Chapter 69 Dreams of the Dying

Ethan’s voice was like a de, and Jason broke out in a cold sweat.

“There’s a force shielding him. We can’t get through. Not t even a name

Up buntil /bthis moment, they did not even bknow /bwhat the man’s name was

as nearly at Verdant Vi when her phone rang. It was Lilian.

On Ste’s end, she was

Her voice was weaker than before, but there was unmistakable smugness in her tone. “You probably don’t know yet, right! Ethan is trying to buy Verdant Vi over at Seats Cove, just for me to recover

Every word wasced with pride.

Verdant Vi….

The vis at Seats Cove had long been a dream for the elite. Beautiful scenery, fresh air, and said to be blessed by harmonized metaphysics. Every wealthy family wanted a bpiece /bof it.

Ste replied tly. I already knew.”

Lilian’s tone wasced with mockery, “Oh? Then tell me… bWhat /bhas Ethan bever /bbought you?”

Ste was silent.

What had he bought her? Jewelry, sure. Expensive things. She just couldn’t remember what any of them looked like. Probably because she had owned too many pretty things from a young age. They didn’t impress her anymore.

bAnd /bnow, listening to bLilian /bbgloat/b….

Sheughed, a touch of mockery in her voice. “Lilian, byou’re /bba /bdying woman. Instead of focusing on healing your spirit, you’re stillpeting?”

b“/bbYou/b..” Her blunt cruelty stunned Lilian into silence.

Ste pressed on, her voice cutting like ice. ‘So Ethan’s buying you a vi for your recovery? Funny. I heard the owner t–out refused to sell.”

“He’ll make it happen, Lilian insisted.

Ethan had promised her. As soon as he sealed the deal, she would be discharged. She believed in him.

Ste chuckled coldly. “If I bwere /byou, I’d wait until he actually buys it. You’re bragging too early. What if you never make it through the door? Maybe you should consider buying a bburial /bplot instead. Because once you’re crematedb, /bwho cares where you live?”

Lilian gasped for bair/bb. /b“You… You’re cursing me!”

Just the words burial bplot/b‘ and ‘turned to bash/b‘ nearly broke her.

Surviving was her only purpose now. Holding onto the Reed family, onto everything she bhad/b, that was the only thing keeping her going.

She could not die. She would not.

Ste’s voice turned bdeadly /bbcalm/b. “So bwhat /bif I am? Honestly, you should be grateful for your diagnosis. Without it, your life wouldn’t be bhalf /bthis bpeaceful/bb.” /b

If she had not been sick, Ste would have exposed that car ident from years ago by now.

Either way, Lilian was trapped.

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Chapter 69 Dreams of the Dying

Ste narrowed her eyes. “Yes, I’m vicious. So what?”

She did not care anymore.

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Susan screamed, “Tell me! Who’s the man bwho /bthreatened your father? Who did you know what self–respect means? If it’s money you want, doesn’t the Reed family have enough?”

call from byour /boffice just

now! Do you

What a joke. As if she’d ever given me anything just because I asked.

Ste’s voice was t, emotionless. The Reed family’s money has nothing to do with me.”

“Ste” Susan gritted her teeth as she screamed Ste’s name.

Ste scoffed, “Am I wrong? Or have you forgotten that byou /bonce bgave /bme a bcard /bwith a 2700 dors monthly limit. Oh, so

generous.

Susan froze. The sarcasm in Ste’s voice almost made her faint.

So what? You think it’s not enough?” she snapped,

Her tone was bitter, like she could not believe how p

igreedy /iStell

Ste was.

Ste’s voice dropped to a bnear /bwhisper. “You still don’t get it, do you? You don’t even know bwhat’s /bhappening to the Reed family, or why it’s happening

The word “happening” bnded /blike a blow. Susan’s mind shed to Patrick’s call,

Two key partnerships, bgone/b.

Her face drained of color.

“You… that man who called your father it really was your doing? Susan’s voice trembled.

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