Alyssa narrowed her eyes, her gaze cold.

The man before her often disguised his vile and vicious nature beneath a fragile exterior. Justin was everything Jasper wasn't—where Jasper was honest, strong, and serious, Justin exuded a chilling, sinister energy. He was like a snake in human form, cold and cunning.

"Lyse, don't listen to his nonsense," Silas said bluntly. "He's just trying to unsettle you, luring you in with lies."

Stepping forward, Silas positioned himself between Alyssa and Justin, confronting the latter. "Are you some plague or sewer pest? Why are you always around? You're not welcome here. Get out of Lyse's sight right now!"

"Silas," Alyssa murmured, gently tugging at his shirt as she shook her head.

Then, turning her emotionless gaze toward Justin, she said, "Mr. Beckett, you claim you can treat my father's condition. Care to elaborate?"

Justin pressed a clean white silk handkerchief to his mouth and nose, releasing a couple of dull coughs and furrowing his brows.

Silas scoffed. "You're a sick man yourself. How ridiculous of you to claim you can treat someone else."

Justin ignored the jab. Instead, he turned to Abel with a composed smile. "Dr. Liverton, I'll have one of my subordinates deliver a box of stroke-suppressing medication shortly."

The moment the Taylor siblings heard there was medication involved, they stiffened. Alarm bells rang in their heads.

lack of trust," Justin said, his voice thick with sincerity.

run tests on it with Dr. Liverton and Dr. Lovelace,

it's safe, I ask you to bury the hatchet, let the past go, and accept

held back. It

the medication Justin promised was

coat and face mask. Alongside Abel and two biomedical researchers, she entered the lab to analyze

her feet. She removed

it

Jonah and Silas rushed to

her lips

Then, in a

just regular medication.

with it."

swet

Jonah and Silas exclaimed

was good news, but they still found it hard to believe Justin hadn't

"There's no such thing as a free lunch. Can we really

it if you

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