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

relief, his tone becoming cheerful “Til send you

“I’m hanging up.”

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

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

mood and didn’t bother asking who placed the

she got up and turned

Loid. “Loid, do you have a grudge against that girl? Or does

to keep their distance. He lit

has feelings for you, she clearly would’ve cured you, but she’s keeping you hanging by

she just a girl from the countryside? She grew up without her parents and only a

had to be very skilled in

chin, his

said she used something called the antitoxin shots. Apparently, the technique is from an ancient

hear that. He immediately defended

because the book is kept by the state doesn’t mean no one else has seen it. Maybe some

shifted sightly, flicking the ash from his cigarette. He

only Shadowbane knows how to use the

stood up excitedly, “Yes! How did I not think of that? She Iows how to use the antitoxin shots, and only

paced around, his face filled with excitement. “She’s shadowbane’s apprentice. That must be it. That’s the only way