Chapter 338

By the hot spring, Maurice’s trusted aide rubbed his nose with a mischievous grin after throwing Abbie out. “Mr. Glovers, are you really just going to let her go without getting even?”

Showing kindness to enemies was never part of Maurice’s playbook.

A sly smile played on Maurice’s lips, the kind that hinted at schemes brewing beneath the surface. He instinctively tried to brush off the dust on his coat, only to be reminded by the sharp ache in his shoulders that he couldn’t use both his arms now.

His smile froze, and his expression darkened.

Caesar had made it clear that torn muscles and broken bones would take at least three months to heal fully. That was yet another debt Maurice mentally added to Felicia’s tab.

“Does my grandmother know about this?” Maurice asked, his tone unusually calm.

“Yes,” one of his men replied.

“Alright, send people to keep an eye on Felicia. She can do whatever she wants, but until the damn venomous creature is removed, ensure Felicia’s safety. No exceptions.”

“Yes, Mr. Glovers!”

lazily toward the distant Grandeur Hall, where his grandmother resided. With a voice as smooth as silk and just as cutting, he murmured, almost to himself, “What a shame… I almost

air as though

Fuller,” he said

air was thick with the

regained consciousness. After a brief check–up, Caesar reassured her that aside from some mild stress, there

his hand. Her frail but firm grip stopped him in his

low and serious. “You’re an esteemed physician. Are you

beads of sweat

expertise, but this

could only dream of–curing Maurice’s legs and deploying a modified version of the twin venomous

the country, the answer will likely remain the same.

her already–lined features creasing further with worry. She

to leave, but halfway

curled into a faint smile. It was brief but striking–so at odds with her usual kind

he seen

usual sorrowful expression, but just a moment ago, he could have sworn he saw

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