Chapter 906

Brad had been very considerate of her during their session, constantly switching positions to satisfy her. "I'll just think of it as hiring a skilled and handsome escort," Nadine thought to herself. With that notion, her anger subsided a bit. Once she got dressed, she fumbled for her wallet and whisked out two hundred dollars. She placed them on Brad's bedside table and said, "You did a great job. Here's your tip!" Without waiting to see his reaction, she fled his ward. She would figure out a way to deal with the recording later. Brad was, at the very least, someone with decent character. He probably wouldn't spread it around. She just needed to find the right opportunity to get hold of his phone. As soon as she left, anger boiled over Brad as he scowled at the money on the bedside table. The veins on his temples throbbed as he bellowed, "Nadine!" Was that woman implying that he was an escort? Fuming, he threw the money on the floor. Life still had to go on, no matter how infuriated he was. After venting his frustration, he recalled everything that had just happened and called Cameron. "Look into someone named Zara Zimmerman for me," he said. Oddly enough, his voice was tinged with pleasure as he continued, "Yes, that's her—Seraphina's assistant." … Nadine dashed out of Brad's ward, stopping only when she reached an empty street. She was well aware that though her mind had been clouded by the drug's effects, she knew the man she had been having sex with was Brad. Perhaps from the moment she realized she had been drugged, she had subconsciously been hoping that something would happen between them. Sexual urges sometimes had a way of overriding rational thought. A cold breeze swept past her, clearing her head a little. Remembering that she was ovulating, she hurried to the nearest pharmacy to buy emergency contraception. She tore open the packaging and gulped the pills down without any water. The bitterness spread from her throat to her stomach. Nadine had been trying so hard to avoid Brad, but why were her efforts in vain? No one knew that she still had feelings for him. Nonetheless, her love for him had slowly withered because of how deeply he had disappointed her. Yet with his constant appearances around her lately, her feelings for him had begun to stir. She feared this feeling, afraid that she would fall for him all over again. She was terrified that her rekindled feelings for him would bring her nothing but disappointment again. Their relationship had traumatized her, after all. If not for what happened today, she could've continued deceiving herself that she didn't care for him anymore and that they would never cross paths again. But her worst fear had come true. She had sex with him and had even enjoyed it. What if this was just another one of Brad's ways to seek revenge on her? She dared not think further. Her chest throbbed in pain, so intense that it made her eyes squeeze shut. Just then, it began drizzling. The icy raindrops felt like frozen blades against her skin, each drop stinging sharply. Nadine glanced up, struggling to keep her tears at bay, but all she saw above was an endless gray sky.