Masked In Nobility: Secrets Of Mrs. Chavez by Selina Gorges

Yvette stared at Charles for a few seconds, then let out a cold laugh

Charles clenched his fingers tightly, unable to lift his head. He knew he’d been injected with No.7 Toxin

Even if they found Miracle Doctor, he’d never be back to his peak. He’d end up a total wreck. As the head of Blaze Hall, he’d made countless enemies. If they found him like this, the line to take his life would be endless. He thought that it was better to end it himself than be humiliated by others.

Charles struggled to speak. Yve, even if I make it, I’ll be useless. Don’t worry about me.”

Yvette’s expression turned colder, irritation and fierceness in her brows. “Better to live struggling than to die. If your hands don’t work, use your feet. If your feet fail, use your head. If the body’s done, use your brains to get by. Stop whining like a kid. If I’d known I’d teach you to be like this, I’d have put a bullet in you back then.”

Flying Fish nodded in agreement. In their world, just like Charles’s, dignity meant little. Survival was everything.

Upon hearing this, Charles was utterly stunned, unable to respond.

He’d always seen Yvette as a ruthless force in training. He thought she valued dignity above all. No one had ever told him that living, even just surviving, mattered more. The Goodman family had ingrained in him that falling into enemy hands meant suicide was the only option to retain dignity.

Yvette didn’t like owing favors. She knew Charles wouldn’t be in this mess with Braydon if it weren’t for her. Years ago, she’d promised Damian to take on an apprentice and chose Charles from seventy-two candidates.

She wasn’t one for sympathy; obedient ones got help, others didn’t.

After a while, Charles looked up, eyes bloodshot, and said, “Yve, I want to live. Even if my body’s wrecked, I believe I can climb back to the top on my own.”

of a smile. “Your body won’t be

was stunned, and even Flying Fish was taken aback. They both knew Yvette

mood lighten, Flying Fish plopped down on the sofa. She stayed on her feet earlier in case she needed a quick

to wonder if I rescued

had been unemotional

smile, and Flying Fish gawked like

chuckled bitterly, “I’m no longer the Blaze Hall

with him for years, and instead of talking things out, he hits you with the No.7 Toxin. It’s clear he’s out to torment, not kill. No wonder he’s got Everyone in Mysonna under his

in some flattery, gazing at Yvette with admiration. “Lucky for you, our boss is all-powerful and even got the antidote for the No.7 Toxin. Otherwise, you’d

having just received a new message. [Ms. Zeller, we found the traitor. It is

casting shadows,

words. He thought, Is her boss the same as my mentor? This girl, Flying Fish, has managed to infiltrate the Goodman family, extract me, and hide me without raising any alarms. It is

is. Getting out alone is hard enough, let alone with me

top medical labs, was something even Braydon could only

keep Yvette around. Charles used to worry about

Fiona’s sobbing over the phone, his expression growing more menacing. His carefully planted operative

Braydon’s change in demeanor and continued her ramble. Having been thrown out of the

up at the Goodman family’s pharmaceutical company. If you don’t win an award at next year’s

promised repeatedly to secure high