Chapter 49 Eugene Just Realized Scarlett Might Be Magic

All bhe /bbcould /bdo bwas /bstand there with the bcase /bfile in hand, utterly thrown. iHe /ibijust /i/bileft /ilike bithat/i/b? biNot /i/bieven /ia iphone /ibinumber/i/bbi… /i/b

When he looked down, he finally noticed that John had written his email address on the bcover /bof the medical fileb. /b

He exhaled in relief. biLooks /i/bilike /ibiI /i/bistill /ibihave /i/bia /ibishot /i/biat /iibing /iihis /iiapprentice/i.

It was just that earlier, when it came to Scarlett, he hadn’t provided any evidence–now John probably thought he was careless and imprecise. iThis /iiis /iiall /iiScarlett’s /iifault/i.

She’d put on such a convincing act for the past few years, he’d never even thought about collecting proof.

Besidesb, /bthe whole cutting–ties thing had happened so suddenly.

Even now, he still believed it was just Scarlett ying hard to get. iForget /iiit/i. I’m idone /iiwasting /iienergy /iion /iithat /iiinfuriating /iigirl/i.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the file in his hand.

The task John had just given him–ithis /iwas his chance to change John’s mind.

And besides, he really wanted to know how Reba–who was originally supposed to need a kidney transnt—had somehow gotten better.

That was even more important than bing John’s apprentice.

No, he had to go to the university and ask Reba in person.

Reba rummaged through every box in her dorm until she finally found one of Scarlett’s old drafts.

Luckily, she’d collected them all back then.

Otherwise, she’d really be drawing a nk on how to deal with Connor right now.

Once she found it, she quickly copied it out by hand.

Then she took a photo and sent it to Connor.

Connor was full of praise the moment he got it.

“Reba, I knew I could count on you toe through when everything felt hopeless!”

Reba gave a shy little smile, her voice soft.

“As long as I can help you, that’s all that matters.”

“You absolutely did.” Connor’s excitement was obvious. “Reba, you’re seriously my lucky star.”

After hanging up, Reba let out a long breath.

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bShe /bbhad /bnned bto /bbtake /bba /bshort break, but then Eugene called. So she had no choice but to quickly change

and head outb. /b

At the cafe just outside the school gates, Eugene waved her over enthusiastically when he saw her.

“I know you don’t like people thinking you’re using the Joyner family’s resources, so I picked a ce off campus, didn’t want anyone getting the wrong ideab.” /b

Reba ihad /iined about that before, but only to score points with him.

Stanley had never really cared. iBut /iiEugene /iiactually /iiremembered/ii? /i

“Eugene, that’s so thoughtful of you. Thank you. Coffee’s on me today.”

Eugene gave her a doting smile.

“No need. This cafe happens to be ours.”

Then, he changed the subject.

“Reba, how have you been feelingtely?”

Her smile froze slightly; she immediately forced a couple of dry coughs and softened her tone.

“Still hanging in there. Eugene, I told you, I really don’t want the surgery.”

Only then did Eugene realize–Reba didn’t know yet that she iwouldn’t /ineed a kidney transnt. She was probably still living in fear.

But he wanted to surprise her, so instead of telling her the good news, he pretended to be concerned.

“Have you taken any medications recently?”

Reba paused, a little caught off guard.

“Just the ones you gave me.”

iNot /iithat /iiI /iiactually /iitook /ithem. She did have some kidney issues, but they weren’t serious.

If she actually took Eugene’s medicine, she’d probably recover too quickly.

And right now, getting better too fast was thest thing she needed!

Otherwise, she wouldn’t get Scarlett’s kidney.

Eugene frowned deliberately. “That’s not possible. Those are just for symptom relief–how could they…”

Reba’s heart skipped a beat. iWait/i, icould /iithere /iihave /iibeen /iia /iiproblem /iiwith /iithe /iist /iitest /iiresults/ii? /i

Back when she was first identified as the Joyner family heiress, she happened to be recovering from a

serious illness. Her kidneys weren’t metabolizing drugs well at the time, so her test results had shown rena dysfunction.

b2 /b

She’d yed it up on purpose, hoping to win the family’s sympathy and avoid too many probing questions, even taking bextra /bmedicine to worsen her condition.

She’d thought everything was under control–but then the Joyner family went too far and found Scarlett as a kidney donor.

With no way out, she kept taking that same medicine before every check–up. iCould /iiit /iibe/i, iI’d /itaken too imuch /iiand /iiactually /iidamaged /imy ikidneys/ii? /i

Either way, she couldn’t admit to anything.

Worst case, she’d just go back to that person and get another test.

“Other than those meds, just the herbal supplements my sister made for me.”

Her unease swirled as she stirred her coffee.

But Eugene didn’t notice her panic.

He was too anxious.

He didn’t believe it. “Reba, think harder–besides the herbal supplements, did you eat anything elseb?/bb” /b

Reba bit her lower lip hard.

She was already overwhelmed with anxiety. iWhat /iiexactly /iihas /iiEugene /iifigured /iiout/ii? /i

But then she calmed herself down.

Her arrangement with ithat /iiperson /ihad been extremely discreet.

If it ever came to light, she could always just im she’d been tricked.

So for now, she couldn’t admit anything.

She needed to probe Eugene and see how much he knew-

Then she could decide how to handle it.

“No, nothing else.”

“Eugene, I think my sister truly cares about me. She makes me those herbal stews every day. She just wants me to get better soon so I can stay with the family forever.”

She said this mainly to nt a seed in Eugene’s mind. iIf /iimy /iinext /iitest /iiresults /iiaren’t /iigood/i, ithe /iiherbal /iistew /iis ithe /iiobvious /iiculprit/i.