Return of the Crowned Heiress

Heiress 20

Chapter

20

He didn't mention any names, after all.

Clive remained oblivious, stepping forward to check Stephan's pulse, only for Stephan to avoid his touch. Let your little assistant do it." Felicia held the medical kit, having indeed come upstairs as an assistant.

Clive frowned. "Mr. Russell, my assistant is inexperienced and might misdiagnose you. It's better if I do it myself."

"No need. I only want her," Stephan replied, his tone lazy, emphasizing the last few words.

To anyone unaware, it might have sounded flirtatious. But the air was thick with tension.

Clive was about to protest, but Felicia cut in. "Grandpa, let me handle it."

"You..." Clive clearly hesitated, wanting to question her ability, but Felicia didn't respond. This was her chance to prove herself.

closer, half-crouching beside the bed, meeting Stephan's intense gaze

wrist.

on his body-not

she said, "You're injured. The object that caused this has poison on it. The toxin hasn't entered your lungs yet, but we need to administer acupuncture to drain it

sterilized scalpel from her kit and laid out a row of silver needles. Before she began, Clive anxiously guided her on which acupuncture points to use first to draw out the

wound on Stephan's shoulder, then deftly inserted needles into the area around

of dark blood

was undoubtedly

or drawing out the poison. Her hands were steady as she stitched him up without hesitation. Her eyes lowered

just below his collarbone, close to his heart. This forced Felicia to lean in, unavoidably close to him, as

breath occasionally brushed against

seemed to not be himself during the procedure, openly staring at her face. Each time Felicia glanced up, her gaze met his deep, dark eyes, filled with mischief and curiosity, bold and unrestrained. "All

up his shirt, his hands deliberate and steady, giving off an

shoulders and toned chest, and then quickly back up, feeling

shock over Felicia's

techniques she had just demonstrated were the long-lost Five Elements

knowledge was rare; even he, a medical master, only