A Cue for Love (Natalie and Samuel)

Chapter 1130 She Is Mine

Joseph took care of Bastien meticulously. In the evening, Bastien showed signs of waking up. With much effort, he opened his eyes and saw Joseph sitting by his bedside with a concerned look on his face. Bastien glanced at the layers of bandage on his arm and asked nervously, “Joseph, my arm…”

“Mr. Nine, we managed to get you to the hospital in time. Your arm is fine. You will make a complete recovery after a period of rest.” Joseph paused and continued hesitantly, “I thought you had the jade key? How did you injure your arm so seriously?”

Bastien was leaning back against a cushion when a cold glint flashed across his gentle eyes as he replied, “That jade key is fake.” “Fake?” A deep crease appeared between Joseph’s brows.

“Even though the key fitted into the lock, it couldn’t be used to open the secret room. As I used force, it activated the traps instead. This happened because I was too careless…” Bastien continued coldly, “Not only was Zophie deceived, but I have also been deceived. This jade key is an exact replica of the real thing. The only person in Loang who is capable of replicating the jade key so well is Varre Appleby. However, he disappeared more than a decade ago…”

It was as if the man had suddenly fallen off the face of the Earth. The royal family had made attempts to find him but to no avail. No one had expected that Varre was still alive and had even created an exact replica of the jade key.

Could Major General Sutton have switched it out when he was questioning Zophie? Maybe he’s thinking of keeping the key

his head. “It wasn’t Jerome. It was someone else

probably the only person who could have deceived both Zophie and myself. Well,

Joseph exclaimed in shock. Both Joseph and Bastien

her. On top

master of stratagem and was able to calculate and execute

key, they would all end up suffering. Bastien could not help but wonder what would have happened if he had been more careless. He might

time…” The determination in Bastien’s eyes became increasingly intense as the man’s infatuation

wanted to ask further but stopped mid-sentence. Are you intending

the news that I got injured in the royal mausoleum around. Make it sound as serious as possible. Also, let Blaze know that the jade key in my

confront Natalie directly and wanted Blaze to do