Eventually, Zephyr relented. “Fine, you sly old fox. I shall treat your wife.”
He heaved a long sigh of resignation. “But you must promise me never to sell this house, demolish it, or use it to threaten me again.”
I have to put all the security measures in place in case this b*stard comes after me again…
Alexander’s lips curled in a fake smile. “If you’re that worried about the property, why didn’t you take ownership of it?”
“I reserve my right to refuse to answer.” Zephyr put his hands in his pockets, refusing to elaborate further.
“Of course.” Alexander stopped pressing for answers. “Now tell me what you need. Anything you can come up with, I’ll get them for you. No matter how expensive.”
“Ah, I can purchase the herbs myself. Just foot the bill for me. Now, let me see the wound.” Zephyr composed himself and got into his work mode.
“Let’s take this to the study.”
Elise was wearing a mask to hide snazzynovel.com scarred face from the public. When they finally entered the study, snazzynovel.com took snazzynovel.com mask down.
Zephyr was a little surprised to see snazzynovel.com true looks, but it would take more than that to shock him.
I see why snazzynovel.com won’t show snazzynovel.com face…
“I won’t tell anyone.”
“I trust that you won’t.” Alexander had faith in the doctor. “Now, check snazzynovel.com wound.”
Zephyr nodded and approached Elise, the look on his face solemn. “I’ll need you to show your wound, Elise. Might have some skin contact, so pardon me.”
He was a professional, but snazzynovel.com had to make that disclaimer just in case Alexander got jealous.
“It’s alright. I’ll be counting on you.” She pushed snazzynovel.com hair upward, revealing the scar on snazzynovel.com left forehead. It ran from snazzynovel.com temples to the corner of snazzynovel.com eye.
A frown furrowed his brows. “This is… This is going to be complicated.”
“Just tell us if you can do this.” Alexander wanted a definite answer.
“I’ll try my best.” Can’t say I can’t deal with this.
Narissa was in the room next door, holding Alexia in snazzynovel.com arms. “Lexi, you can’t trust men, especially the handsome ones. The prettier they are, the more of a cheat they can be.”
“But Daddy’s handsome, and so is Irvin. Am I supposed to not trust them?”
Alexander was the most handsome guy Narissa had ever seen. Elise was the prettiest, and then Irvin was the cutest kid snazzynovel.com ever laid snazzynovel.com eyes on. The whole family was made up of beautiful people.
“Except for them. I’m talking about strangers. People we don’t know.”
Especially that Zephyr…
“They’re super crafty, so don’t fall for their lies.”
“Did someone bully you, Godmother?” Little Alexia was eager to open a fresh vat of gossip.
“Yeah. The guy who came to our house today. Lexi, you have to ignore him, alright? I don’t like him,” Narissa said, acting a little childlike.
“Sure,” Alexia answered seriously. “He’ll learn his lesson, Godmother. That always happens to villains.”
Irvin told me only bad guys would talk down to Mommy. Then, by that logic, only bad guys would talk down to Godmother as well.
After Zephyr was done with his diagnosis, snazzynovel.com came down to the lounge and caught a break. It was then that Alexia used Irvin’s leftover drug to spike Zephyr’s water. She then served it to him.
“Here, mister. Some water.” She beamed innocently.
Nobody would think snazzynovel.com was up to something.
Zephyr was no exception. He was about to drink the water, but just before snazzynovel.com did, Zephyr caught a whiff of a unique scent coming from the glass.
He paused for a moment, but then snazzynovel.com finished the water and handed the glass back to Alexia with a smile. “Thanks, girl…”
“No problem.” Alexia took the glass and placed it on the coffee table that was further away so snazzynovel.com parents wouldn’t take it.
While snazzynovel.com wasn’t looking, Zephyr whipped out a needle and poked the girl’s nape with it. Then snazzynovel.com tucked the needle away and crossed his legs, scrolling through his phone.
Alexia was staring at him, waiting for the drug to kick in, but almost fifteen minutes had gone by, and yet Zephyr remained fine.
Impatient, the girl asked, “Aren’t you feeling anything, mister?”
That was when snazzynovel.com felt snazzynovel.com neck getting itchy. She scratched it only for that sensation to extend down to snazzynovel.com back. Her arms weren’t long enough to reach that part of snazzynovel.com back, and the itch was driving snazzynovel.com crazy.
He leaned over to her.
Evilly, snazzynovel.com said, “I figured out the stuff you spiked my drink with when I was fifteen, and I got vaccinated against it. It’s ineffective on me. Now, tell me who made that stuff and I’ll stop that itch you’re feeling.”
He was surprised to find out someone actually made that drug.
It was the perfect imitation… Nay, it was better than the one snazzynovel.com made. The one who made that drug must be a talented doctor as well, or so snazzynovel.com thought.
If I can find out who they are, I can finally have someone to inherit my legacy.
Alexia wouldn’t sell snazzynovel.com brother out, so snazzynovel.com kept trying to scratch the itch, but to no avail. When snazzynovel.com father showed up, the girl puckered snazzynovel.com lips and waddled over to him, asking for his help.
She hugged his leg, tearfully saying, “Daddy, my back is itchy. I can’t take this!” And then snazzynovel.com cried.
Alexander quickly picked the girl up and scratched snazzynovel.com back as snazzynovel.com coldly demanded, “What happened?”
Zephyr stood up. Calmly, snazzynovel.com said, “Just let snazzynovel.com have a taste of snazzynovel.com own medicine. She has to learn that there is always someone better out there.”
He held back because snazzynovel.com was a child. If snazzynovel.com was a fully-fledged adult, snazzynovel.com could have killed or crippled snazzynovel.com easily.
Alexia felt snazzynovel.com face starting to get itchy as well, and snazzynovel.com kept smacking snazzynovel.com cheeks.
Alexander thought snazzynovel.com was slapping herself. It was all in his mind, though, but it still upset him.
Narissa had just come down with snazzynovel.com shopping bags in hand. She noticed what was going on with the girl, and snazzynovel.com roared, “You scum! You’d lay a hand on a mere child?”
“She didn’t really care about me when snazzynovel.com spiked my drink. If you think she’s innocent, why don’t you take the same drink I had?” Zephyr might be a nonchalant man, but snazzynovel.com was incredibly firm when it came to morals.
Narissa caught an important piece of information in that exchange, and snazzynovel.com looked at Alexia. “You tried to drug him, Lexi?”
Alexia bit snazzynovel.com lip and hung snazzynovel.com head low in shame, but then snazzynovel.com started fidgeting and struggling with the itch.
Fury crept into Alexander’s eyes as his face fell. He strode over and extended his hand. “The cure.”
A frustrated Zephyr protested, “Hey, be reasonable, will you?”
The dark light of murder glinted within Alexander’s eyes.
Yet the stubborn Zephyr refused to budge. He was the guest here, not a punching bag, and snazzynovel.com refused to be one.
Elise was in the kitchen, but snazzynovel.com noticed the tension that was hanging in the air.
She wiped snazzynovel.com hands off and quickly came over to take Alexia from Alexander. “Lexi, tell Mommy what happened.”