2157年9月8日,下午四點,商業中心B區,咆哮飯店695Please respect copyright.PENANARIAIAGxr4I
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搭電車遇到紅鶴,還被群眾趕下車,尼可拉斯滿肚子髒話,腳卻聽話地走向咆哮飯店,來到飯店大廳。695Please respect copyright.PENANAduETZve5UR
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派翠克.雷蒙──尼可拉斯聽過這名字。十大家族第八的雷蒙一家,壟斷時尚娛樂產業,家族成員不論男女老少,都在追求「美」,是專出俊男美女的家族;但全世界都知道,雷蒙一家的人一到成年,就會動刀,臉蛋和身材都是「做」出來的。695Please respect copyright.PENANA2T9mk8hWoA
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但派翠克不是。695Please respect copyright.PENANAHUm8YtO7gQ
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尼可拉斯耳聞,派翠克有張極其美麗的容顏,沒有人能抗拒他的笑容,看過的各個魂不守捨、寤寐思之;因此,派翠克被保護得很好,大家都不知道雷蒙一家有這個小孩,名聲是最近幾年才被公開的。695Please respect copyright.PENANAOg87qVltFC
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尼可拉斯向來對「顏值」無感。從醫學的角度,臉就是一堆肌肉和脂肪,真正讓他驚豔的只有紅鶴;然而,現在的尼可拉斯欣賞紅鶴的臉,只能看到恨意。695Please respect copyright.PENANAtJ9QErIeQW
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因此,對於派翠克.雷蒙,尼可拉斯不抱任何期望。紅鶴要殺派翠克,證明他可能是天賦擁有者,奇怪的是,不能被里奧和葛蕾絲發現。695Please respect copyright.PENANAoEekWBVfuT
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既然「他能解答你所有疑問」,派翠克就是掌握真相的關鍵,尼可拉斯不能放過,見死不救也不是醫生的風格。695Please respect copyright.PENANAyGBVdLQpvR
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站在狹長的白色大廳,兩邊金色的雕花與紅色家具相互對稱。尼可拉斯思考:該用什麼理由去派翠克的805號房?他不想和王子殿下周遭的護衛打起來……大不了叫他們全部自殺,但尼可拉斯不想殺人,應該有更好的辦法。695Please respect copyright.PENANA8m1aXl2sKH
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「嗯?」695Please respect copyright.PENANAf00fih7Yqm
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眼角餘光瞄到一抹白色,大廳走來一名身穿醫師袍的人。尼可拉斯認得他,那是希波克拉底一脈有名的內科醫生──達米安.帕潘德里歐(Damian Papandreou)。達米安的論文寫得不錯、醫術也高,但他會挑病人,只幫十大家族看病,是尼可拉斯最看不起的那種醫生。如今這傢伙來咆哮飯店,說不定是雷蒙一家請來給派翠克看病的,尼可拉斯不能放過這大好機會。695Please respect copyright.PENANAfX5XGEef7X
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「您好,我的病患在805號房。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAlw4UtndYqy
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「電梯在您的右手邊,穿過那條走廊就到了。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAao2ndLLEMz
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達米安果然衝著派翠克來。尼可拉斯拿出一頂黑色貝雷帽、蓋住自己銀白色的頭髮,並把大衣的領子拉高。確認達米安認不出自己,他小心翼翼地跟蹤過去。695Please respect copyright.PENANA4cRzBh4dyc
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達米安四十歲,有個賢慧的老婆和可愛的女兒,是典型的社會成功人士,可惜今天的他有點倒楣。才剛抵達八樓、腳踏出電梯的那一剎那,一個針筒便朝達米安的脖子刺來,被注射不明液體。695Please respect copyright.PENANAQDHPw1Devz
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「……!」695Please respect copyright.PENANAHsVqKWI4Is
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達米安來不及叫,整個人便倒到地上、失去意識。趁四下無人,尼可拉斯將昏倒的達米安拖到掃具間,再將自己身上的耳環和唇環摘掉,衣領拉高,遮住脖子上的刺青。695Please respect copyright.PENANAEE5mIncRam
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被注射尼可拉斯的「特調」,達米安24小時內不會醒來,收到通知的李博洋也會用白色空間把人帶走。走出掃具間時,尼可拉斯已經披著達米安的白袍,若無其事地往805號房走去。695Please respect copyright.PENANA9yogaq1iE7
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以為805號房附近有很多警衛,卻什麼都沒有,彷彿這裡住著無足輕重的人,讓尼可拉斯省去不少麻煩,於是他敲門。695Please respect copyright.PENANA9wMddfKTyh
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「派翠克少爺,我是希波克拉底的達米安。」尼可拉斯不知道派翠克有沒有見過達米安,只能賭一把,「我受委託,前來關心您的身體狀況,麻煩您開門。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAhLkLoSZPCt
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「……。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2yYWwNTBr
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安靜了好久,805號房才開啟一個縫,一雙藍色的眼睛從房門後探出。對方盯著尼可拉斯,看了很久、很久,久到尼可拉斯以為要被識破時,房門終於敞開。一名藍色長髮的纖細男子出現在尼可拉斯眼前,身上穿著一件不對稱襯衫,一半是黃色,另一半是紫色。695Please respect copyright.PENANAN9yvjlr02T
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「……!?」695Please respect copyright.PENANAJUlDvupftQ
