"Zachariah! It's good to see you back in the pink of health! Everyone is worried about you!" Darcy also walked over and smiled with concern.Zachariah sneered in his heart. Had he not overheard the conversation between the two when he was unconscious, he would have thought the two of them were good-hearted relatives. His face darkened and he snorted coldly, "Bodyguards, please!"A group of bodyguards then rushed in from outside.Zachariah immediately said, "Did you think I wouldn't hear what the two of you said earlier? You were hoping to see me die so you could divide my assets among yourselves, and you even said that you'd cause an accident to kill my daughter. I might be unconscious and unable to open my eyes, but I heard every single thing you said!" After ending his sentence, he took a step forward and glared at the other party as he said, "I have never treated you unfairly, so it brings me great disappointment when I found out how ungrateful the two of you are.""Seriously? S
Zachariah felt emotional as he looked at the family-less old man who had devoted more than thirty years of his young life to the Ballards. "Worry not. I'm fine. Mister Severin said that I was poisoned, and most of the poison in my body had been forced out. He'll give me an herbal prescription for us in a bit, and I just need to boil the herbs into a drink!"The old butler breathed a sigh of relief and said to Severin, "Thank you, Mister Severin!"Severin, who had been secretly paying attention to the servants, smiled at the old butler and said, "You're most welcome. Sheila and I are friends, so it's only right that I help her out!"He then asked someone to take out the paper and pen, wrote down the prescription, and handed it to the old butler so he could arrange for someone to get the necessary herbs."Sir, how could you be poisoned when you've been at home all this time?" The old butler could not help but ask Zachariah as he tried to think of what could possibly cause the poisoni
"I see. It's a slow-acting poison that takes a long time to kick in but is extremely deadly. Have I got that right?" Sheila sighed lamentably. "I didn't expect Lena to be that sort of person. Our family has always treated her very well, and she has worked many years for us."Severin smiled and said, "Lena looks like an honest person, and she wouldn't have understood what she had been doing. She must've placed the incense under someone else's instruction, and now that I've rid you of your poison, Lena will very likely meet the person who told her to do it. We just need to follow her to find out who's the true culprit!"Zachariah gave Severin an enthusiastic thumbs up. "You truly are amazing, Mister Severin. I am fully convinced by your abilities, for you have a perceptive mind in addition to your excellent medical skills. You have my utmost admiration."Sheila finally had a realization. "Now I understand why Lena panicked and had such a frightened look when you yelled at her earlier.
"Besides, if it weren't for you, I would've lost my closest family. I don't even know how to repay you now!" Sheila pursed her lips, smiled, and rushed forward all of a sudden to try and sneak a kiss on Severin.Severin was unprepared for her bold actions the last time around, but he had learned his lesson since then and was on the alert for any sneaky tricks she might try to pull again. As soon as he saw her move, he immediately dodged several meters to the right to evade Sheila's sudden kiss.She pouted angrily in response and said, "Why are you hiding so far away? You make it seem like I'm going to eat you up!"Severin patted his chest and could not help but say, "Now that you mention it, I am scared of that. Luckily, I was fast enough to dodge you, otherwise, you would've attacked me already!""Hmph, don't you like being kissed by me?" Sheila could not help but roll her eyes at Severin. "Is there something wrong with me? Am I ugly? Are my thighs not sexy enough? Or are my breas
Lena calmed down after a moment and went out of the room to take a walk. Little did she know that two people were already watching her from the shadows.Halfway through her stroll, she saw a few bodyguards carrying the wooden chair into the yard. They poured lots of gasoline over the chair and heaped some firewood over it before setting it on fire.Lena felt her heart skip a beat, but she could not help herself from walking over and asking the bodyguards, "Why are you burning the wooden chair, Dan? Isn't it precious? It's also Mister Zachariah's most cherished item too. Doesn't he always show it off to other people? Why did he decide to burn it?"Dan, the bodyguard, said to Lena, "We don't know for sure, but we've been told to burn it because it's poisonous. I'm just as surprised that we were ordered to do that when this is such a precious treasure. There might not be another one like this in the whole of the country!""I see." Lena smiled awkwardly and continued walking.…Diane
Severin was stunned. "You can't be serious, right? She confesses her feelings for me at every turn, and I get super awkward when she does that. How could you tell me to be there for her these next few days? Aren't you afraid she might take advantage of me?""Pfft!" When Diane heard that, she covered her mouth and said, "Oh, keep bragging, Severin! She's just a cheerful personality who doesn't shy away from being blunt, but I don't think she'll cross the line and take advantage of you, right? You make it sound like she can't wait to pounce on you!"Severin was speechless, as he did not expect Diane not to believe the truth. A sudden thought then occurred to him and he asked, "By the way, the Shanahans don't have any cooperation with the Horsfields or the Loughs, right?"Diane frowned curiously. "Why would you suddenly think of asking this question? We've never cooperated with the Loughs before, but it's a different story for the Horsfields. You do know that Edward has a thing for me,
"Okay then! I'm coming in!" Severin was overjoyed and walked in immediately before closing the door behind him."Can I kiss you?" Severin could not help but gulp and ask when he looked at Diane's sexy figure and her alluring red lips. He felt a little helpless actually, because his daughter was about to go to kindergarten soon, and yet his beautiful wife still did not let him get intimate with her.After a bit of thought, Diane pursed her red lips and said, "I'll take a shower first!"Diane's bashful expression made Severin feel a little happy inside because of how incredibly pretty and charming she was."Go ahead!" Severin lay on the bed and could not stop himself from letting his thoughts go wild as he listened to the sound of running water.Diane finished her shower not long later, and that was when she realized that she had been so shy that she rushed into the bathroom without taking her nightdress and panties with her. She was speechless for a moment and she bit her red lips
Severin continued to kiss Diane as he led her naturally into bed. Diane exhaled heavily while Severin continued to kiss her, but just as the two of them were about to take things further, Severin's cell phone began ringing."Your…your phone is ringing!" Diane was startled, and then she sobered up in an instant as she hurriedly pushed Severin away. She then straightened her nightgown and said, "Aren't you satisfied after kissing me for so long?" She touched her hot cheeks as her heart beat rapidly, for a most passionate encounter would have happened that night if his phone did not ring.Severin felt a little disappointed and wondered who could have called him at such a late hour and ruined his intimate time with his wife. He glanced at the phone and was even more speechless when he saw that the caller was Sheila! He could not help but curse out loud, "Why is this Sheila calling me in the middle of the night?!"Severin's angry look prompted Diane to lick her lips as a gush of sweetnes