“I know your skills, Arthur. It’s not bad, but you lag behind me a lot. You’re not the only one who can cure her.” Elspeth didn’t believe Arthur one bit. If he was the only one who could heal her, then what would that make all the other doctors in the world? Useless?

“Hey, I can’t do anything if you don’t believe me, but I’m indeed the only one who knows how to treat her at the moment.” Arthur smiled. “There’s a reason your grandfather asked me to help out.”

Elspeth’s heart sank. She had to say he had a point.

“However, the pacing of the treatment is under my control. I decide when she gets better, if ever.” Arthur approached Elspeth, looking down at her. He then said with a smug smile, “Get on my bad side, and I might just slip during the treatment.”

Elspeth crossed her arms. Proudly, she said, “You fail my mother, and you’ll have the whole Joneson Family after you, not just me. Don’t even try to threaten me.”

Arthur wasn’t intimidated by that threat. Instead, he laughed maniacally. “You think I care? You think I care after all you and Callum did to me?”

“What about Emma, then? Don’t you like her anymore?”

The mention of Emma broke something in Arthur. “You don’t deserve to say her name.”

her every bidding even though she doesn’t like you,

and livid, Arthur took a step forward and grabbed Elspeth by her neck. “I said, you don’t deserve to

was still at the Joneson Residence and hurting Elspeth might mean trouble.

Emma again, and I will come after

head to toe, and then he froze. “W-Why do you have

Arthur hunkered down and tore her collar open to have a closer look at the birthmark. When Elspeth realized what

angry Elspeth, and with a trembling voice, he said, “W-Were you in Damoria eight

realized he was serious, and her fury subsided. “What does that

be in

was going to go abroad, and Damoria was

a chubby boy under an

Elspeth had to wrack her brain to dig up that memory. She was about fifteen then, and she was on a long trip from Langford to Damoria. Back then, she could be considered a decent fighter, though she looked frail. She was an introvert at school and a top student, which made her the target of bullying. The headmaster’s daughter pulled a few strings and got her expelled. Left with no choice, she took some money out

border, and it was there she noticed a young man getting ganged up on. He was chubby, but he was cute. Since Elspeth was a victim of bullying herself, the sight made her furious. Fortunately, there weren’t a lot of boys among the group of bullies. Most of them were just high-school girls trying to be edgy. Elspeth easily kicked

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