An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Chapter 7

“Is he awake?”

Everyone was stunned when they saw Andrew return to consciousness. The doctors were dumbstruck when they noticed the monitors showing Andrew’s vital signs were all normal. Who would have expected a young man like Dustin to cure an unknown disease that had stumped the entire specialist team? This was unheard of!

“That’s amazing! Grandfather is awake!”

Ruth burst into tears of happiness when she saw her grandfather’s recovery. Natasha also breathed a sigh of relief.

“Mr. Rhys, I don’t know how to thank you for this. From now on, you are the Harmon family’s honored guest!”

She bowed deeply to Dustin.

“You’re welcome, Ms. Harmon. It was no trouble at all.”

Dustin gave her a small smile. However, Dustin’s humble words irked Dr. Jansen. He and his team had done all they could to cure Andrew, but this punk called it “no trouble at all?” Clearly, Dustin was insulting them indirectly!

“Hey, you! What’s up with the centipede? Why would there be a centipede in my grandfather’s body?” Ruth spoke up.

“This is not a normal centipede. It’s actually a venomous curse.” Dustin turned to Andrew. “Mr. Harmon, where were you recently? Have you eaten anything out of the ordinary?”

“You’re spot on. A few days ago, I was at Millsburg for a party and drank some wine.” Andrew nodded.

“If I’m not mistaken, you must have been cursed,” Dustin concluded.

“Cursed?”

Andrew was taken aback. The rest of them stared at each other in surprise. After all, it wasn’t every day that someone got cursed.

“Don’t spout nonsense! It’s illogical that this could be a curse! If you ask me, Mr. Harmon must have ingested centipede eggs by mistake!” Dr. Jansen interrupted.

eggs would have been digested by the stomach’s acid! It’s fine if you are not familiar with this,

Jansen shut up when he caught sight of Natasha’s deadly

diagnosis. I will investigate this further,”

heard of venomous curses before, however, she had no personal experience. Who would have thought that her grandfather was suffering from this? Natasha was determined to make the

that the curse is lifted, you should feed him this prescription for five

so much, Mr. Rhys.” Natasha took

myself since there’s nothing more to be done.” Dustin got up

see you off.” Natasha got

what should I do

Since he was the one who requested it, we shall fulfill his wish! All of you, make sure he finishes those insects before

Jansen

room, a similar scene of chaos

Rhys hit me? Please, you have

whining on the hospital bed with his head bound up tightly. Only his nose and

will get even with him for you!” Florence comforted

physically assault both of you!” A handsome young man dressed in a suit spoke up. He was the second son of the Nolan family, Chris Nolan. He was also deeply infatuated

mad and hit my son like a maniac. No one could stop him!”

thugs who can teach him a

would be great!” Florence broke into

sure they knock some sense into him. Fracture a bone or two!” James

thing. I assure you, he is as good as dead!” Chris

Dustin’s marriage to Dahlia had bothered him long ago. How was it possible that a useless bum like him could have such an attractive and successful lady as his wife?

how are your injuries?” Dahlia asked as she entered the hospital room suddenly. She was dressed in a slinky

terribly hurt!” James sat up immediately and pointed at

Dustin told me what happened and apologized over the phone. Let’s forget about it

about it?” James raised his voice. “Dahlia, are you kidding me? I was beaten black and blue! An apology isn’t going to cut it! What

do