apter 794


    Damon picked up the car keys and said, “I’ll take you there.”


    Worried that Vrie might get into trouble at the bar, N nodded. “Okay.”


    By the time they arrived at the bar, an hour had passed.


    When they found Vrie, she was already a bit dazed and being hit on by a drunken man. N stepped forward and swatted the man’s hand away from Vrie.


    “Stay away from her!” she warned.


    The man, his face flushed with alcohol, turned angrily to face her. When he saw how beautiful she was, his eyes lit up. “Hey, gorgeous, what’s your number—”


    Before he could finish his sentence, a chilling voice came from behind him. “Touch her, and you’ll regret it!”


    The man turned to meet Damon’s icy gaze. He shuddered, sobering up a little.


    Noticing Damon’s distinguished appearance, the man awkwardly smiled. “Sorry, I mistook


    her for someone else.”


    He quickly turned and left, clearly eager to avoid Damon.


    N supported the dazed Vrie, who was nearly unable to stand. “Vrie, what happened? Why did you drink so much?”


    Vrie looked up with bleary eyes and recognized N. She smiled and greeted her, “N, you’re here…”


    “I’m taking you home,” N said.


    “No… I don’t want to go back. I’m not drunk! I can still drink! Let’s keep going…” Vrie


    slurred.


    She struggled to get up and reach for an empty ss on the bar, but the room kept spinning, and she couldn’t grab it no matter how many times she tried.


    “Hey… why is this ss moving…” she mumbled.


    “You’re drunk. Let’s go home,” N coaxed.


    “I’m not drunk!” Vrie insisted stubbornly.


    N didn’t want to argue with someone who was intoxicated. Thus, she nodded and


    yed along, “Okay, okay, you’re not drunk. It’s too noisy here. Let’s go back and drink together. I’ll drink with you until you’ve had enough<b>!</b>”


    “You promised… hic… that!” Vrie eximed,


    “Yep, no stopping until dawn,” N cated.


    Finally, Vrie relented and allowed N to lead her out of the bar.


    As they stepped outside, a cold wind blew, and Vrie shivered,


    N took off her jacket and draped it over her.


    In the next moment, she felt another jacket being ced on herself. A surge of warmth filled her as she inhaled Damon’s scent of pine


    N helped Vrie toward the parking lot. Once they were in the car, she fastened Vrie’s seatbelt, Just as she was about to close the door, Vrie started iling her arms and legs, screaming, “Help! I’m being choked! Let me go! Who’s trying to hurt me…”


    Watching Vrie twist and turn in panic, N was speechless. She pressed Vrie down gently, reassuring her, “Vrie, it’s just the seatbelt, not a rope.”


    “I don’t care! It feels like a rope! Waaa… N, are you trying to hurt me…” Vrie cried.


    N was dumbfounded. She turned to Damon and said, “I’ll sit in the back to take care of her.”


    “Okay,” Damon replied.


    N climbed into the back seat andforted Vrie until she finally calmed down. N?vel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.


    “Should I take her back to the Weirs?” Damon’s deep voice came from the front seat.


    N pursed her lips as she considered his question. “If we go back now, her parents will definitely worry. Let’s have her stay with us tonight, and she can go back tomorrow when she’s sober.”


    Damon nodded. “Okay.”


    By the time they returned to the vi, Vrie had already fallen asleep.


    N and Lydia helped her to the guest room <b>on </b>the first floor.


    “Ms. Kinsey, I’ll make some soup,” Lydia said.