Thousands of Brilliant Stars: You Deserve the Best!-Chapter 236: The First Time She Ended the Call

Hannah Lennox felt that Iris Crawford was quite a complex person, sometimes pure and kind, but other times...

Like now, Hannah found the expression in Iris’s eyes and brows a bit unreadable.

Facing the approaching Iris, Hannah instinctively took a few steps back. To convince Iris and others she had been tied up, Jonas Kingsley didn’t hold back, punching and kicking her. Her wounds still faintly ached, and as she retreated, she pulled at them and gasped.

"Where does it hurt?"

Iris lowered her head, glanced at Hannah’s foot, and noticed her ankle was swollen. "When Lachlan Wyatt and I were at the company, what exactly did Jonas do to you?"

"He originally wanted my life..."

Hearing Iris say this, Hannah immediately embellished her persona. "Luckily, you came in time. Thank you so much, you and your brother..."

Unexpectedly, after saying this, Iris reached out and touched her face, smiling as she said, "It’s good that you’re okay. Jonas won’t be back so soon, so bear with me here for a few days. To capture Jonas, I think you’d be willing to endure with me, right?"

Iris’s smile was so beautiful, it nearly dazzled Hannah.

The latter’s gaze was uncertain, as if some emotion was stirring. It took her a long time to respond to Iris, "Well... but I feel it’s not very safe. Jonas is a perverted criminal genius. If we run into any trouble..."

"I’m here."

Iris glanced at Hannah’s foot. "Your ankle is swollen, and it’s not convenient to move around. I have some ointment at home you can use, and I’ll make pig’s feet stew for you these days."

Hannah was entirely unprepared for Iris’s sudden change of attitude. Astonished, she grew even more worried. "Why are you, why are you being so nice to me?"

"You’ve been beaten by Jonas like this, and if I were to suspect you, it would only make you sad."

As Iris spoke, she unexpectedly lifted Hannah in a princess carry!

Hannah was so startled she shivered, and Iris said, "Don’t move. My right hand is disabled, can’t use strength. If you struggle, I might drop you."

Hannah’s heart clenched. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

What kind of woman could speak the words "my right hand is disabled" so casually?

Hearing this, Hannah stopped struggling and let Iris carry her back to the guest room where Lachlan Wyatt had been resting, and Iris placed her onto the bed afterward. "Do you need my help when you shower later?"

Hannah’s face turned red. "No need."

"Oh."

Iris answered decisively, "Then I’ll go about my own business. Just call me if you need anything."

Watching Iris leave so straightforwardly, Hannah’s fingers clutched together. Abruptly, she spoke up, "Iris... aren’t you afraid I’ll betray you?"

In that moment, with her back to Hannah, Iris smiled slyly.

She turned around and glanced at Hannah. "Do you have the guts to betray me?"

Hannah was shaken to her core.

Even though the woman was smiling, it made Hannah feel a sense of invisible oppression.

She pressed her lips together. "You’re so kind to me, what if I collude with Jonas from the inside?"

"Shh."

Iris shook her head and said to Hannah, "No need to say these things. Just sleep."

For the first time, Hannah saw this unpredictable side of Iris. Could it be she had another plan behind it all? So, Hannah watched defensively as Iris left and closed the door, shrinking into the bed, feeling at a loss.

Her heart was pounding.

Why.

Hannah placed her hand on her chest.

The trembling of her heart could no longer be suppressed, causing her blood vessels to throb.

The phone rang beside her, displaying a call from Jonas. Hannah glanced at it, and inexplicably, like being shocked, she abruptly hung up Jonas’s call.

"Tsk."

On the other side, in the secret base, Jonas narrowed his eyes at the notification that the call had been disconnected.

This was the first time in so many years Hannah hadn’t answered his call.

Could it be... that something happened?