Chapter 296

Right then, Nicholas Hayes suddenly paused. He glanced over at Mr. Quin and his female assistant lying sprawled on the floor. Then looked again at Quin’s lower half… still bleeding. He froze for a second. Wait, what the hell happened here? According to his plan, at this moment, he was supposed to barge in, play the hero, save Summer Knight from the mess, and then whisk her away like some knight in shining armor. But looking at the current situation… why did it feel like Mr. Quin was the one who needed saving now? After a short silence, Nicholas looked toward the inner part of the hotel room. A man wearing Summer’s company uniform and a baseball cap that hid his face was holding Summer—who had immediately pretended to faint the second Nicholas showed up. Nicholas awkwardly stepped over Mr. Quin and walked towards Alexander Barron, eyes full of confusion. There was something familiar about this guy, though he couldn’t quite remember where he’d seen him before. Not thinking too deeply, se