A Replacement Bride

Chapter 293

When Lexie heard that, she believed Eddie without a shadow of a doubt, immediately showing him to Mike's room on the second floor.

At that moment, Mike had just woken up from his sleep and was taking his medicine by the side of the bed. When he heard the noise, he lifted his head slowly to look over. It only took one glance for his rheumy eyes to be filled with shock.

"You…" He parted his lips and wanted to say something, but he couldn't breathe smoothly. As the air blocked his airway, he couldn't help but cough.

Seeing that, Lexie quickly went over to pat him on the back to help him breathe.

Suddenly, ruthlessness flashed in Eddie's eyes, but he still had an innocent look on his face when he went forward with a smile. "You can rest now. I'll take care of him."

When Lexie heard that, she was stunned for a moment. "But—"

"Why? You don't trust me? Mr. Fraser and I have been friends for many years."

As Lexie hesitated, she lowered her head to look at Mike, who was catching his breath, and noticed that he showed no signs of rejection. So, without any suspicion, she nodded and left the room.

In the end, only Mike and Eddie were left in the room.

Even though he was staring daggers at Eddie with his predator-like eyes, he didn't have much

away and smirked coldly. "Of course, I'm here to look at the karma you're receiving! Do you think that I'm here to visit you and see how you are doing? I'm

his throat and was going nowhere. It was hard to tell if his face was beet red from anger or that he

"Alas." He sighed feebly, which sounded as though he was disappointed with the situation and himself. "I knew that. I knew you wouldn't care about me. It's all because I've caused too much harm previously. It's understandable for you

admitting that you're the perpetrator?" It looked as though fire was burning in Eddie's eyes as he glared fiercely at Mike. "You did this to

Eddie in shock, as though he couldn't believe his own

made myself clear? Are you still not getting it? It seems like you're sick, so sick that your brain

As he opened his mouth, his lips couldn't stop quivering. Then, he asked shakily, "A-Are you saying that the illness we have had all these times was because of

thrill of his revenge. "I guess you want to ask me whether I'm involved in the man-faced curse that the Fraser Family has gotten. Well, I can tell you the answer now. Yes, I'm involved. Not only that, but I was the one who placed the curse

affirmation of his doubt, he was so pissed and anxious. He propped his body up, wanting to sit up

for a long time but wasn't able to continue his sentence. At this moment, Eddie moved slowly to sit on the chair by the bed and

so anxious that he started coughing, and with his extremely frail voice, he said in a woeful tone, "You could've just come at me with whatever grudges you hold! W-Why did you hurt the

at all. "What's wrong? Are you

Have you ever thought that those people died innocently at that time too?! When you did what you did, have you ever thought that they were supposed to be living their

arrows aimed right at Mike. Instantly, he held his breath and parted his lips as though he wanted to explain, but

had been piling up for all these years, exploded at this very moment. "Why? You don't dare to talk about it? Or do you have nothing to say? You don't deserve to be alive, Mike! God was blind for all