Chapter 122

　　Tabitha's POV 　　My eyes slowly focused, and the first thing I saw was the collar of a crisp white shirt. 　　My gaze drifted up, settling on a man's strong jawline. Turned out it was Derek. 　　Just like that, any hope I had fizzled out. 　　Well, it made sense. Dad was still out cold in the hospital. How could he possibly show up here? 　　"Why were you bleeding from your nose earlier?" Derek's voice snapped me back to reality. 　　I didn't expect that of all things, he would start with that. 　　Just when I was pondering how to reply, I caught a whiff of some unfamiliar shower gel on him. 　　I couldn't help but think of what might have happened between him and Daphne last night. Feeling a tightness in my chest, I struggled out of his embrace. 　　"I bumped my nose before, and Holly hit it right on that old wound," I calmly replied. 　　Derek gazed at me, like he was trying to catch me in a lie. 　　I met his gaze head-on, asking, "What? You don't believe it? Didn't you say that I've always been in go