Chapter 1381:

After a beat, he spoke again. “Where did you go tonight?”

“To see a friend.” Corrine casually glanced at the small box on the table. “Someone I haven’t seen in years. He brought me a gift.”

She reached for the box and popped it open.

Nate watched her like a hawk. “What kind of friend?”

“A doctor,” Corrine replied, holding up the pill nestled inside. “Leif Mendoza. He’s more into brewing poisons than curing the sick.”

The pill shimmered—a pristine white capsule. “He spent years developing this and sent it the moment he heard I was in Riverveille.”

Nate didn’t say anything for a moment. He simply reached over, brushed a loose strand of hair behind her ear, and asked, almost lazily, “So he came here just for you?”

Corrine paused, then answered plainly, “I didn’t ask.”

about everything and nothing—reminisced, teased, laughed.

Leif Mendoza was infamous for his strict patient code: he wouldn’t treat those not dying, those he didn’t like, or those he found

his face. Not when he was both a legendary doctor and a key figure in the Red Flame organization. He had every right to be arrogant. He’d earned

yet, despite his prestige, Leif

years on a single pill meant only

naive enough to believe

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whole evening with him?”

just chatted for a

the sleep

casting a leisurely glance at

no late flights

other words, he wasn’t

long that they knew each

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