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Violet gradually relaxed. When she turned around, she confirmed that it was Lucius who had been holding her.

Struggling to speak, she asked faintly, “G–Grandma, is she…?”

Her voice trailed off, lacking strength.

Lucius let go of her, and massaged his temples. He assured her, “Grandma’s fine. She’s just resting.”

“So, Grandma wasn’t taken away?”

Lucius made no attempt to answer.

Instead, he briskly walked out to confront the doctor nursing a sore cheek. “Make sure she’s thoroughly

checked for any potential aftereffects.”

Howard had struck hard. Violet was lucky to have survived it.

Watching Lucius walk away, Violet gingerly touched her throbbing head.

“How did I end up back here?” she asked, lying down.

Despite his irritation at being slapped earlier, the doctor replied truthfully, “Master Lucius brought you back.”

“Lucius brought me back?” Violet asked, doubtful. She wondered if there were problems with her hearing, or perhaps there was something wrong with the doctor’s eyes.

Surprisingly, the next morning, Lucius appeared in her room.

“Turn your head here,” he said sharply.

Violet slowly turned her head toward him, feeling his cool fingers soothe her neck.

“What are you doing?” she asked, startled.

“Applying medicine. Can’t you tell?” Lucius replied, his voice still cold.

you doing it?” Violet asked, confused.

that suggested she was asking

had meant that, with a doctor available, Lucius’s personal

and his

sweat on her

protested, “It’s not heat. It’s pain causing

displeasure. Shadows quickly veiled his

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her head deep, avoiding further eye contact.

Many others desired his attention, but this woman didn’t

me back yesterday?” Violet asked, still

have asked a servant to drag her back if she had

a problem with that?”

unsettling tone. While he didn’t explicitly confirm it, the underlying message

raised her head to look at him; her disbelief was obvious.

uneasy under her scrutiny, Lucius scowled and said, “Who

those words, he left arrogantly.

nodded silently in agreement. Once feeling somewhat better, she visited Regina’s

room.

for Violet.

approached as

feeling after

It’s not too

regret, “I’m

added to Violet’s discomfort.

See, it doesn’t hurt much,” Violet said, wincing as she

discomfort.

a sigh of relief, then

and he almost confronted

the scenario overly dramatic? Violet suspected Regina was just

some porridge,”

Agatha will

“It’s unlikely.”

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