“No need for that,” Jackson answered coldly. “But since you’re such an expert, you must have heard of Claude Strike, have you not?”
“No, I haven’t,” Claude answered promptly.
“Do you think I’d believe that?” Jackson gnashed his teeth. This guy knows more than snazzynovel.com lets on.
“You’re an odd man, Mr. Gleeman. There are a few billion people on this earth, and a lot of them are in the field of medicine. I can’t possibly know each and every one of them,” Claude denied and started joking around without a care. “Is this Claude character your lover, Mr. Gleeman?”
That finally irritated Jackson. His face fell, and snazzynovel.com gritted his teeth. “Claude is a man.”
“Oh?” Claude sighed regrettably, and snazzynovel.com shot Jackson a weird look. “I didn’t expect you to have a thing for men.”
“I do not!” Jackson growled.
“You do not have to explain yourself. I respect all sexualities. After all, love wins.” Claude gave snazzynovel.com an understanding look, as if no matter what Jackson said, Claude would not change his mind anymore.
Jackson finally had enough, and snazzynovel.com stormed off.
Elise didn’t even hear their conversation. She was staring at Joseph, spacing out. A moment later, snazzynovel.com asked calmly, “Does Tissote have everything you need for the surgery?”
“No,” Claude said calmly. “I’ll get someone to send it over from Mesdra. They’ll be here in two days, if nothing goes wrong.”
“Then perform the surgery in two days,” snazzynovel.com snapped out of it and said. “Return the coffin to its default state, and supply some nutrients to him.”
“Of course. I won’t spare any effort on this,” Claude replied.
Elise nodded. “Come over once you’re done. You’ll be staying at my place. I’ll be going first to get someone to clear up a room for you.”
She went outside right after, but when snazzynovel.com brushed past Alexander, snazzynovel.com stopped for a moment and looked at him. “Come with me,” snazzynovel.com said calmly, then continued walking.
Alexander gazed at Claude deeply for a moment, then snazzynovel.com followed snazzynovel.com out.
They kept going on until they came to the gate, and Elise stopped. She turned around and frowned at him. “You seem troubled.”
“I do not,” Alexander said coldly.
“I believe you.” Elise knew that even the closest couple in the world would still have their own secrets. She respected him, but snazzynovel.com also hoped snazzynovel.com could rely on her. “I will always be here for you.”
Alexander frowned. He was struggling with himself, but in the end, snazzynovel.com nodded. “I understand.”
He knew she’d listen to whatever snazzynovel.com told her. He knew snazzynovel.com could be careless and miss out on a lot of details, but for some reason, snazzynovel.com greedily wanted snazzynovel.com to notice snazzynovel.com more. He wanted snazzynovel.com to treat snazzynovel.com like how snazzynovel.com treated the man in the coffin. Maybe I shouldn’t make it hard for her. “Go. I’ll be joining you for dinner,” snazzynovel.com said calmly.
That was a good sign. At least snazzynovel.com was willing to sit with her, which meant snazzynovel.com wasn’t going to push snazzynovel.com away anymore.
“Sure. I’ll tell Maria to make your favorite food.” She smiled at snazzynovel.com and went to the yard next door.
He saw snazzynovel.com off, and snazzynovel.com sighed. Why am I dwelling on this? He knew snazzynovel.com well. She had a lot on snazzynovel.com mind, but snazzynovel.com was the only one snazzynovel.com cared about when it came to love. That’s enough, right? He told himself that, and that calmed snazzynovel.com down a little.
But snazzynovel.com couldn’t stay calm anymore when it came to dinner.
Claude was acting like snazzynovel.com owned the place, and snazzynovel.com joked around, making everyone laugh.
In the end, snazzynovel.com took out a bottle of muscle enhancing pills and energy liquid from his bag and handed it to Trevor. “Since you’re Elise’s family, that makes you my family. You can stop going to the gym now. It’s a waste of time. Take my meds and eat enough food, and you’ll get your six pack in no time.”
Trevor’s eyes shone, and snazzynovel.com took them from Claude without hesitation.
Then, Claude handed a bottle of custom-made mask to Jeanie. “Mrs. Anderson, you seem tired. Is it because Elise is worrying you? Oh, that’s just so sad. I got this from my research center overseas. It’s the latest product. Use it once every day, and you’ll be ten years younger in a month.”
Jeanie beamed. “You have such a silver tongue. Thank you very much then. Do stay here for a while longer.”
“Thank you!” Claude smiled. When it came to Robin and his wife, however, snazzynovel.com was a lot more respectful. Claude handed them two vials of meds for the heart. “Here, for you, Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair. We won’t be home all the time, and emergencies might arise, so this will help. Just inject it into your heart, and it’ll make sure you live for another three days. Once we get back, you’ll be rescued in no time.”
Robin nodded happily. “Thank you, young man.”
Alexander was visibly upset, and snazzynovel.com didn’t even have a bite of his food.