Kicked Out, She Came Back To Rule - Chapter 146: Chapter 146

"Are you so sure?" Tobias was curious, wondering what the basis of her confidence was.
Kaia was firm. "If you don't believe me, just wait and see."
Kaia didn't say anything, and Tobias didn't ask.
"Can you take care of it? It pains me to see you dressed like this." Tobias knew that Kaia's injuries were fake, but he still couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
Kaia nodded. "Okay, I'll go wash up now."
After Kaia entered the bathroom, Tobias turned back to Joel, who was about to leave, and called out to him.
He asked, "You seem to care about her a lot?"
Joel pretended to be calm and replied, "My job is to protect her. Caring about her is within the scope of my duties."
"But judging by the way you looked just now, it seems she is very important to you. Did you know each other before?" Tobias's eyes were deep, filled with a wise light.
Joel replied without a second thought, "No, we didn't."
Tobias didn't buy it. "Are you sure?"
Joel swore, "Mr. Moreno, I swear, I, Frank Hester, have never met Miss Bennett before! If I were lying, I would go to hell."
Joel thought to himself, 'Anyway, I'm not Frank Hester, and the real Frank Hester doesn't know Kaia.'
Tobias stared at Joel intently before finally saying, "You can go now."
"Yes, Mr. Moreno." Joel turned and left, breathing a sigh of relief with his back to Tobias.
He couldn't help but wonder, 'Did I get away with it just now? But why did I feel like Tobias didn't believe me? But if he didn't believe me, why would he let me leave so easily?'
Kaia, who was taking a shower, was unaware of what had happened between Tobias and Joel. And by the time she finished her shower, more than half an hour had passed.
After quickly drying her hair, she dragged her tired body to the bed, pulled back the blanket, and immediately sat up, looking at Tobias in the blanket with surprise.
She nearly screamed, "Why are you in my bed?"
"Protecting you," Tobias said in a matter-of-fact tone.
Kaia twitched the corner of her mouth speechlessly. "No need, thank you. It's late. You can go back."
Tobias continued to lie in bed as if he hadn't heard.
Although Tobias's previous performance moved Kaia, she couldn't dedicate herself just because of that.
She said coolly, "Hey, Tobias, if you don't leave, I will."
"Okay, okay, I'll go." Tobias lifted the blanket and sat up.
Kaia wondered, 'He's not wearing clothes?'
After Kaia noticed that, she quickly reached out and covered Tobias with the blanket again.
Tobias hooked the corner of his mouth slightly, his eyebrows and eyes curling up with laughter.
He teased, "Are you reluctant to see me leave?"
Kaia really wanted to kick Tobias off. "Why aren't you wearing any clothes?"
"Who said I wasn't wearing any? I'm wearing them on my lower half. Believe it or not, see for yourself." As Tobias spoke, he reached out to lift the blanket for Kaia to see.
Kaia had only seen that Tobias's upper body was bare, and the blanket blocked his lower body, so she didn't know whether he was wearing them or not.
'What if he isn't wearing them? What if he is deliberately letting me see?' she wondered.
Kaia didn't want to gamble, so she quickly reached out and pressed down on Tobias's restless hand.
"You want to hold my hand? You should have said so earlier."
As he spoke, Tobias took Kaia's hand in his palm.
His hand was large and wide, and his palm was thick. Kaia's hand was soft and slender, wrapped in the large palm, tightly and completely embedded inside.
Kaia tried to pull it out, but couldn't.
She snapped, "Let go."
Instead of letting go, Tobias fell onto the bed with Kaia.
With a pull, he brought Kaia into his arms.