Ben pouted aggrievedly, not daring to utter a word.

“Don’t take it out on him,” Zachary said calmly. “The truth is I’ve been struck with an incurable disease, and I don’t know how much longer I’ll live. That’s why I drafted this will—just in case anything happens.”

“What?” Flabbergasted, Spencer fell into a daze and snapped back to reality after a long while. “What incurable disease? Are you joking around, Mr. Zachary? D-D-Don’t do this to a geezer like me. I won’t be able to take it at this age.”

“I’m not joking,” Zachary answered coolly. “Do you remember Cynthia Blackwood?”

Yes, I do remember her. But why are you bringing her up

I exposed her tricks in front of Grandpa back then, she threw some poison at Charlotte, but I took the

the previous incident

it at first, and it was only later that I realized what she had meant. I never expected the poison to be so deadly that

Spencer shook with rage. “Have you talked to Dr. Felch? He’s an expert in toxins, isn’t he? If he could cure both

cut him

in astonishment. “He’s gone? When

after taking care of everything necessary,” Zachary answered flatly. “That’s why there’s no one

Spencer refused to accept the truth. “No,

Felch’s apprentice. We’ve been searching for him all this while, but we haven’t got a

up as long as there’s hope,” insisted Spencer. “I know Francesco. He’s a close friend of Danrique Lindberg. You’ll be able to find him if you

looking for him too, but he’s also currently missing,”

locate a guy!” Spencer was so infuriated that he hit Ben with his crutch. “I trained

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