Chapter 15%
The doubts weighing on his heart didn’t fade even after he coaxed the crying woman to sleep. The moment she drifted off, he immediately drove to the hospital for a blood test.
The doctor hesitated for a long while before offering an uncertain diagnosis. “Sir, there are traces of an unknown substance in your bloodstream. It may have addictive properties. But this particular drug isn’t currently available on the domestic market. Please take care of your health.“%
Holding the doctor’s report in his hand, Thayer couldn’t help but furrow his brows. The inexplicable desire he had felt toward Aveline resurfaced in his mind and his suspicion grew like a snowball, getting bigger and heavier with every thought.
Late at night, Aveline had just woken up and opened her eyes, only to see the man sitting silently at the edge of the bed. Her heart jumped in fear. It took a long moment before she could calm her racing heartbeat. Trembling, she wrapped her arms around him and tried to act coy and sweet.
“Thayer, why aren’t you sleeping with me? I’m so scared all by myself…“W
The soft, familiar tone. The familiar, rising desire.M
Thayer fought back the impulse to press her beneath him. As always, he gently patted the woman in his arms, his voice carrying an eerily tender warmth. “Aveline, it’s alright. I just wanted to check on the baby. Go to sleep…”
Once Avelime had completely fallen asleep, Thayer quietly pulled out an identical phone and swapped it with hers./
In the study, the tech specialist who had been waiting was already in place. Effortlessly and without a trace, they breached Aveline’s phone.
Before long, her chat history with her parents surfaced.
“I’ve hooked Thayer, but he doesn’t seem interested in my body. Mom, Dad, what should I do?“W
“Aveline, Mom has this kind of drug, it can make a man addicted to you. All you have to do is get him to ingest it…”
The technician stared at the man gripping the phone, beads of sweat growing on his forehead. Eventually, he forced himself to speak. “Mr.. Mr. Alcott, Miss Dorne’s phone is protected by a far more advanced firewall. There’s probably even deeper secrets hidden behind it, but… cracking it will take time…“V
“Then what the hell are you waiting for? Get to it!”
The glowing phone was flung across the room by the furious man. In his rage, Thayer didn’t even notice the faint footsteps outside the study. He simply leaned back in the chair, gasping heavily, chest rising and falling.
All thirty–eight of his past lovers had wanted him for his name, his wealth, his status, He had thought that Aveline, who had willingly cast aside her title as the Dorne Family’s heiress and dared to pursue love, would be different.
But who would have thought… who would have thought…
The man covered his eyes, laughing lowly, on the verge of total collapse.
His mind couldn’t help but drift to my tear–filled, luminous eyes, the corners reddened from crying, looking like a pitiful yet stubborn little
kitten.
“Thayer, please believe me! My mom and I never meant to hurt the Alcott Family and I never, never meant to hurt you.”
A surge of heat and frustration flared through his body. Thayer staggered toward the servant room where I had lived for so long, only to find
my
bed now piled high with someone else’s clothes.
Three maids sat nearby, casually swinging their legs and chatting without a care. “I told you that dumpling–faced Althea would get kicked out eventually. Back when she was still around, you all were scared stiff. What a bunch of pathetic cowards.”
“Remember Wilona, the one who humiliated her in front of everyone last time? That very day, she was taken in by Mr. Alcott as his first mistress Later, she even used his resources to become a celebrity–so glamoroust”
“Ugh, didn’t we all end up doing it anyway? I poured water all over her bed!”
“I threw a snake onto her bed. “W
“Hehe, I gave her intimate clothes to…%
Thope 1r Alcott finds out what we’ve done as us his mistresses too…”
The gap–toothed woman stepped on my bed with a flushed face, full of pride and fantasy.
“le that really what you think?%
Thayer’s voice suddenly rang out cold and sharp, startling the three women into bashful excitement.
