Chapter 0074

Chapter 0074

Clearing his throat, Dylan asked in a low, steady voice, “Who?”

"Miss Wheeler and her mother."

The light in his eyes flickered out like a candle suddenly snuffed. "I'm not seeing them."

After a long night of waiting, the one he hoped would come still hadn't shown. Dylan moved to the floor-to- ceiling window facing the front gates and lit a cigarette. As he exhaled a cloud of smoke, a bitter smile crossed his face. "What am I even doing?"

Suzy had intended to sneak over that night to check on Grace, who was weighing heavily on her mind. But then something happened to Claude.

She had only stepped away to the restroom in the clothing store, and by the time she returned, he'd been stabbed. Although the wound hadn't hit any vital organs, it was still serious the blade had been laced with poison

With no time to waste neutralizing the toxin, Suzy sent Allen in her place to visit Grace, disguised as the Wright family doctor.

Luckily, Allen's medical skills were more than up to the task.

After a day of worrying, she hadn't expected Allen to return with the perfectly fine-just had a slight spike in blood pressure."

news. "She's news,

"Are you sure?"

was severe. Even as she tended to Claude, her mind

know my skills don't match yours, but you don't

"Then I guess

the south and north ends of the city and the

knowing Grace was safe brought

rolled his eyes, gesturing toward the closed bedroom door.

of her nose.

antidote had worked, he hadn't regained

Allen frowned. "That's odd."

Chapter 2074

Suzy said. "He's been pushing himself non-stop lately, working like a man possessed, especially snealding in extra

she didn't know, but his worn-out expression had

that it wasn't about proving

that he didn't want

do the same for him. After all, he was like a brother, and brothers were meant to protect their

felt reassured that Claude wasn't in

Suzy sneered. "There's only one person in this world who wants

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