Owen looked at Renee and patted her shoulder too. �Listen to me. Some men look nice but are rotten on the inside, and some men are the opposite� You have to be smart enough to figure it out.�

�I understand. Thank you for saving my brother,� Renee said gratefully, her eyes watery. She was still a bit unclear about how this happened, but she was very moved by it.

�Why are you thanking me? You should thank the person who�s hiding his kindness by pretending to be the big, bad wolf.�

Owen glanced at Stefan with a smirk, obviously referring to him. Stefan became embarrassed, and looked away. He coughed and mumbled, �You�d better keep quiet.�

They returned to land as fast as they could, and then rushed to the hospital where Quinton was. Immediately, Owen changed into a surgical gown and calmly started performing surgery on Quinton.

The surgery would take a long time, but Renee did not dare to leave. She waited outside the whole time.

When everything was going smoothly, Stefan turned to leave.

�Wait,� Renee whispered suddenly as she stared at his back. Stefan stopped and said arrogantly, �What now?�

After a while of nibbling her lip, Renee finally gathered her courage and said, �Thank you.� She took a deep breath and continued, �My family was once on friendly terms with yours, but unfortunately, we�re enemies now. I hope that our families as well as the Baldwins can put their prejudices aside and be at peace after Quinton is cured. I believe that�s what our ancestors would want too.�

Stefan stared at Renee, disappointment blooming on his face as he sneered. �So, your only expectation of me is peace between our families?�

�What else would it be?� Renee swallowed in panic, not knowing how to face Stefan. Too many things had happened between them that she couldn�t ignore, and she couldn�t get close to him again.

�Nothing. That�s pretty good,� Stefan scoffed mockingly, and then he turned around and left.

For a moment, he felt like a clown. Renee�s brother was in a coma, but instead gone fishing with a doctor just to ask him to save him. What was it he wanted?

He should be trying to get close to Seraphina. After all, their families had similar backgrounds and goals, and were bound firmly with shared interests. Additionally, Seraphina�s love for him was sincere and passionate without any hidden motives. She was more open than people who hid their feelings, and he felt that he should never let her down, i Renee watched him leave but struggled to collect her thoughts for a long time.

Haze had been watching everything, and when he noticed Renee�s disappointment, he felt sorry for her.

�You�re contradicting yourself. You want to drive him away but you can�t bear to part with him. What is it you really want?�

�No, I want him to leave. I just� don�t want to owe him anything,� Renee said hesitantly.

�You owe me a favor too, but you treat me very differently.� Haze sighed and said bitterly, �So, he hired the famous doctor, and now I�ve lost. I�m afraid my three percent has turned into a negative number again.�

Renee was at a loss for words. Her mind was thinking of Stefan, so she couldn�t be bothered to reply to Haze. Yes, her attitude was vastly different when she accepted Stefan�s help. She felt that she could return Haze�s favor one day, but something always weighed on her mind when Stefan helped her.

It seemed like she could never repay his kindness� JrNovels.com