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"Are you really going to discard me because of Caroline?" Azure asked incredulously.Scott asked coldly, "Do you think you're some great catch?""How could you say that to me?" Azure exclaimed. Scott said, "You're nothing without your influential family as your backer."Azure could no longer stand Scott's derogatory remarks and was about to lose her temper. "Let's call off the engagement if that's the case!"Scott said, "You don't have the right to end it because I was the one who proposed it first.""Why not? I can get my family to announce your affair with Caroline and call off the engagement!" Azure retorted. "You may give it a try. Don't forget where I brought you from," Scott reminded and hung up. Azure stared blankly at her phone screen when the call ended abruptly.'Is he threatening me?' Azure controlled her breathing with great effort. 'I won't allow myself to live so degraded and subjected to the whims of others!'Hence, Azure called her grandmother, who picked u

Caroline nodded and said gently, "I know. Ty is proud, much like Evan."Axel held Caroline's hand tightly. "I will take good care of him, Mommy. Take care of yourself, too. I shall go back to class now."Caroline hugged Axel and said, "Axel, I will bring all of you back to me as soon as possible."Axel said, "We believe that you won't make us wait long, Mommy!"Caroline turned and left after the children returned to the classroom. -On Monday morning.Caroline received Zeke's text message during a meeting. She held up her phone and saw a document Zeke had sent. It was an analysis report of the medicine.The report explained that the medicine was a slow-acting poison that would cause organ failure. 'If it is consumed at a normal dosage, the user will experience intense visceral pain within one week of continuous use, accompanied by other symptoms such as high fever, blood in sputum and stool. The user will die of organ failure in less than three months. Note: The medicine

Caroline was transported to the hospital half an hour later, and Scott hastily arrived, too.In the interim, Caroline stood in line for her consultation, glancing weakly upward when Scott appeared.Anxiety was evident on Scott's face.Scott knelt on the ground and addressed her, "Carol, how did you come down with a fever?"In lethargy, Caroline closed her eyes, offering no response to Scott's question.Scott didn't continue asking and extended his hand to assess Caroline's forehead.His countenance shifted to seriousness upon detecting the intense heat.Soon afterward, he stood up and looked at Elvira. "Watch her. I'll get someone to refer her for lab tests."Elvira did not feel any guilty conscience because she knew the medicine's properties very well. "Yes, sir."Elvira leaned against the wall and looked at the ghastly pale Caroline sitting on the chair after Scott left."You're in a lot of pain, right?" Elvira asked Caroline nonchalantly. Caroline opened her eyes and l

"I don't think she will be waking up tonight. She is having a high fever. Call back tomorrow. That's all!" Elvira said as she looked at Caroline, whose eyes were tightly shut, and hung up. Zeke frowned at the sight of the disconnected call interface.'Why is Caroline having a fever when I've just sent her the medicine's properties? I think she is making herself sick on purpose. She's sacrificing her own health so she can probe for information.'Zeke felt a tinge of helplessness. Soon afterward, he booked a red-eye flight to Angelbay on his phone.-The next morning, Caroline woke up in the hospital. She found Elvira seated next to her bed, staring at her as soon as she woke up. Caroline's chest tightened with anxiety, and she propped up herself with great effort. She coughed and said, "I'm still alive. You don't have to watch me like this!"Elvira sneered. "How is it? How do you feel?"Caroline looked at her in silence. Elvira said, "Since you won't say it, I'll do it for

It did not take long before Scott showed up at Bayview Villa. He went upstairs, entered Caroline's room, and felt an indescribable sense of oppression in his heart when he saw her curled up in bed. He grabbed a chair and sat next to Caroline's bed. Upon hearing the commotion, Caroline opened her eyes and asked hoarsely, "Is your phone just for show?"Scott was stunned. "Did you call me?"Scott checked his phone as he said that. Noticing the missed call, he said apologetically, "I missed it, sorry."Caroline propped up herself and darted a look at Scott. "Did you go to the company today?"Scott said, "Yes, you—"Caroline interrupted Scott before he could finish his sentence, "The smell of cigarette smoke on you makes me very uncomfortable."She coughed and asked, "Can you wash up first before speaking to me?"Scott frowned. Someone had been smoking in the meeting room today, indeed.Caroline was sick, so he stood and said, "Sure, I'll wash up. I'll use the bathroom."Sc