“Medicine auction? Heh, Alex, you must be mistaken. I have no knowledge of medicine at all, why would I be at some auction? I’d usually just go to the hospital if I needed medicine. Why would I even dare to get some random medicine? Who knows what effects it might have?” Pepper smiled, denying Alex’s accusations.

Alex returned her smile and said, “You’re right, who knows what effects it might have? You should know better, right, Secretary Kimmich? Remember to watch your step. You have four eyes, so you should be able to see much clearer than most of us. I hope you won’t take another wrong step.”

He then turned to John.

“You’re a few days closer to the deadline. You’d have to think this through.”

“If you refuse to return what I asked for, you probably won’t be able to have this coffin opened. Forever.”

Alex placed his hand gently onto the coffin cover.

With a gentle pat, the whole cover turned into pieces of wooden shards.

Pepper’s face had turned extremely pale, her eyes filled