Chapter 430

So that was a refusal?

Sarah chuckled. "That's fine. You don't have to draw if you don't want to. But in that case, I'll have to take a little trip to your home."

She gestured toward the door. "And of course, I'll be bringing them along."

David sucked in a sharp breath. His grip tightened around the pen, and after a long hesitation, he finally placed the tip on the paper. But he didn't know where to start.

"Start with your family," Sarah prompted gently.

After a moment's pause, David drew three figures—a woman, a man, and a little girl.

"Now, add a house, a large tree, and a car on the road," Sarah instructed, guiding him step by step.

He still had no idea what Sarah was trying to accomplish, but he had already realized that refusal was pointless. Resigned, he followed her directions, sketching a house, a road, and a car.

gaze when she looked at the house and the people. But the moment her eyes landed on the car,

the paper, studying it intently. "You have

in front of him, she pointed at the

stiffened. "I don't know. You told me to draw

voice was

before him. It was a simple yet highly


rhythmic as the watch swayed gently back and forth. Under its steady motion, David's resistance crumbled, and his eyes fluttered shut. Thirty minutes later, Sarah stepped out of the

the next room. Of course, he had been listening the entire

said, almost in disbelief. "It

had suspected Vivian from the start-but she hadn't expected her instincts to be so

she?" His jaw clenched as he turned back to the man in the room. "What

just another pawn-bought and used. Her only goal now was to unsettle Vivian-to make her

Zachary did when

Sarah had been taking good care of him. Zachary relished her presence so much that he wished he never had to leave the hospital-just so he

before Sarah arrived today, an unexpected

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