The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 1016

Not long after, Nerissa arrived at Harmony Clinic. Deborah had a feeling that something serious was indeed going on.

"Well, well, Ms. Xavier. This is our first official meeting," Deborah said with a smile. "Given your reputation as one of the Top Ten Menaces, I guess I should feel honored. So, what's the urgent matter?"

Nerissa respectfully clasped her hands and gave a slight bow before speaking. "Madam Goddard, after returning to Westville, did you make contact with Felix?"

Deborah narrowed her eyes slightly and chuckled. "Oh? Don't tell me the heiress of the Xavier family, with a fiancé already lined up, is interested in my precious apprentice? I mean, I can't blame you. He's exceptional, no matter where you put him."

Deborah's affection for Felix was clear in her words and expression.

"Please, Madam Goddard, contact Felix first," Nerissa urged.

Though still puzzled, Deborah did not sense anything unusual. She pulled out her phone and dialed Felix's number. However, the call went straight to voicemail.

Deborah tried again four or five more times, but each call ended the same way, causing her smile to fade. She asked, "What happened?"

to tell the truth. "I have nothing to hide at this

Of all the secrets Felix might have had, this was beyond anything she could

engaged to Nerissa, one of the Top Ten Menaces, a renowned beauty of Martial City, and part of the powerful Xavier family, which had a Transcendent Realm

so I followed him when I noticed him leaving the city

expression twisting in anger. "Are you telling me that Dean and another Transcendent Realm martial artist

"Yes. In a moment of desperation, I used my family's Resonance Bell to trap them temporarily. But as you know, that

I could return

Westville."

had not caught

Goddard. I did everything I could, but Felix... he might still have a chance. He's strong and resourceful-maybe he

from Deborah's eyes as she slowly closed them, her entire body

Martial

family left and had never married. Felix was her only

she truly cared