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Chapter 1712
“Did you do that on purpose? You want to free your brother, don’t you?” Carter asked coldly, the sternness expressed with the corners of his eyes and his eyebrows frightened Shirley.“I… Cough cough… Why would I let him go?” Shirley answered Carter as she coughed. “He was the reason my parents had neglected me back then, the reason they’d sent me to study abroad. It wasn’t for my future. The fact was that they’d just wanted a better opportunity to nurture their precious son. Hmph!”Shirley looked toward the direction where Adam had left and chuckled coldly.“I only want to see just how great their precious, cherished son truly is.”Shirley said this through gritted teeth.Nonetheless, tears silently fell from the corners of her eyes. Her fists clenched as the thought of the notebook, containing her father’s handwritten, surfaced in her mind.Upon hearing Shirley’s words and seeing the tears trickling out of the corners of her eyes, Carter’s eyes darkened.He suddenly bent down a
Chapter 1713
Adam frowned when he heard Jeremy’s question.He only spoke after a few moments.“I can’t be certain what symptoms would appear during the final stage, but I realize that Eveline’s flare-ups have been too frequent, and the intervals in between them were very short. This is unlike what you’d experienced back then.”Jeremy too frowned in turn. “What does this mean?”“This means that they want to achieve something in a very short period. Once the poison in Eveline’s body reaches its final stage, they’ll use this to coerce you into trading away something beneficial.”Jeremy had already understood this.The thing he wanted to know the most right now was the symptoms Madeline would exhibit.Overwhelmed with worry, he lifted his hand to massage his forehead, exhaustion creeping out from his heart.“I’m very sorry,” Adam suddenly apologized.Confused, Jeremy lifted his gaze. “Why are you apologizing to me?”“At the end of the day, she’s still my sister,” Adam simply answered.While
Chapter 1714
“You’re moving in with me?” Cathy felt surprised, but she also quickly figured out the reason.“Is it because you don’t want anything else unexpected to happen to me, getting kidnapped to be used for blackmail again, so you want to protect me?”Adam looked at Cathy without denying it.“I don’t want you to go through any further shock. Even if they want to do anything to you again, at least I’ll be by your side to protect you.”Cathy felt touched by Adam’s words, but they both knew that was not the same as love.…After Adam and Cathy had left, Jeremy stayed in the hospital room, watching over the two girls he cared for the most in this life.One was his beloved wife, and the other was his precious little princess who he longed to protect. These two were so important to him, yet he could not protect them.He lifted his hand and stroked Madeline’s cheek softly. Even the sight of her sleeping face could not dispel his anxiety.Whenever he thought about that unknown final stage of
Chapter 1715
Madeline stood, on her guard, and turned toward her precious daughter who remained ignorant.She did not want to deal with this uninvited guest in front of the young child, but she was extremely uncomfortable with stepping out of the room, leaving this child alone in the room.“What’s wrong? Are you scared to see me, Mrs. Whitman?” Mockery could be heard in the woman’s voice. “Don’t worry. I’ve heard that your daughter has an incurable disease, so I specially came here to express my sympathy,” Shirley said as she strode in, handing a bouquet of powder blue baby breaths to Lillian.Madeline had wanted to stop her, but she did not want to frighten the child with her aggressive actions. She could only watch as Shirley tried to worm her way into being friends with Lillian.“Lillian, these flowers are for you. Do you like them? I’ve heard that powder blue baby’s breaths are your favorite flowers. You ought to admire them properly. You might not necessarily have the chance to receive suc
Chapter 1716
As Shirley was speaking, she looked at Lillian who was leaning against the hospital bed with a confused face.She placed the baby’s breath, which had been in her hand, on the bedstand. A moment ago, Shirley’s eyes had been full of hostility and sarcasm. Her eyes were gentle as they scanned Lillian’s small face, then, with an arrogant and disdainful look, fell back onto Madeline.“Eveline, I know you’re a special woman. You’re so special that you’re unyielding and tenacious. However, she should also know that I’m an evil woman. That is why I had especially concocted the poison in your body.”“What about it?” Madeline asked indifferently.Shirley’s beautiful eyes narrowed. “You already had three flare-ups. After these three stages, the poison in your body will slowly reach the final stage.”As she spoke, she stopped for two seconds, taking two steps toward Madeline.As Shirley confronted Madeline’s naturally stunning face which wore no makeup, Shirley’s eyes were tinged with a hint
Chapter 1717
Madeline could not deny it now that Jeremey had asked.“Yes, I guess so.”“You guess so?”“I… I was at the nursing station. The bouquet was already on Lillian’s bed when came back.”Madeline avoided Jeremy’s gaze when she spoke. She knew that she was being untruthful, but she had to lie to him.It was because she truly could not make someone up out of thin air.If she had told him that Shirley was here, Jeremy would certainly be angry.“Could it have been Fabian?” Jeremy guessed.Madeline immediately followed along. “Fabian? It’s possible.”“We’re the only people who know that Lily likes powder blue baby’s breaths. Apart from Fabian, I can’t think of anyone else,” Jeremy said, giving his analysis.Madeline very much agreed.Indeed. Besides their parents, who else would understand their children’s preferences?This shows how thorough Shirley had been in researching them.On this day, Shirley’s words Madeline kept appearing on her mind from time to time.This poison was mad
Chapter 1718
Shirley always answered his call.Carter opened a location application on his phone and quickly found the location of Shirley’s phone.He noticed that the location of Shirley’s phone was near the villa, but it remained stationary on the spot, unmoving.Without hesitation, Carter rose and walked to the garage. He then got into his car and went to the street near the manor following the location indicated on his phone.Before he had arrived, Carter could see from afar that Shirley’s car had crashed into the railing, white fumes still rising out of her car hood.Carter’s eyes darkened. He quickly got out of the car and strode toward the door of the driver’s seat.In that second, he had no idea how much fear and anxiety he had in his heart.“Shirley!”Carter yelled at the driver’s seat, his voice trembling. When there was no response, Carter felt his heart and body went cold.He got a closer look and realized that there was no one in the car; only Shirley’s phone glowed on the p
Chapter 1719
In the silence that followed, Shirley turned her gaze toward Jeremy's hand.When she saw the object in Jeremy’s hand, her expression evidently changed.Jeremy stood, his tall and straight figure casting a dark shadow over Shirley who laid on the ground, unable to get up.“I’m guessing that you know exactly what this is?” Jeremy slowly squatted and gently opened the syringe in his hand.“Give someone a dose of their own medicine,” Jeremy said as he grabbed Shirley's arm, not giving Shirley any chance to resist, then injected the anti-toxoid test reagent directly into Shirley's vein.Shirley frowned in pain, her eyes widening at the same time.She could only watch as Jeremy proficiently injected the cold liquid into her veins. At that moment, she felt as if all the cells in her body were frozen.“Hiss.”This was the new type of poison that she developed. The AXT69. She had developed this to deal with Madeline.However, she had not expected that the extra samples would be used on
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