Though paralyzed, still radiantly charming!

Chapter 140: Be careful, I think... he's dangerous

Chapter 140: Be careful, I think… he’s dangerous

The car cruised along the city streets.

“Actually, I think I can guess a bit,” Ethan said, his eyes gleaming with curiosity. “Katherine, are you and Miss Aria a couple?”

Katherine coughed lightly, her expression awkward.

Glancing at Ethan, she realized that although the young man was a psychic, he was quite naive. “It’s not what you think. I helped her with a case once,we’re just friends.”

“Oh~” Ethan’s smile was loaded with implication.

Seeing this, Katherine didn’t bother to explain further, feeling a bit more resentful towards Aria in her heart.

She and Aria were not a couple.

But she knew Aria harbored some unspoken feelings for her.

It must have been because she brought Ethan home yesterday that Aria got the wrong idea.

“Ah,” Katherine sighed internally, her hands full with a case already troubling enough without Aria’s misunderstandings.

From the corner of her eye, Katherine caught a glimpse of Ethan in the car’s rearview mirror.

The boy was somewhat thin, but with handsome features that definitely made him stand out among his peers.

To Katherine, he was just a high school student, and Aria getting jealous over him was totally unreasonable.

The sedan sped along.

Katherine parked the car in front of a residential building as per the address on her file, unbuckled her seatbelt, and got out to knock on the door.

Ethan followed her.

An elderly man answered the door. After Katherine explained her purpose, the man was not very cooperative.

Katherine didn’t have much of a solution, repeatedly assuring him that she only needed to take basic notes and wouldn’t disrupt his life.

Ethan stood by quietly, observing.

After finishing her visit, Katherine quickly moved on to the next house, her morning passing in a blur of activity.

By noon, the two grabbed a quick lunch at an Olive Garden.

“Is it boring for you?” Katherine asked while twirling some spaghetti, looking at Ethan who had quietly followed her all morning without much fuss, behaving very well.

“No, I really respect you, Katherine,” Ethan put down his fork, his eyes shining. “I always dreamed of becoming a police officer, to uphold justice.”

“Unfortunately, I was diagnosed with progressive muscular atrophy, so I ended up confined to a hospital bed…”

He paused suddenly, realizing he might have said too much, and gave an apologetic smile, trying to lighten the mood: “If there’s anything I can help you with, Katherine, just let me know.”

Katherine had already looked into Ethan’s background the day before. After spending two days with him, she knew he wasn’t very cunning, so she feigned surprise, “Progressive muscular atrophy? Shouldn’t that condition keep you bedridden?”

Ethan’s eyes dimmed slightly, “Yeah, but I can move around using my psychic abilities, though my condition hasn’t actually improved.”

“I’m sorry,” Katherine said, her tone full of genuine regret.

“It’s okay.” He smiled, relieved. “I think it must be God who heard my prayers and gave me these abilities.”

“I hope to use this power to save up some money in my last days.”

Ethan then scooped up a big forkful of spaghetti, “Let’s not talk about that now, this place has really good pasta.”

“Yeah,” Katherine nodded, managing a strained smile as she continued eating, her mind in turmoil.

So he was getting out of bed by controlling his so-called psychic abilities.

She understood Ethan’s motives—to leave some money for his family after he was gone, which was why he took on these tasks.

Katherine looked at the young man eating quietly.

A maternal feeling welled up inside her.

At this moment, Ethan’s image in her heart shifted from a mysterious and deadly psychic to a frail young man.

“Want some chicken breast? I haven’t started on it yet?”

Katherine suddenly moved her creamy chicken breast onto his plate.

She never doubted that Ethan would lie to her.

Because there was no point.

Why would Ethan lie to her? So Katherine took his words at face value.

“Ah?” Ethan looked briefly surprised, then nodded awkwardly, “Thank you.”

He noticed the change in Katherine’s expression.

Surprised that this ice queen, who seemed so aloof, actually had a heart full of contrasting warmth.

Not surprisingly.

After all, choosing to be a prosecutor naturally meant she was the type to value justice.

After their conversation.

The atmosphere between the two had noticeably improved.

After lunch.

Katherine wanted Ethan to rest in the car.

“It’s okay, Katherine.” Ethan looked up at the sky, his smile warm. “I don’t want to just lie down.”

Katherine felt a pang in her heart, remembering his medical history of long periods bedridden: “Alright, but don’t push yourself if you get tired later.”

“Okay.” Ethan was very cooperative, his handsome, boyish appearance making him seem deceptively robust.

In the afternoon, he was even more proactive.

It seemed he was genuinely happy to be able to help Katherine.

Katherine quickly grew fond of the boy who shared her sense of justice.

With Ethan’s help, she was much more efficient.

“Thank you so much.” Katherine had just finished visiting a middle-aged man and as she stepped out, she noticed the fine beads of sweat on Ethan’s forehead.

A twinge of sympathy arose in her as she looked up at the hot sun: “Ethan, let’s go rest in the car for a bit.”

“Oh, it’s okay.” Ethan wiped the sweat from his forehead, his exhaustion not feigned—his stamina probably on par with a young girl’s:

“I feel like I’m becoming a police officer, fulfilling my dream.”

He looked up at Katherine, his eyes hopeful: “Am I contributing to the cause of justice?”

“Yes, of course.” Katherine saw a reflection of her younger self in his eyes.

Just then.

Her phone suddenly rang.

Katherine saw it was Aria calling, her brow furrowing as she nodded to Ethan and turned to answer the call.

Aria’s voice came through, low and tense: “Katherine, are you with him right now?”

“Yes, what’s up?” Katherine detected the hostility in her tone—Aria had always shown animosity towards any man or woman who appeared close to her.

She had been subtly critical about it.

Her hostility towards Ethan this morning was particularly undisguised.

“Be careful, I think… he’s dangerous.” Aria’s voice lowered, her mind distracted all day.

She was still preoccupied with what had happened the night before.

She knew exactly what had been injected into her, and the scale of it was not something a normal human possessed.

Especially later, when she was coerced.

She couldn’t understand why someone who looked so refined could be so outrageously disproportionate.

And this boy, he had no morals in his actions.

Just the thought of him being with Katherine made Aria uneasy.

And now, with Katherine’s safety dependent on him and his mysterious abilities, Aria was wary, not daring to tell Katherine the truth.

“You don’t need to worry.” Katherine’s tone was icy, picking up on Aria’s hostility.

It was one thing for her to be hostile towards men who pursued her.

But to be this way towards a high school student was really too much.