Chapter 153

Chapter 153

If it really wasn’t him, then this matter was not as simple as it seemed. Sylvia narrowed her cold gaze and looked at Edgar with doubt still in her eyes.

She squeezed his cheeks forcefully with her hand.

The flesh on the man’s cheeks bulged, as if he had two small dumplings in his mouth. His handsome brows slightly furrowed, and his black eyes shimmered, resembling a pitiful, wronged puppy.

“I’ll believe you this time. But if I find out you’re still lying to me, I’ll immediately throw you into prison.

Let’s see how long you can last there, and how long your subordinates can keep you out.”

After saying that, she withdrew her hand angrily.

Edgar slumped on the floor, completely drained of strength.

He wanted to speak, but suddenly, a sour and sweet sensation surged up his throat, causing him to choke and cough violently.

It felt like his lungs were about to come out.

He wasn’t afraid of going to jail. Even if Sylvia really threw him in, there weren’t many people inside who

dared to touch him.

However, he didn’t want Sylvia to continue misunderstanding him.

“Cough… If I… lie… I won’t… survive… Alright.”

Sylvia turned her head and looked down at him once again.

His face had turned pale from coughing, and he still had a fever. When he furrowed his brows, he looked

extremely painful.

Perhaps due to the effect of the special medicine, he looked like a long–suffering patient who couldn’t

recover.

Even Eleven and Fifteen, upon seeing his miserable appearance, felt a hint of sympathy.

Sylvia, however, had an expressionless face, and it was unclear what she was thinking as

him.

red at

After a while, she looked at Eleven and Fifteen and said, “Which one of you will cook some millet porridge for him and bring it over?”

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exchanged glances, looking

for you, but cooking porridge?

“I don’t know how either,

hire some bodyguards with decent cooking skills next time

looked back at the person on the floor and wondered if she should tell him to take care of it himself. The person seemed to notice her gaze and suddenly coughed harder,

pursed her

back to bed. I’ll go

“Yes.”

found the millet in the pantry, and

back to bed, he

believe

but not entirely. I only believe in the final evidence.

left

sent Adrain away, you should investigate this matter and see if it

“Yes.”

added, “Actually, I still

paused in her porridge–making. “Tell me

without anyone knowing, his power and connections must be extraordinary. It would have been easy for him to rescue Nancy Mellis if

he could have taken Nancy and gone to a small country on the sea where even im: find them. So, after completing this task, he wouldn’t need to

Sylvia remained silent.

couldn’t

vered by

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misunderstanding of her intentions, she

upon careful consideration, there were indeed many loopholes in this

was not him, then who could it be? A sudden thought popped into Sylvia’s

be someone from the Smith family who harmed her? If it really was that person, when did he

to get Nancy out of prison? What was

in her thoughts, Fifteen

porridge! It’s

Huh? What happened?

the porridge is

smell suddenly filled Sylvia’s nostrils, and she belatedly realized

the

was burned, and the porridge on top was still

as she had previously ordered and investigate, while she took a small bowl from the cupboard and

going upstairs, she noticed that Edgar’s door was

was about to push the door open when she caught a glimpse of Edgar rolling up his pants and applying medicine to his knee.

was covered in dark bruises, swollen,

injury was quite

was much worse off than hers. Since they had signed the agreement, she couldn’t remember how many times he had voluntarily or involuntarily knelt, and it seemed like he never

seemed to have been

feel particularly happy about it? If she counted carefully, it seemed that

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thoughts and pushed the

approaching, he let go of his pants leg, tucked himself back into the

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