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.”

and nothing—reminisced, teased, laughed. That kind of question had

for his strict patient code: he wouldn’t treat those not dying,

he was both a legendary doctor and a key figure in

prestige, Leif had come

single pill

naive enough to believe his visit was entirely

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the whole evening with him?” he

shrugged. “We just chatted for

and she blinked away the sleep pooling in her eyes. “When are you

brow, casting a leisurely glance at the bed

late

other words, he wasn’t going

that they knew each other too well.

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