Chapter 1766

The young man smiled faintly but then asked, "Do you know how old I am?"

Karina paused, caught off guard. Though unsure why he was asking, she played along. "Twenty?"

Looking no older than eighteen, she had deliberately guessed a little high. With his rapid cell division slowing his aging, she figured he might appear a couple of years younger than his actual age.

But his smile deepened. "I'm thirty-five. I might even be 10 years older than you."

Karina's eyes widened in shock.

He explained that he was the CEO of a publicly traded company. Because he was already in his thirties yet didn't age, his family was pressuring him to seek treatment. He was also increasingly uneasy about his condition. "I can't keep living like this forever. What if I end up becoming some kind of monster?"

Hearing this left Karina disoriented. She couldn't believe it. He didn't look a day over high school age.

For the first time, she truly grasped the saying: appearances can be deceiving.

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the research facility, Karina felt a weight in her chest. The situation was far more severe than

two weeks from now," Wilfred said, lowering his phone. His gaze was fixed straight ahead, his expression

noticed him checking his phone earlier, asked, "Did

Wilfred didn't deny it.

that was all the

had been scheduled just a few days away. On the surface, it was a critical medical procedure, but beneath it lay a

the patient could go free. After all, the others

under constant observation, claiming it was necessary to find

anger. "They can talk all they want about noble intentions, but it's obvious

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serve as his company's CEO. Gossip swirled around him, and the relentless

anything more but silently vowed to herself that she would

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more intensity. She poured over medical records, lab results, and any case studies she could find, including

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