Chapter 328 The Milk Candy

Third Person POV

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8 Pearls.

After some hesitation, Aubrey unwrapped the candy and slipped it into her mouth. She couldn’t tell if it was coincidence or fate, but Wemble had given her the very same milk candy she had once loved most.

Before her mother passed away, she would always buy it for her. The faint milky sweetness lingered on her tongue, and with it came her mother’s words–words that seemed to echo across time.

“Aubrey, I wish you a strong heart, one that can face anything and never be defeated.”

Her eyes reddened slightly. In the past, she often felt as though she lived detached, her body moving while her soul drifted above, watching from a cold distance. But now, without needing pain as proof, she could sometimes feel herself truly alive. Perhaps, in that sense, her change was indeed a good sign.

Back in the lab, Aubrey carefully went over Xavier’s latest experimental data.

little as one month and no more than three, she would be able to refine a serum without side effects. By then, she would be completely

chance, he poured Justin’s mysterious potion into a mug

it’s been

down the steaming cup, the dark liquid inside giving off a faint sweetness. “You’ve been locked away in

a hot cocoa–something to give you a bit


spoke, his gaze flicked over Aubrey’s delicate profile,

really was exhausted, and the idea of a bit of sugar was tempting. She looked at

for it, raised it halfway toward her lips–then her eyes landed on a line

report.

Her hand froze, brows knitting sharply. She lowered the cup back to the desk,

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blinked, caught off

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