Chapter 123

About fifteen minutes had passed. Roger was getting antsy. “He’s been soaking in cold water for ages now. Why isn’t there any improvement? Where’s the person you called?”

“The traffic’s a nightmare. They’re on their way. Just grab all the ice cubes from the freezer and dump them in the water.”

“But he’s already got a stomachache. You add all that ice, and you might just freeze him to death.”

“What else can we do? It’s a last–ditch effort.”

Amidst the chaos, the door swung open. Leonora strode in, Heidi trailing behind her.

Casting a stern glance at lan, who was submerged in the icy water, Leonora said sharply, “Are you trying to kill him? With this kind of drug in his system, no one gets off easy. Your foolish methods won’t do a thing. Heidi, help him.”

Heidi rushed to the bathroom, took lan’s hand, and pleaded tearfully, “lan, you can’t keep this up. You’ll die. I can help you.”

He recalled the words Heidi had told Clara. He shook her off with a jerk and said coldly, “Get

“lan, I just don’t want you to die. I won’t cling to you

being touched, lan glared at her with eyes red with anger. “I’d rather die than

what lan meant. He must have found

rather die than give her a chance to harm

flickered in Heidi’s eyes, but she quickly regained

things to Clara. It wasn’t intentional. You know I can’t control what I say when I have an episode. If my words hurt Clara, I can apologize to her. Please, let

who was just leaving, overheard this and couldn’t

lan as if she were some kind of saint. Rose knew all too

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