Chapter 167 A Year Later

“Loves me?” Calista couldn’t help but chuckle. Seeing the discomfort on Benedict’s face, she patted his shoulder and said. “Don’t force yourself if you can’t say it, Dad. I have to tell you that the Langley family already considers me an enemy. It’s time for you to face reality.”

The color drained from Benedict’s face. He brushed off Calista’s hand and opened his mouth before closing it again. He couldn’t utter a word in rebuttal.

“All right, I’m off to class now.” Calista glanced at the time and left with a smile.

As Benedict watched Calista’s retreating figure, he let out a long sigh. He wasn’t clueless. He just yearned. for the past harmony.

There and then, he thought perhaps it was a good decision for Quincy to go abroad.

The roar of a plane taking off filled the air as Quincy departed, carrying with her Yelena’s admonitions and her resentment toward Calista.

In school, Calista seemed to sense something, her gaze drifting toward the sky. A cold smirk suddenly appeared on her face. When she reincarnated, her only thought had been to end things swiftly, to eliminate the person she despised the most. At that moment, however, she had suddenly become. composed. Let’s play a cat–and–mouse game!

A year later, as soon as a figure appeared, the group of reporters at the school gate swarmed toward it.

“Hurry! Hurry! Calista has come out!”

to surround her had significantly diminished. Mainly because, over the past year, all the annoying individuals had vanished from her life, allowing her to fully immerse herself in her research. In addition, her dealings with the Fairchild family had kept her mind intensely focused on conquering K Virus. She rarely reflected on her

that you developed MAC39? It’s reported that you’re only nineteen.

of the MAC39 vaccine will benefit women all over the world. With such an achievement under your

be interested in an interview for In Focus? The public

two men behind her swiftly escorted her through the crowd, guiding her to a car not far away. It was clear they were some sort of bodyguards. However, upon

a photo and tried to fabricate stories would receive a stern warning from the Fairchild family, forcing them to erase the photo. As a result, since Calista became famous, there hadn’t

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been with her for a long

in a good mood. Quintus said, “Ms. Calista. Mr. Kallum is waiting for you at Havenrock Villa. Today is the big day of the medicine’s launch, and he wishes to celebrate this

puzzled. “Why go to Havenrock

with people and that Kallum had

he answered earnestly. “Mr. Kallum mentioned that the new medicine has been launched, but the specific response is still uncertain, so it’s not

heard his organized explanation, she didn’t probe any further. However, she did murmur to herself. “With his health in such a

Kallum’s life, the inevitable decline of Kallum’s health was unavoidable. K Virus was too aggressive, and Kallum, not being of her constitution, was essentially fighting for his life each

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