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那一瞬間,尼可拉斯差點叫出聲來。要不是頭髮顏色,他真以為自己又看到紅鶴。695Please respect copyright.PENANAQvUeKkVbKl
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派翠克和紅鶴長得一模一樣。695Please respect copyright.PENANAesBSbbu9xM
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「……請進。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAkZ2X5BuvCL
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派翠克面無表情,沒發現尼可拉斯內心的驚恐,默默走回房間。695Please respect copyright.PENANAKgLlHCN98y
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尼可拉斯吞口水。兩個沒有血緣關係的人,五官和身形卻一模一樣,這樣的機率有多少?只是巧合?紅鶴知不知道這件事?695Please respect copyright.PENANAU1Wj4ZYvpd
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一堆問號閃過尼可拉斯腦中。當他假裝鎮定地走進房、來到客廳時,派翠克正站在水晶吊燈的下方,睫毛垂在藍色的雙眼前,無辜地看著尼可拉斯。695Please respect copyright.PENANAnDhBHv33X5
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「怎麼了?」被這樣看著,尼可拉斯有點心神不寧。695Please respect copyright.PENANAzVzyBKKiCV
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「我第一次看到這種髮色。」派翠克問:「怎麼染的?」695Please respect copyright.PENANA32BQN7y1wc
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「不瞞您說,這是遺傳。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAW4LVns5O6Q
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「遺傳?」派翠克睜大眼,「真好,是很漂亮的銀白色。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAUURMvsQ9O2
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「少爺過獎了。」尼可拉斯微笑,「您的藍色頭髮也很漂亮。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAMpZTRAU3jQ
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「我這是染的……嗯,算染的吧。」派翠克欲言又止,立刻換話題:「醫生怎麼稱呼?」695Please respect copyright.PENANAKyQo8dFytQ
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「達米安.帕潘德里歐。」尼可拉斯覺得這名字好難念。695Please respect copyright.PENANA9ElKqfCNrE
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「幸會,帕潘德里歐醫師。」派翠克走到茶几旁,「要來杯咖啡嗎?」695Please respect copyright.PENANAiO0DPDSdYK
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「麻煩您了,謝謝。」695Please respect copyright.PENANA1IZIsZ1G6f
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語畢,派翠克走去操作咖啡機。尼可拉斯鬆口氣,看來派翠克沒見過達米安,而且,同樣是少爺,派翠克沒有李醜男機車,給人的感覺很乖,口氣也很溫和,希望不是麻煩人物。695Please respect copyright.PENANA578XNR5FeK
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「需要糖或牛奶嗎?」派翠克突然問。695Please respect copyright.PENANAFdlGlV6PtR
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「都不用,謝謝。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAh753M4W0P5
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坐到沙發、接過派翠克遞來的咖啡時,他發現派翠克也給自己泡了一杯,但派翠克始終捧著杯子,一口也沒喝地看著尼可拉斯,好像在等他說什麼、卻又沒等到,索性自己開口:「醫生。」695Please respect copyright.PENANApuvfD8VZNI
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「我以為,你喜歡加很多牛奶的咖啡。」派翠克閉上眼睛,「不過,人的口味總會變,何況醫生工作辛苦,喝黑咖啡也不奇怪,不是嗎?」695Please respect copyright.PENANAGykeROsHhY
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尼可拉斯愣住。派翠克的眼睛緩緩張開,光芒從那雙清澈的藍色裡消失。695Please respect copyright.PENANA2WEElAyyrG
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「醫生,如果你是我家派來的,怎麼還不阻止我?」695Please respect copyright.PENANAFOAehcvX3h
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「我,對咖啡因嚴重過敏啊。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAXFBYkFfvsV
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話落,派翠克鬆手──咖啡杯「框啷!」碎落在地,尼可拉斯被派翠克壓在沙發上。派翠克跨坐在尼可拉斯的肚子,手裡拿著小刀,捲起左手的袖子。695Please respect copyright.PENANAhG0eTAcLv3
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尼可拉斯大驚,派翠克的左手臂佈滿大大小小的疤痕。派翠克用小刀割破手指,笑容詭異,一滴濃稠的紫色液體從他體內滴出,尼可拉斯的衣服竟被腐蝕出一個大洞──他頓時明白派翠克的「天賦」。695Please respect copyright.PENANA7m4UffKnpI
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「誰派你來的?」派翠克陰沉地說:「那個髮色,是懷特吧?誰告訴高宇維的?」695Please respect copyright.PENANAt5x14snSs6
