The lost heiress never forgiven

Chapter 432 A Dangerous Gamble

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“This can’t go on. If we keep this up, your organs are going to start shutting down. We need to give you another dose,”

The doctor’s voice was firm.

Sierra and her team hadn’t rested in days. After breaking down the components of the drug, they managed to develop a temporary substitute that could relieve Johnathan’s symptoms. But it came with a price- addictive properties.

Everyone knew it wasn’t something that could be used repeatedly. But right now, survival came first.

Johnathan didn’t protest. He knew exactly how close his body was to its limit.

This time, the drug took longer to kick in than the last.

A shadow passed through Johnathan’s eyes. At this rate, the drug’s effectiveness would only continue to diminish.

He was backed into a corner—and yet, he still hadn’t received any kind of contact or offer from the organization. That was the most puzzling part.

If they didn’t want him dead, then by now, they should’ve reached out to him.

But no one had.

Meanwhile, Sierra was locked in a race against death. Failure after failure, she kept starting over, refusing to give up.

At last, after Johnathan received his fifth dose, she developed a new drug.

There wasn’t time for long trials or simulations. The only option was to test it on Johnathan himself.

But when the moment finally came, Sierra froze.

would work–but what if it

even finish

Johnathan’s heart ached. In

had wasted away to skin

once–not even when he personally went

she barely ate or slept, burying herself in research without

So, he didn’t go to the lab

her answer.

the roles were reversed, he would have done the

Johnathan gently repeated the same words he’d said

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even

too, and

of time yet. The current drug still works

Everyone thought it was

said softly, “Then let’s do

taken a dose that morning. The effects would hold for

than anything, he just wanted to

on and waved everyone else out, leaving the room

“Come here.”

opened his arms. “Let me hold you for a while. Don’t think about anything else.

eaten or slept properly

“Okay.”

by the familiar scent of

gently brushed her face with his hand,

in the courtyard, Wayne and

that risk,” Wayne said grimly. “If anything happens to

concern matched Chase’s. But they

even know what drug had been used