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.

normal centipede eggs would have been digested by the stomach’s acid! It’s fine if you are not familiar with this, but do not spread false information!” Dustin

up when he caught sight

thank you for your diagnosis. I will investigate this

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 perpetrators pay for

five days to remove the toxins from his body.” Dustin scribbled

Rhys.” Natasha took

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

see you off.” Natasha got

what should I do with

it, we shall fulfill his wish! All of you, make sure he

Dr. Jansen

hospital room, a

could Rhys hit me? Please, you have

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

even with him

assault both of you!” A handsome young man dressed in a suit spoke up. He was

you wouldn’t believe it. That punk went mad and hit my son like a maniac. No one could stop him!” Florence gritted her

Was he such a crazy person?” Chris frowned. “I know some thugs who can teach him a lesson. Shall I

be great!” Florence broke into

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

he is

him could

She was dressed in a slinky black dress that showed off her voluptuous curves.

me, I’m terribly hurt!” James sat up

what happened and apologized over the phone. Let’s forget about it and move on,” Dahlia comforted

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

do you