She couldn't help but hide behind Flora, silently chanting, "He can't see me! He can't see me!"

"Come out!" Colton shouted, spotting her behind Flora. "Ms. Flora, step aside, be careful she might—"

Before Colton could finish, there was a heavy thud from behind Flora.

The girl had collapsed, unconscious.

A curse got stuck in Colton's throat, choking him.

What on earth was happening?!

Flora furrowed her brows, knelt down, and checked on Nina's condition. Her breathing was steady, like she was just asleep, but Flora noticed something unusual.

Nina's constitution was unique, different from ordinary people, and she had a chronic poison in her body that seemed to have been there since birth. However, it wasn't something she was born with; it appeared to have been injected after she was born.

The poison had been accumulating for at least four or five years. Who could be so heartless to do this to a baby?

For now, Flora couldn't identify the poison, but she could help ease its effects a bit.

pocket and dripped it on Nina's temples, philtrum, and behind her

"Flora?"

it.

It was her...

crossed Connor's eyes as he asked, "What

Colton, who had been focused on Flora, quickly

intense as he looked at Flora and the

Nina's blood. "No one knows how she got past all the security. When I examined her, I found that her body

listened quietly, showing no surprise, as if he already knew

there was a

"Boss, there's a middle-aged man outside looking for his daughter, and he won't

him in," Connor

forcefully

to the door and kneeling, blocked most of Nina's body from the

His face changed dramatically!

"Nina!"

saw the knife in Flora's hand and the small cut

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