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.”

a pause, she added, “I’ll take one job

relief, his tone becoming cheerful “Til send you the

“I’m hanging up.”

received a message on her phone. She opened the information and narrowed her eyes. It was

to Loid. Many people sought out

jobs when she was in a good mood. The day Elliot called, she wasn’t in a good mood and didn’t bother asking

as she got up and turned on her laptop. Her fingers moved swiftly over the keyboard, and lines of code appeared on the

went upstairs, Shaun turned to Loid. “Loid, do you have a grudge against that girl? Or

to keep their distance. He lit

it either. If she has feelings for you, she clearly would’ve cured you,

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

had to be very skilled in medicine

his chin, his

the antitoxin shots. Apparently, the technique is from an ancient book. How could she have read such a valuable

hear that.

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.

how to use the antitoxin

think of that? She Iows how to

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