My Substitute Wife Is a Bigwig (Lily and Loid)

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Lily went upstairs and took out her phone, which had been turned off for a few days. As soon as she turned it on, a call came through

“Finally, you answered the phone! Alchos is almost under siege!” The voice on the other end was very agitated.

If Loid and the others were around, they would recognize that the caller was Elliot Quade, the director of Alchos.

Lily moved the phone away from her ear with a frown. “Send me the details on the person who offered a hundred million dollars for shadowbane last time.”

Elliot was stunned for a moment. He had expected her to be furious, but she was quite calm.

After a moment of silence, he asked, “Are you willing to take the job?”

Lily pulled out a chair and sat down. She rested her head on her hand, feeling defeated. She had planned to take a year off to focus on investigating Jason’s affairs.

Sighing, she said, “Yes.”

“I’ll take one

sigh of relief, his tone becoming

“I’m hanging up.”

was quick. When Lily hung up, she received a message on her phone. She opened the information and narrowed her eyes. It

the tune, she hadn’t connected it to Loid. Many people sought out Shadowbane every year,

good mood. The day Elliot called, she wasn’t in a good mood and didn’t bother asking who placed the order. It was

dollars. Her eyes gleamed as she got up and turned on her laptop. Her fingers moved swiftly

have a grudge against

on the couch with a straight face and his eyes half–closed it made people want to keep their distance. He lit a cigarette and slowly exhaled a ring of smoke. “What

would’ve cured you, but she’s keeping you hanging by a thread,” Shaun said, downing a

from the countryside? She grew up without her parents and only a grandmother. How does she know such advanced medical techniques? And she’s good at

in medicine to cure

his chin, his mind

she used something called the antitoxin shots. Apparently, the technique is

wasn’t happy to hear that. He

don’t understand. There are many talented people out there. Just because the book is kept by the

from his cigarette. He looked

only Shadowbane knows how to

I not think of that? She Iows how

with excitement. “She’s shadowbane’s apprentice. That must be it. That’s the only way