Chapter 966

Lionel glared at Nathaniel.

“Finally awake, huh? You were so weak, yet you still managed to bite me until I bled. You did that on purpose, didn’t you?”

Nathaniel smirked, his lips pale.

“If I didn’t, how could I show my desperation and despair? Romello is keen. If my acts were too fake, he’d see right through it.”

Lionel snorted in annoyance.

“I should’ve slapped you harder then.”

Seeing him still dwelling on that, Nathaniel chuckled softly, slowly propping up his weak body to sit up.

Across from him in the armored vehicle, Elliot was engrossed in reading some

documents.

Nathaniel asked, “How did you know something happened on my end? You came pretty quickly.”

“Gabrielle sent a message to Sheena for help, hoping Sheena would return the stolen item in exchange for your release.”

Nathaniel felt a rare warmth in his heart.

so naive. She doesn’t

drug would confirm his theft and not only jeopardize Sheena’s efforts, but it would also give Romello a reason

way

“What about the drug? How’s

by noon,” Elliot said nonchalantly, his tone calm yet tinged with a hint of jesting. “If they find anything, we wouldn’t have arrested you at the Nicholls

Nathaniel chuckled. “True.”

into a brief silence for a few

finished treating himself, he eyed Nathaniel’s bloodstained shirt and

his tongue.

Just applied medication for you and noticed you have quite

at his heavily blood–stained clothing.

I think two were broken.”

Two?

soaked in water was

it, one would need to strike it

rather harsh

from the top floor, and Nathaniel was

to such brutal beatings.

between the two, Lionel deliberately teased, “You’re still as stubborn as ever, not a word spilled even after going through all the torture devices. It

was referring to Nathaniel’s previous arrest for stealing the S404.

was a dark chapter in

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