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.”

could still recognize Heidi’s voice. He recalled the words Heidi had told Clara. He shook her off with a jerk and said coldly, “Get

just don’t want you to die. I

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

stopped abruptly. She knew exactly what lan meant. He must have found out about the ‘surrogate‘ conversation she

her a

look of hatred flickered in Heidi’s eyes, but she quickly

I said those things to Clara. It wasn’t intentional. You know I can’t control what I say when I have an

who was just leaving, overheard this and couldn’t help

sacrifice herself for lan as if she were some kind of saint. Rose knew all too well the

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