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「喂!」695Please respect copyright.PENANAlO4KK9laQX
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尼可拉斯很緊張,不是怕派翠克,而是派翠克正用刀瞄準自己的臉,一副要把自己毀容的氣勢。695Please respect copyright.PENANANaGpjhOsc2
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「反正,我也受夠這張臉了。」派翠克冷笑,「你也看到了。放心,我會把它毀掉,那些噁心的血也會流出來,你是最後一個看到這張臉的人。帶一個懷特下地獄的感覺不錯。呵呵,呵呵呵。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAULsB3kWf7F
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派翠克的臉矇上一層陰影。尼可拉斯收回之前的想法,這傢伙一點也不正常!腦子很有問題!695Please respect copyright.PENANAaKGQjJ72Wa
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「喂,你冷靜!」695Please respect copyright.PENANAaUHSPHP1bO
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尼可拉斯不演有禮貌的醫生了,用平常的口吻說:「我不是達米安.帕潘德里歐,但我確實是希波克拉底,不是高宇維的人!」695Please respect copyright.PENANAAPEjSlFu7X
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「你喜歡這張臉嗎?」派翠克根本沒在聽,「你覺得,我這張臉好看嗎?」695Please respect copyright.PENANA22fKU0g2IR
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「喂!」695Please respect copyright.PENANATyHzPwnwah
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「如果你喜歡,趁現在多看一點。」派翠克舉起刀,「用你最後的生命記住它,你會死得很幸福……唔!」695Please respect copyright.PENANAce3KdyrVoc
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派翠克悶哼。下一秒,他的小刀掉到地上、攻守交換,換派翠克被壓在沙發,雙手被制伏在兩側,整個人壟罩在尼可拉斯的影子中。695Please respect copyright.PENANAwqnD70R5N3
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恢復神智,派翠克對上尼可拉斯那雙可怕的眼睛,好像一隻野獸準備殺人。剛才的動作讓尼可拉斯的領口被拉開、露出裡面的黑蛇刺青,派翠克這才意識到,眼前的人不是普通醫生,嚇得他動彈不得。695Please respect copyright.PENANADLvRfQveai
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「X的,用這種方式才肯聽話。」695Please respect copyright.PENANApQyv6RsP1b
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尼可拉斯直接爆粗口,本性完全顯露出來。695Please respect copyright.PENANAWRSfs8tnpQ
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「刀子不可以對著自己。以後不准再這樣了,知不知道?」695Please respect copyright.PENANArqpSnzUXMO
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派翠克被嚇到不敢說話,尼可拉斯爆青筋,「知、不、知、道!?」695Please respect copyright.PENANA0QIhwZjoEd
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「是…是!對不起!!」695Please respect copyright.PENANAVTTDQoRZVm
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派翠克竟然被嚇哭。尼可拉斯離開沙發、沒收地上的刀子。他放下剛才梳整齊的頭髮、脫掉達米安的醫師袍,再把大大小小的環戴回身上,變回平常的尼可拉斯。695Please respect copyright.PENANAOOiK91JsiG
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「手。」695Please respect copyright.PENANA22ub26dWSX
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尼可拉斯走到派翠克面前。還在哭的派翠克一臉疑惑,伸出右手。695Please respect copyright.PENANA3iqHeDhKUW
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「你給醫生沒受傷的手幹嘛!」耐心用完的尼可拉斯爆氣,「左手給我!」695Please respect copyright.PENANAKxYZvUqIMU
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「對…對不起!」695Please respect copyright.PENANAAdIhr360Sp
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派翠克被嚇得不清,聽話照做。聽說動物一旦認定對方比自己可怕,就會永遠記住害怕的感覺,派翠克現在的情形就是這樣,和剛才判若兩人。695Please respect copyright.PENANAECeBZ7B5KD
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尼可拉斯不管那麼多,他現在的目光都在派翠克的左手。他拿出達米安的醫藥箱,幫派翠克的左手擦藥、包紮,動作出乎意料地溫柔,和他兇惡的外表形成反差。695Please respect copyright.PENANAAJRJj8FCmh
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派翠克大大的眼睛,看著正在處理傷口的尼可拉斯。這位「醫生」跟他想像中不同,也不敢相信剛才的姿勢,尼可拉斯能心平氣和地幫他擦藥。派翠克竟然問他:「你怎麼沒有抱我?」695Please respect copyright.PENANARULemtnsLi
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「哈?」尼可拉斯忍住用棉花棒插他眼睛的衝動,「我為什麼要抱你?」695Please respect copyright.PENANAE3EXL13X2V
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「你看到我的臉了,剛才你明明可以……痛痛痛痛痛!」695Please respect copyright.PENANAKEQyXT1A4A
