Chapter 24 - Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Stupid Woman!

Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Stupid Woman!

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“Sit down.” After pulling her into the living room, Baron Stuart directed her to sit on the sofa, then turned and walked off in another direction.

Before long, he returned with a small, white wooden box in his hand and sat down beside Emily Walker.

Throughout the process, Baron Stuart seemed completely oblivious to his unprecedented actions. It was only when he was poised to disinfect Emily with an alcohol-soaked cotton ball that he suddenly paused.

After a few silent seconds, he aggressively tossed the box of supplies onto

Emily’s lap, commanding, “Do it yourself!”

Once done, Baron Stuart awkwardly rose to his feet, moving to sit on a single sofa across the room.

He didn’t understand what had just come over him, the desire to personally assist this woman in cleaning her wound. He must have been away from female companionship for too long!

Staring at the disinfection tools tossed at her, Emily appeared disconcerted. Looking up at the man across from her, she saw his cold demeanor as he deliberately averted his gaze.

To begin disinfecting herself, she had to unwrap the gauze around her wrist. This proved somewhat challenging with one hand.

With no one around in the room who could lend her a hand, she had no choice but to maneuver the gauze to her mouth and attempt to unravel it with her teeth.

During her struggle, Baron Stuart inexplicably returned his gaze to her, watching her strange behaviour intently.

“Ah…” Emily was about to untie the knot when her teeth slipped, tightening it instead. This made things even more complicated!

She looked up and glanced at the impassive man across her, hoping he might assist. But his earlier flippant reaction made her think better of the notion.

She had no other option but to use her teeth and keep trying!

Watching the gauze around her wrist chafe and redden from her clumsy efforts, Baron Stuart began to feel unexpectedly irritated. He abruptly stood, stormed over, snatched her injured wrist and grumbled, “Foolish woman.” Then patiently untied the knot for her.

Once the knot was loosened, Baron Stuart immediately rose, seemingly realizing the inappropriateness of his actions, and returned to the single sofa across the room.

With the gauze unwound, Emily was no longer hindered. She cleaned the bloodstain off her wound with an alcohol-soaked cotton ball, then applied fresh gauze.

Fearing the trouble of knots, she decided to avoid tying one and instead affixed the end of the bandage with adhesive tape.

Just as she was resetting the medical kit, the doorbell rang.

Both turned to look in the direction of the front door. Baron Stuart was the first to rise, intuitively knowing that the banquet downstairs was still ongoing and presuming that the only person who would come looking for him at this time was one of his grandfather’s men.

Getting to the door, Baron Stuart reached out to the visible doorbell display on the wall. To his surprise, it wasn’t a servant of Old Master Stuart, but Old Master Stuart himself standing outside the door!

It seemed like there was no escaping the old man’s determination to announce ‘that matter’ today!

Turning back, Baron Stuart glanced at Emily who was also looking in his direction. He swiftly rose, grabbed her, and pushed her into the bedroom.

“Stay here, don’t come out!” After concealing Emily in the bedroom, Baron Stuart swiftly closed the door. He returned to the living room before opening the front door to let Old Master Stuart in.

The elder Stuart, Zachary, wore a faintly displeased expression. Though he doted on his grandson, he had never indulged him..