Chapter 717:

“Caden,” Benedict called after him. Caden halted, only slightly, without turning around.

“Alicia will be your downfall,” Benedict said, his voice flat and resigned.

“And you will be hers.”

At the hospital, Alicia’s dizziness had subsided after taking her medication. Her hand instinctively moved to her abdomen, relieved to feel no discomfort. Behind the curtain, Caden stood with the doctor, who spoke in a measured tone.

“Ms. Bennett was drugged, but it’s not severe. She’ll need a few days of rest, but there are no injuries. She can be discharged this afternoon.”

Caden’s expression remained stoic.

“Are there any side effects from the drug?”

“No, though it was administered in a large dose. She won’t remember anything after passing out,” the doctor replied.

ears perked up at the sound of Caden’s voice. She pushed herself up slowly

Caden asked, his

“What was he given?”

froze, listening intently. The doctor exhaled

consequences. If not relieved, it

tense silence settled

he survived,” Caden stated, his voice

tremble as she got up, the urge to face

me know when she wakes

the chill of the hospital floor. She pulled back the curtain and

mid-step and turned back, his eyes narrowing at the sight of her standing there, thinly dressed and unsteady. His expression tightened as he

yet. Why rush out like

to him as though her life depended on it. The damage was already done; anger wouldn’t change that. All she wanted now was to reassure him,

them do a checkup,” she whispered, abandoning

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