The Headline Queen: President Hawthorne is Her Die-Hard Fan!-Chapter 519: Bold and Unapologetic

But he was a very cautious man and didn’t immediately go up to knock on the door. Instead, he put Paige Sterling down, slumping on the ground.

His face was pale, and he was severely exhausted, truly at his limit.

He said to Paige Sterling, "Have you recovered some of your strength?"

Paige didn’t speak, so Henry Hale said, "You go knock on the door."

Paige was a girl, which could lower the homeowner’s guard and make it easier to get help.

As for him, he was not only a man but an injured man, and it was very likely he would be turned away.

Paige didn’t move, staying completely still.

If she and Henry kept stalling like this, there was no doubt Henry would be the first to die.

Henry looked helpless, "Paige, you really want me dead, don’t you? But if I die, do you think you can survive? Unable to recover your strength temporarily, what will happen if you fall into the hands of someone with ill intentions?"

Paige laughed, unaffected by Henry’s threat, "Don’t worry, as long as I drag you down, I’ll be safe too. Besides, your pursuers probably know who I am. As someone useful, they won’t kill me right away."

Henry fell silent, "..."

Paige was just too smart, always leaving him with no place to strike.

He sighed, "In my current state, can’t you just pity me a little?"

"Why should I sympathize with trash?"

Henry, "..."

In the end, it was Henry who went to knock on the door. Just as Paige had said, if they stalled any longer, he would definitely be the first to go.

Paige refused to compromise, so he had no choice but to go himself.

And Paige just sat there calmly, watching Henry knock on the door. She saw a woman poke her head out from behind the door and start talking to Henry.

Henry seemed to barely understand what the other person was saying, completely guessing his way through.

Eventually, whatever promises Henry made, the woman opened the door and even walked over to Paige, smiling at her, then helped her up and brought her inside.

Paige sincerely told her, "Thank you."

The woman shook her head, a bit shy, "It’s nothing."

The way she looked at Paige was unusual, as if there were stars hidden in her eyes, like she recognized Paige.

She gabbled a long string of words to Paige too fast for Henry to understand at all.

But Paige understood the local dialect.

This woman, named Alla, did know Paige. Although their small village was quite isolated with no phones or televisions, she once went to the market and saw Paige on a shopkeeper’s TV.

On TV, Paige was accepting an award, with all the spotlight on her, making people admire and worship her.

Just one look and she remembered Paige, and knew how impressive this woman named Paige was, realizing that a woman could live such a brilliant and dazzling life.

Unexpectedly, she now had the chance to meet Paige in person, and her attitude toward Paige was almost in the posture of a fan worshipping an idol.

Upon learning how much Alla admired her, Paige actually considered using Alla to get rid of Henry Hale.

But then she thought, Alla was just an ordinary woman, so innocent she couldn’t even kill a chicken. If Paige asked her to kill someone, wouldn’t that be causing her psychological trauma?

Why involve the innocent?

And obviously, Henry Hale also noticed that Alla was more attentive to Paige, thus becoming a bit guarded against her.

Later, Alla kindly offered to treat Henry’s wounds. If he had any other choice, he wouldn’t have let her do it.

But Alla had no idea how to handle such wounds. Trusting Paige completely, Paige gave clumsy directions, actually making Henry suffer quite a bit. If it weren’t for his willpower, he would have passed out from the pain.

It’s true what they say about the deadliest poison coming from a woman’s heart — he really believed it now.

By the time the wound was finally treated, Henry felt like half his life was gone.

He looked at Paige, "Did you really have to do that to me?"

Paige, "Seeing you in pain makes me happy."

"What an honor."

Paige said nothing further, letting Henry endure the pain there, stubbornly resisting the urge to pass out.

Alla then came in with two bowls of congee. She handed the bowl with the least amount to Henry and ignored him, then sat beside Paige and very gently fed her. Her face was even flushed, as if she were facing her own husband.

Henry was not unaware of Paige’s charm. There were plenty of female fans online clamoring to "have babies" for Paige.

But this was the first time he had seen a woman so captivated by Paige’s charm that she treated him, the real man, like he was invisible.

Drinking that congee, Henry found it utterly tasteless.

After finishing the congee, Paige was very tired. She stopped forcing herself and closed her eyes to sleep.

Henry was in a worse mental state than she was, but while Paige dared to sleep soundly, he didn’t dare to.

He kept on forcing himself to stay awake, but eventually, he couldn’t hold on and fell asleep.

When he woke up, the sky was already light, and Henry frowned, quickly realizing something was off about himself.

His expression turned somewhat ugly, "Who took off my clothes and pants?"

How could he have not felt a thing while someone undressed him in his sleep?

No, he must have fainted from exhaustion halfway through, which is why he didn’t feel anything.

Such danger! Luckily, he wasn’t killed while unconscious. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

He looked at Paige, who was utterly composed, "You..."

Paige rolled her eyes and couldn’t be bothered with Henry.

Henry awkwardly assumed that it couldn’t have been Paige who undressed him.

Sure enough, Alla soon came in, and only then did Henry find out that Alla, out of regard for Paige, had washed his clothes and pants.

However, Alla didn’t give him any replacement clothes, so Henry could only sit there shirtless. Fortunately, in his condition, he couldn’t do anything indecent.

Alla also washed Paige’s clothes but provided her with replacements.

The differential treatment was quite obvious.

If Henry hadn’t insisted, Alla might have moved Paige into her own room by now.

Now, Alla clearly still had that idea, but Henry still didn’t allow it. He forced himself to move closer to Paige and threatened her.

"If you leave me more than two meters, I’ll kill her first."

He still had a weapon on him, and killing an unarmed woman was all too easy.

Paige shot Henry an icy look, "Scram."

How could he righteously utter such shameless words?

Paige genuinely thought Alla was unlucky for wanting to help them.

The expression of disgust on Paige’s face was unrestrained, piercing Henry, "Perhaps you think I’m despicable, but to live, I have to be despicable to others."

It’s as if every bad thing he did was someone else’s fault, and he was the most innocent one.

Taking shamelessness to its utmost extent.

Paige ignored him, and he too fell silent, his eyes quietly watching Paige.

After a while, Henry’s stomach growled.