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不知道是不是尼可拉斯故意,派翠克感覺傷口被用力戳了一下。695Please respect copyright.PENANAlYL2aFitN5
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「不顧他人意願就硬上,我才不是這種禽獸。」695Please respect copyright.PENANA9iOmobi8EJ
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尼可拉斯想吐槽,卻也能理解,畢竟自己曾對紅鶴產生遐想;而且,比起危險的紅鶴,派翠克總垂著眼、楚楚可憐、毫無攻擊性(剛才不算),這種美人確實很難抗拒。695Please respect copyright.PENANAW584i2906q
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「人臉在我眼裡,都是肌肉和脂肪。」尼可拉斯說:「而且,我覺得自己比較好看。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAyWtyTwyV7U
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尼可拉斯的口氣像在說「我今天中午吃牛肉麵」一樣平常,但聽在派翠克耳裡,很是吃驚。695Please respect copyright.PENANA6pYMggmStw
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「你叫什麼名字?」695Please respect copyright.PENANAAaKXWBQ0WW
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派翠克看著尼可拉斯。和自己不同,尼可拉斯很高,肩膀很寬,臉型就像被刀子削過,舉手投足都充滿剛硬的男性魅力。他突然對眼前這名醫生感到好奇,迫切想知道他的名字。695Please respect copyright.PENANASHnF7y7ylY
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「尼可拉斯.克里斯托多羅普洛斯。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAZMHg8lJY0M
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「什麼?」695Please respect copyright.PENANA9PtoH8lanM
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派翠克聽到一串很像咒語的東西。尼可拉斯對這反應習以為常,「叫我尼可就好。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAnfW7ORnfZ9
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「……噗。」派翠克笑了,「我相信你是希波克拉底了。這種姓氏,只有你們自己人才記得住。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAOK2pVvRdQt
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「哈。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAayxRH15hO1
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尼可拉斯也笑了。確實,希波克拉底一脈的特色除了醫生,還有一堆又臭又長的姓氏。695Please respect copyright.PENANAyEeLnb0sd2
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「我小時候被我媽罰寫,因為我總是拼錯自己的名字。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAlDJXgoagJJ
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尼可拉斯不知道自己說這幹嘛,但看到派翠克發自內心、開心的笑,他心情也不自覺輕鬆起來。695Please respect copyright.PENANANWeMfuSuvi
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「謝謝。」695Please respect copyright.PENANA3EipdqeSs0
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包紮完畢,派翠克捲下袖子。因為尼可拉斯對自己沒興趣,他莫名信任這個人,直覺尼可拉斯不會害他。695Please respect copyright.PENANAEOKZ3lVLXm
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而且,他覺得尼可拉斯好熟悉。695Please respect copyright.PENANAD9ZyCShAAz
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彷彿以前在哪見過。695Please respect copyright.PENANAHspq0q7FDA
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「你不是我家派來的,怎麼知道我在這?」派翠克問。695Please respect copyright.PENANABtb6qFIHYn
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「說來話長。」尼可拉斯不打算廢話,直接說:「不管你信不信──有個人一個禮拜後會來殺你,我要帶你去安全的地方。」695Please respect copyright.PENANA2szD2asZVk
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「殺我?」派翠克的反應超冷靜,「高宇維嗎?」695Please respect copyright.PENANAPneWze0ALD
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「……?」695Please respect copyright.PENANAz7CORriSrM
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尼可拉斯不明白,為什麼派翠克的第一反應是高宇維。派翠克反問:「不是嗎?」695Please respect copyright.PENANANEPtvaVoNq
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「不,是跟你長得一模一樣、粉紅色頭髮的人。」尼可拉斯得先搞清楚,「為什麼高宇維要殺你?」695Please respect copyright.PENANAXy6dx2KinG
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「原因很複雜,總之,我見了不該見的女人。」695Please respect copyright.PENANAz1CYEBqEm8
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派翠克告訴尼可拉斯:「她的頭髮也是粉紅色。」