Chapter 163

At 11:30 am, Lucille received a call from Spencer. After a few sentences, she realized that he sounded a little weird. "Did you catch a cold? Why do you sound a little hoarse?"

Spencer had just woken up and had a low fever because of his injury. So, his voice sounded different. He said, "I'm fine. I just talked a bit too much during a meeting."

Afraid that she would worry, he added, "Don't you worry about me. I'm as healthy as can be—nothing will affect your future quality of life."

Mack happened to enter the room just then. He'd brought Spencer a glass of water.

His lips twitched when he heard the latter's words. He had to applaud Spencer for being able to act like he was fine just so Lucille wouldn't realize he was injured.

Marvonia and Whiteloop City were in different timezones—it was 3:30 am for them, and Spencer had gotten up to call Lucille without getting any proper rest.

For some reason, Lucille's mind went down the gutter when she heard Spencer's words. She couldn't hel