent the last thirty minutes racking her brain and still couldn't remember.

"Kian Zimmer," he said, sounding entirely dead inside.

Juno blinked slowly, digging frantically through her concussed memories until it finally clicked.

"Right."

Juno's physical resilience was beyond human. It had only been three days since she woke up, and she was already practically bouncing off the walls.

Morgan stayed by her side like a shadow.

When Gwendolyn came to visit, she asked more than once who this intimidating man was.

Sebastian shot Morgan a glance and smoothly explained, "He's a bodyguard I hired for Juno. She's in a fragile state, but she can't seem to stop herself from picking fights. I figured having someone keep an eye on her would give me some peace of mind."

Gwendolyn's eyes clearly showed she wasn't buying a word of it.

Everything from the man's terrifying aura to his impeccable suits, let alone his confident posture, screamed that he was vastly overqualified to be a simple bodyguard.

But since Sebastian had made the claim, she decided not to push the issue.

The "bodyguard," Morgan, bowed his head respectfully to Gwendolyn. "Ma'am."

Morgan's men, hiding in the shadows, collectively sweated: they had never seen their boss act this submissively in his entire life.

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