The next day, Eugenie went to Royal View Villa to see Mable. They planned to visit Goodman Residence together. Just as they were about to leave, Blair answered a phone call. They could not tell what the conversation was about but his expression was grave. “I see.” After hanging up, Blair called Mable over to his side. Mable noticed his frown and gently caressed his eyebrows while asking, “What happened?” Blair told her, “I just got information that Connor is in Richworth.” Mable was taken aback. “He’s in Richworth? When did he get here?” “It's been a week since he got here.” Blair had been so focused on devising a plan to deal with Rory that he had completely neglected things on Connor’s end. He assumed Connor would not do anything rash since Jeremiah was in captivity and was blindsided by Connor’s sudden arrival. “Has he contacted you recently?” Mable shook her head. “No.” Blair stated, “He must be here to rescue Jeremiah. There’s a chance that he will
Jeremiah's hands were handcuffed behind his back. After being imprisoned for so long, he was not in a very good mental and physical condition. He gazed longingly at Eugenie and sighed softly. “I wish you didn’t have to see me in such a state.” Eugenie did not speak. The scene of their first meeting suddenly flashed in her mind. She was in her freshman year at the time. One day, she went to the university library to look for a book and had trouble reaching it since it was on the top shelf and she was not tall enough. She tried to jump to reach the book and ended up accidentally tipping a thick dictionary over. Her first instinct was to wrap her arms around the head and brace for the heavy impact. Unexpectedly, the pain never came because someone appeared behind her and snatched the dictionary from mid-air. That was when she turned around and saw Jeremiah standing behind her. At the time, she felt the impact not on the top of her head but deep in her heart. She could still
More so than that, she could not understand why the Lifebond Poison would be potent when Jeremiah did not love her. Unless… A theory came to her mind but she quickly dismissed it. She shook her head, it was impossible. At this point, a thought suddenly occurred to her again as she turned to Jeremiah with a glacial look. “Did you think you can manipulate and threaten me just because our lives are bonded together? Don’t even think about it.” Jeremiah frowned. “Did you think I took the Lifebond Poison just so I can manipulate you?” “Why else?” Eugenie could not think of any other reason he would have done that. Jeremiah fixed a look on her. “Eugenie, you were the one who told me that the Lifebond Poison only works if a pair of true lovers take it at the same time.” “Ha! True lovers?” Eugenie chuckled sarcastically. “Did you ever love me at all?” Jeremiah shuddered. “When have I ever not loved you?” He was entirely devoted to her! “Oh, poor you.” Euge
Mable was planning to leave Goodmans Residenec with Eugenie, but that was when Kyle sent her a text asking her to wait until his return because he had something to tell her. He mentioned he would be back very soon. With that, she decided to stay and wait while Eugenie went on ahead by herself. She waited for roughly twenty minutes until Kyle and Zoe showed up. “How did the checkup go? What did the doctor say?” Mable enquired right away. “Everything is fine. The doctor says the baby is healthy.” Zoe produced the ultrasound report and eagerly told Mable about the latest update on her baby. After they chatted for a while, Zoe mentioned she was tired, and so Kyle helped her upstairs to let her rest. Meanwhile, Mable waited downstairs. Shortly after that, Kyle returned downstairs. He immediately dismissed the servants in the living room until they were the only ones left. With that, he asked, “How has Master Blair been doing lately?” “He’s going through physical
“We can’t risk Jeremiah dying now, he and Eugenie are…” Before Mable could finish her sentence, Blair led her to sit down on the couch where he asked calmly, “Mabes, let's forget about the Lifebond Poison problem for now and just talk about Jeremiah only. Do you want him dead?” Mable was briefly taken aback, and then a heavy gloom appeared in her eyes. “You have no idea how much I hate him ever since I recovered my memories!” Nothing hurt more than being betrayed by a loved one. Mable rested her forehead against Blair's shoulder and continued in a parched voice, “Back then, I really thought you were dead. I wanted to kill all of them because they were the ones who killed you. I wanted to get revenge for you…” Blair gently caressed her back to comfort her. Mable fell silent for a while before murmuring, “But I couldn’t do it…” She considered herself a ruthless person and yet, she hesitated when it came to her family. She could not deny that the two years she spen
Blair held Mable tightly in his arms. His gentle arms stroked against her back rhythmically to offer comfort. After Mable managed to calm down, Blair spoke again, “We will handle Jeremiah the way I mentioned just now, so you don’t have to worry about it anymore, alright?” Mable stared blankly at Blair and asked uncertainly, “Are you sure you’re just going to spare him?” Blair chuckled. “Of course I wouldn’t let him off so easily, I would have gotten all these wounds for nothing.” He was going to make Jeremiah suffer and drill the lesson into him. He was going to make sure the Mullers could never hurt Mable in the future. “What’s your plan?” Mable asked. Blair gently held her hands and flashed a faint smile. “If my instincts are correct, Connor should contact you soon and ask to meet up.” Mable frowned, she was not very willing to meet Connor. “If you don't want to go, you don't have to. I'll meet him instead.” “What? That won’t do.” Mable advised hurriedly, “
Adam kept his head low and stayed silent. He knew this was not the time to anger Rory. The only thing he could do to calm him down was to play along with his whims. “This is how we’re doing this. You can go now!” Rory commanded. Adam obliged and walked out of the study. With that, a heavy silence descended upon the study again. Rory approached the bed and looked into his reflection in the mirror positioned by the bed, then he frowned. “What, even you don’t agree with the strategy?” He snarled contemptuously at his reflection. Then, something about his expression changed. The change was very subtle and hard to describe but he proceeded to answer to himself in an angered voice, “You promised me that you wouldn’t hurt Mabes.” Then, he scoffed dismissively. “I never said I was going to hurt her, what I’m doing is protecting her in my way. Blair was the one who hurt her the most and now that he is dead, nobody else will hurt her anymore. It’s only a matter of time befor
Rory did not go downstairs for dinner. Instead, it was Adam who brought his food upstairs for him. Paul spied on Rory with the surveillance camera inside the room and noticed Rory barely had a bite of the food. He only drank half of the glass of red wine before collapsing on the couch. “Did you spike the wine as well?” Paul asked Adam. “Yeah.” Knowing that Rory had a bad appetite lately and would often skip dinner, he decided to take the safer route and spike both the food and the wine as well. With that, the pair entered Rory's room and helped him onto the bed. “When will he wake up?” Adam asked. “Don't worry, this medicine is not going to affect his health, he’s just asleep now.” Paul remarked as he produced several capsules from a box, “We need to supervise him throughout the night. This here is a mood stabilizer and we need to give it to him as soon as he wakes up. Then we have this antipsychotic here as well, we have to make sure he continues taking them fr