PopularNovelChapter 424 Sentencing and Misunderstandings Chapter 424 Sentencing and Misunderstandings +5 Free Coins Lewis nearly nodded on instinct-but something in Victor's tone stopped him cold. He shook his head frantically. "Nope, I'm not curious. Not even a little. Absolutely not." Oh god, had he said something wrong again? Why did Victor's voice sound even more dangerous than before? Forget it. He was swearing off talking altogether. This mouth of his was going to get him killed.
"I swear I wasn't curious about you, Victor. I was curious if I was any good." He needed to leave. Immediately.
"I just remembered-I didn't get all the answers from that guy last night. I should go question him again." And without waiting for a reply, Silas bolted.
He vowed: from now on, if Lewis was in the sroom as the boss, he was staying far away. This was a high-risk zone. One wrong word and boom-collateral damage.
Victor turned his eyes on Lewis.
Lewis blinked. "Wantto help Silas? I could go interrogate too?" He was desperate to escape.
The air pressure alone was enough to make his heart flutter like a dying bird.
Victor calmly lit a cigarette. "What's your relationship with Eddie?" "Uh... no relationship at all?" Lewis blinked. "We're not close." What kind of question was this? He and Eddie had practically nothing in common.
Victor said coolly, "I think you two should becbrothers." "...We're not brothers." "You could be." Lewis's brain short-circuited.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtCould be?What did that even mean? Brothers either were or weren't-what was this middle-ground ambiguity? Victor explained, "Eddie's going to the Mambia Desert in a few days. You'll go with him. Keep him company. You two will get along great." And just like that, Lewis's world collapsed.
He'd just been complaining to Silas about how brutal that desert was-and now? Now Victor was sending him? Silas had predicted this. And he hadn't said a word! "B-Brothers, sure-but I don't want to go to Mambia Desert," Lewis blurted, without thinking.
He didn't even register the double meaning in his words.
He thought Victor was just suggesting a bond-not a punishment.
Victor's stare sharpened.
Silence fell.
1/3 +5 Free Coins 1:24 PM Chapter 424 Sentencing and Misunderstandings Lewis chuckled nervously. "Victor?" Victor exhaled a plof smoke. "Why did I even keep you around again?" Why had he let this idiot stay by his side? Lewis blinked. "Uh... firing squad?" Victor nodded. "Right. That's it." Yeah-there had to have been sredeeming quality. Otherwise, there was no way he'd have tolerated such a fool.
Upstairs, Tessa stirred and rolled over-right off the bed.
Thud! She hit the floor hard, the impact rattling her brain.
She was always a wild sleeper.
At home, the house staff had a daily task: clean and reconstruct her bed.
Because no matter how pristine it was when she lay down, by morning the sheets would be in a crumpled heap on the floor.
Bleary-eyed, she looked around.
A strange room? Where...? Oh. Right. She remembered now.
"Eh?" Where was the patient? He had a raging fever last night-where'd he disappear to? She panicked.
Grabbing her phone, she checked the time. Past 9 a.m. already.
"Ahh, so late?"
Victor had mentioned porridge last night... and she was supposed ton cook. But at this hour, did breakfast even count anymore? Still yawning, Tessa padded downstairs.
Victor was in the living room, smoking.
He glanced over at her just as she tried to ther already disastrous hair only to make it look even more E like a bird's nest. "You're up?" She looked toward him at the sound of his voice.
But the moment her eyes landed on Victor, memories of the night before flooded back.
Her gaze... instinctively drifted downward.
Stella's words echoed in her head-and maybe they were right.
She'd wiped down his body for ages last night, and not one hint of a reaction.
Victor noticed her stare.
2/3 1:24 PM Chapter 424 Sentencing and Misunderstandings His expression darkened.
"What are you looking at?" The question snapped her back to reality.
She jolted upright, frantically shaking her head. "Nothing! Not looking at et anything" Her lips said no, but her mind...
What a waste. That body. That face. And yet... nothing works.
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