The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming

Chapter 460 She Took the Medicine Cassie Gave Her

Cassie smiled sweetly at Laura. "Wesley's and Father' lives are in your hands now. They thought locking me in the basement would force me to hand over the antidote? They really underestimated their own daughter and sister." Her tone was laced with amusement.

"If I dared to do this, I obviously prepared for every possible outcome. Father always believed that a daughter should just eat, drink, and enjoy life. But tell me, how am I inferior to Wesley? Why should he inherit Holden Group while I'm expected to play the role of a useless socialite?"

Her eyes darkened. "I refuse to accept that."

Leaning closer, her voice turned ghostly. "But if you obediently drink this, I'll let

them go.

"As for Holden Group-" She let out a chilling laugh. "Once you and Wesley are out of the picture, I have no doubt Father will put it in my hands."

Laura forced herself to sit up, her gaze locked on the black vial in Cassie's hand. "What do you really want, Cassie? Wesley or Holden Group?" Her voice was hoarse, but she didn't waver. "Can I trust your words? If I drink this, will you really let Father and Wesley go?"

Cassie chuckled lazily. "Of course. But honestly, I doubt you'd actually drink something that could very well kill you just to save them.

"Oh, and by the way-this won't kill you. It'll just make you wish you were dead. You won't be human, nor will you be a ghost." She paused before adding with a wicked smirk, "And you still won't be allowed near my dear little nephew. I'll make sure of that.

"Otherwise, I'll ensure he ends up with the same thing inside him that's currently inside you."

Cassie burst into laughter, grabbing the hem of her red wedding dress and twirling in front of Laura. Her dance was flawless, every movement poised and elegant.

Charles had hired the best instructors to teach her since childhood. With her stunning looks, exquisite makeup, and graceful figure, she was undeniably captivating.

But beneath it all, her heart was filled with malice.

At that moment, Laura truly understood what it meant for someone to wear a saint's face but hide a serpent's heart.

"I'll drink it." She made the decision without hesitation.

expression flickering with disbelief. "What

I'll drink

her hand, and Cassie immediately placed the black vial in her palm. "Go on,

watched Laura closely, waiting for her to back out. After all,

moment, Laura uncorked the vial and swallowed its contents in one

It burned from her mouth

hurts—" A pained whimper escaped her lips. Clutching her abdomen, she writhed on the

for her," Cassie

quickly handed her one, and she positioned it in front of

pain, Laura forced herself to look. In the mirror,

inside you," Cassie explained gleefully. "One feeds on blood. The other controls the feeding. It ensures you'll suffer but won't die

sweetly. "At a certain point, your blood will

thought. "Who knows? Maybe you'll turn into a werewolf, maybe a vampire. But one thing's for sure; you won't

struggling through the unbearable pain. "I drank what

I'll let them go. But not before I take care of

hands, and Lucy entered with two

them. Erase their memories,"

her skin. "Don't worry, Laura.

can't afford a scandal. I can't have my father knowing that his own daughter is in love with her brother." She sneered. "And as for Wesley... even when I drugged him, he refused to touch me. So I'll make sure

and Wesley will never reunite with

but at that moment,

were forced to swallow a mysterious drug before the doctors

she would never escape, she heard Marcus' voice. Her child was calling for her, over and over again, urging her

out of Cassie's

"Marcus, thank you."

know if what I saw in that illusion

just mine. Your grandfather's and your father's too. But

daughter, your father's biological sister. I don't know if