Damon sneered. "Didn't he mention it already? He thought I wanted him to be kidnapped on purpose because I wanted to be the only son in the family, and I didn’t have to fight anyone for our family fortune. That was why he wanted to take revenge against me."Jeanette could not help feeling puzzled. "What logic is that?"Who cared about logic? When Damon recalled what Xavier had been doing since he was a child, he thought they were ridiculous.When Xavier was a child, he would purposely put coc

When Damon woke up, it was already afternoon. His head was still aching.Damon walked out of the room but did not see Jeanette. He stood in the corridor and smelled an earthy scent.As he followed the fragrance all the way to the kitchen, he saw a pot of soup heated on the stove, and a servant was watching it."What’s this?""It's the saffron chicken soup Miss Jeanette made. She got up early to make it and told us to keep it warm until you wake up and eat it.""Oh, she can cook."Damon was

This had never happened before, which was why everyone was smart enough to leave them alone during the break. Soon, it was just Damon and Jeanette.“Don’t ever fool around like that anymore—”Damon could not even finish his sentence before she stuffed a mouthful of cotton candy into his mouth. He clamped his jaw shut, and yet he found himself biting hard into the air. There was nothing to chew at all! And yet, the same nothing tasted sweet, and it permeated his entire mouth.“Is it good?” she

Damon’s prediction was proven right. About ten minutes later, their coworkers quickly realized Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey’s disappearance.A search party was immediately launched. CCTV footage obtained helped pinpoint the two’s last confirmed location—they were found using the public restroom, and then they were never caught on camera since.Out of obvious privacy concerns, there were no cameras inside the privy. Thus, the search party rushed inside for clues and found tracks of people being dragged

Damon was annoyed to hear Jeanette mentioning Elias by name out of the blue, but he managed to keep his complaints to himself and let her continue.“I’m actually pretty good at P.E., you know. But for some reason, when the ball just… skidded out of the court and hurled at me with this impact like a comet, I froze. I wasn’t able to duck.”“What kind of ball was that?”“Oh, I’m sure the ball was cursed.”Whatever subtext Jeanette had hidden in her word choice was lost on Damon. All he remember