The officer's words reminded Raegan of the man's terrible face. She shivered in fear.

As the bad guy was dragged away, his face was swollen and bloodied.

He licked his lips at Raegan and sniffed.

"Hmm... Beautiful... You smell good..."

Goosebumps prickled Raegan's skin as she felt sick in her stomach.

Mitchel picked Raegan up and walked directly to his car. After strapping her in, he wanted to turn around to slip into the driver's seat, but she grabbed his wrist and said pitifully, “I left something in the house."

“Don't worry. We will come back for it tomorrow," he said, patting her hand gently.

Hearing these assuring words, Raegan didn't say anything more. She just leaned back and closed her eyes. Her heart was still beating hard though.

Mitchel wanted to drive back to Ardlens. But now that Raegan was clearly not feeling well, he changed his mind.

He found a hotel nearby.

As soon as he walked into the room, Mitchel frowned. The interior was worse than any hotel room he had stayed in his entire life.

However, he could only make do with it because this was considered the best in town.

He asked the staff to change the toiletries and all the beddings into disposable ones.

Then, he ran Raegan a hot bath and told her to take a good soak.

Raegan stood at the threshold of the bathroom door. She didn't want to be alone in the bathroom. The lingering fear made it impossible for her to think straight.

With her shaky fingers, she tugged at Mitchel's shirt and asked something she would never have in the past.

“Mitchel... Can you bathe with me?"

The fear in her eyes was evident.

Mitchel squinted and asked, “Are you sure?"

Raegan was in a daze. She neither nodded nor shook her head. But right now, no one else could comfort her like Mitchel.