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Horace’s voice cut through the tension. “Is this how you treat your own daughter?”
Lilian froze, caught off guard. “I–I…”
She wanted to explain herself, but with the weight of the world’s wealthiest man’s commanding presence pressing down on her, she didn’t dare speak freely. The more she said, the more she might let slip the truth.
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Edith quickly jumped in. “Wendy’s father isn’t my biological son. I adopted him. Over the years, Jessica has been close to Lilian, and Lilian has naturally come to treat Jessica as her own.”
She offered the explanation calmly.
Horace didn’t respond immediately. His gaze shifted to Wendy. “I’ll trust you for now.”
Wendy nodded. “Thanks.”
“However, I need you to cure Jessica.”
Wendy raised an eyebrow. “You just said you trust me. Since I didn’t poison Jessica, why should I cure her?”
“Mr. Larson gave you a way out!” Lilian snapped. “You’d better take it!”
“Don’t be so ungrateful. No one has ever dared speak to Mr. Larson like that,” Edith added.
Wendy didn’t even glance at them. She simply looked at Horace. “I’m not obligated to cure Jessica. Are you asking me a favor?”
Horace watched Wendy, impressed by her calm and clever demeanor. He couldn’t help but smile–this girl was certainly interesting.
No one had ever dared speak to him this way before.
Horace nodded. “Yes, I’m asking for a favor. Please, cure my daughter.”
Lilian’s eyes burned with hatred as she glared at Wendy. She wanted nothing more than to see Wendy suffer, but Horace was indulging her. Was this the power of blood relations?
Blood is thicker than water. After all, Wendy was Horace’s true daughter. She was the real heiress, not Jessica.
Wendy tilted her head, her voice cool. “Is this really how you ask for a favor?”
Horace smirked. “What do you need me to do?”
Wendy thought for a moment. “I don’t know yet, but I need you to promise me one thing. Once I’ve decided, I’ll tell you.”
Both Edith’s and Lilian’s faces changed. Was Wendy demanding that Horace make a promise? What could it be? Lilian quickly intervened, “Mr. Larson, don’t agree to her request! What if it’s something unreasonable? Will you really go along with it?”
Edith added, “That’s right! Your word is law, Don’t make promises to Wendy.”
Wendy raised an eyebrow. “If you don’t want to agree, then forget it. I won’t force anyone. I’ll leave now.”
Wendy turned to walk away.
However, Horace stepped in front of her. “Fine, I agree.”
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He actually agreed.
Edith and Lilian were seething. “Mr. Larson!”
Wendy smiled, her eyes shining with triumph. “That’s great.”
Horace couldn’t help but feel his mood lift as he saw the gleam in Wendy’s eyes. She was like a clever little fox.
“So, you can save my daughter now, right?”
Wendy nodded. “Yes. Lead the way, Mr. Larson.”
Horace led Wendy into Jessica’s room. Jessica lay motionless on the bed, her face pale, her lips dark–clear signs of poisoning.
Wendy looked at her and confirmed, “She’s been poisoned.
Lilian, with a sneer, retorted, “You don’t say! Mr. Larson had already called in the best doctors, but none of them could cure her.”
Horace turned to Wendy, his voice heavy with urgency. “Can you cure her?”
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