The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 374

After the call ended, Felix feasted on the food. He was hungry after a long day.

"Why aren't you eating?" he asked, noticing that Xena was watching him with a hint of

unease.

"I'm not hungry. I only ordered the food to go along with the act. I didn't think you'd actually eat it," Xena replied.

"Of course. Why waste it?" Felix said, unfazed.

He wiped his mouth as if he was about to leave, but then Xena spoke up again. "My uncle, Perry, is dead. He committed suicide." Felix's expression remained calm. "And?"

Her grief and anger erupted in that moment. "Are you even human? You know why he killed himself, don't you? Don't pretend you don't! Are you really going to say Ted's death had nothing to do with you?"

It was clear her sadness was genuine, welling up from deep inside.

Ted's death. Second, Perry's suicide has nothing to do with me, either. Finally, have you spent even

or are you just looking for

couldn't even counter this kind of tactic, he had no business being the disciple of

was beginning to realize Felix had been right. She had been so focused on connecting Ted's death to Felix that she hadn't

even use the Truth Powder?" Jaden

Xena looked unhappy. "If you don't trust me, leave

by the nearly empty plates, Felix had eaten everything, meaning the powder had been used. This could only mean he truly wasn't involved in

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Felix was forcing him to take

he rubbed his chin thoughtfully. He was

but

standing in front of an empty parking space. He was sure

had found it available when he arrived and

two surveillance cameras nearby, but both were dangling with disconnected wires. The car had most likely been

This kind of professional car theft would be easy to handle once he called