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.

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

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

Rhys, thank you for your diagnosis. I will investigate this

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

five days to remove the toxins from his

Mr. Rhys.” Natasha took the

myself since there’s nothing more

me see you off.” Natasha

do with these insects?”

insects. Since he was the one who requested it,

Dr. Jansen went

in another hospital room, a similar scene of

Rhys hit me? Please, you have

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

I will get even with him

you!” A handsome young man dressed in a suit spoke up. He

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

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

would be great!” Florence broke

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

is as

honest, 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? Chris couldn’t pass up this opportunity to beat Dustin

suddenly. She was dressed in a slinky black dress that showed

I’m terribly hurt!” James sat up

over the phone.

you kidding me? I was beaten black and blue! An apology isn’t going to cut it! What do

do you