Never did he imagine that the woman he so detested would commit such an earthshattering act.

Uncle Roderick tried to administer poison to my son? But why? So that his incompetent son can take over? The nerve of him. I can’t believe he dared to mess with me, Sebastian Hayes. Plotting to get rid of my offspring then spread the word to the board of directors that I’m mentally ill, just so his own son can lawfully inherit Hayes Corporation.

Sebastian suddenly recalled what the shareholder had said to him that afternoon.

Creak! Out of the blue, the crisp sound of cracked bones came from the hand that was holding onto the lab report.

Oh God!

The horrifying scene left Sasha bereft of speech.

“You’d better stay at home and don’t go anywhere!”

The incensed Sebastian ordered her to stay put before he swiftly changed and left the house.

Sasha stared blankly ahead, dumbfounded.

It took a long time for that murderous aura to dissipate before she snapped out of it. Her legs almost gave way as she leaned against the door and let out the breath of air she was unconsciously holding in.

She was well aware of what the man had left to do.

It was exactly what she had hoped for.

Nonetheless, she still could not help but feel unsettled and wished she had gone along with him.

Sasha returned to her room, but she was unable to regain her composure. She took out the remains of the sweets and soaked them in a mug to take a better look at them.

Roxanne had already analyzed the toxicity of these sweets.

antidote. If the situation persisted, her son would have to

to take

already so late,

“Alright, Wendy.”

in her experiment and gave the housemaid an

and left the

was pitch dark save for that room on

She’s still awake?

Sebastian entered

he lowered his head to look at his hands. In the end, he decided to wash up in the bathroom on the ground level

just begun, the weather was still chilly. A thin

rather cold tonight. Why hasn’t

light was spilling out from the

crevice, he could see Sasha on her knees in the room. There were papers on the floor. What

“Sasha?”

“Hm?”

woman’s head shot up and immediately turned towards the

He’s back?

up, totally forgetting about what she was working on. She made a

door watching her run toward him in an animated manner,

back. What are you

Roxanne has yet to find the cure, so I thought of trying other methods. But… it’s been a whole night of experimenting and I’m still nowhere close. The remnants of the dessert are way too microscopic, and I don’t have much left

as she looked

silently observed her while she explained herself. Despite constantly reminding himself to lose all

fine. He’s already

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