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Chapter 210: Indeed Something’s Wrong

Chapter 210: Indeed Something’s Wrong

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

Sophia Rivers concealed the unnaturalness on her face and lightly snorted. “I heard you went back to Northern Territory to recognize your relatives. You’re back so soon?”

Her tone carried that familiar air of strained civility. The kind that barely masked the animosity simmering

beneath the surface.

A research technician nearby looked up from her work station. She had clearly been listening to our exchange, probably confirming the rumors of discord between us healers.

I halted before Sophia, my expression unwavering. “You know so much about my affairs. You must have put in a lot of effort behind the scenes, right?”

The accusation hung in the air between us like a blade waiting to fall.

Sophia feigned innocence with practiced ease. She dismissed my insinuation with a laugh that sounded hollow in the sterile laboratory air.

“I really don’t know what ‘Healer Elena‘ means by that.”

I turned to the research technician without missing a beat. “Could you give us a moment alone, please?”

The technician nodded quickly and gathered her materials. She clearly wanted no part of whatever confrontation was brewing between us.

Once we were alone, I shed the pretense of politeness entirely. My tone hardened like steel cooling in winter

air.

“Whether you really don’t understand or not is no longer important. Even if you escape today, you won’t escape tomorrow.”

Sophia’s smile faltered for just a moment. Then she retorted with false bravado.

“You’re not here to warn me, are you?”

I offered no direct answer. The silence stretched between us, heavy with unspoken threats.

Sophia closed the distance between us. She lowered her voice to a conspiratorial whisper that made my skin.

crawl.

“It’s a pity, you can’t do anything to me. Even if you are the daughter of the Whitmore family, I’m not afraid of you.”

eyes glittered with malicious satisfaction. “Who will

my fists instinctively. The deliberate provocation was working exactly as she

under surveillance would play directly into her hands. She wanted me to lose control,

ammunition

my fists. A faint smile graced my lips as

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you curious about the identity of

carefully aimed barb. I watched as it hit its

mid–step. Suspicion clouded her features as

forced indifference. “I’m an

did have

do

simply smiled, offering no further explanation. Sometimes the most powerful weapon was

smile faded. It was

my brow

doubt had been planted. It would grow in the darkness

turned my attention to the research report on the desk. The data

thought.

(Sophia Rivers’s POV)

betrayed the inner turmoil I was desperately trying to hide. I cursed Elena’s unexpected

my attempt to photograph the crucial research data. Felix would not

a persistent ache. What did

parents?

my lip hard enough to taste blood. The notion

my biological parents. They had abandoned me as an infant,

meant nothing to me now. I couldn’t allow Elena to manipulate me with

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

my desk reviewing the latest batch of experimental

to understand

with hesitant steps. Her expression

important to

looked up from my calculations. “What

about Healer Sophia’s visit to your lab

gave her my full attention. “What specifically

shifted uncomfortably. “She claimed Professor Andrew Kelly sent her to review the

immediate suspicion.

familiar with every aspect of the

Sophia to review results

was definitely amiss. The pieces of this puzzle were starting

unease immediately. She asked cautiously, “Is anything wrong,

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