Coolest Girl in Town

Napoleon naturally got his daughter’s beseech. At that, he raised his head and gazed disappointingly at her.

“Do you really think I’d feel bad for that ungrateful b*stard? I’m worried about your happiness here. Who’d have thought this would happen just when your marriage is finally in the talks?! Sigh, just when will I get to see you start a family?”

Narissa knew a nagging was inevitable, so she simply slumped onto the couch and deflected, saying, “Worst comes to worst, I’ll stay single forever. Better yet, I can try the test tubes. It‘ll still be your grandchild, and you won’t even have to worry about being set up.”

“Nonsense!” Napoleon hit the roof. “You better get back to your blind dates after the Heidelbergs‘ issue is settled!”

“I’m heading to Elise’s.” Done arguing, Narissa got up and headed out at once.

On the journey, she texted Elise that Napoleon had already talked to Gale, and by the time she arrived at Griffith Manor, the gang was discussing the next step

Narissa casually swept her gaze across the room and found that Jamie wasn’t around.

“He’s gone to check on Alicia,” Elise whispered, knowing the young woman’s worry.

“Mhm…” Narissa nodded dazedly after a split-second stump.

“Myres’ only obstacle now is Alicia and her father,” Alexander commented.

Elise, too, stated her opinion. “Alicia has PTSD, and she’s likely to be identified as mentally impaired. With that, she’d lose her chance to succeed in the company. Hence, Gale would likely target Old Master Heidelberg.”

“You read my mind, Dear,” Alexander showed off some PDA humorlessly before turning to the others with a profound straight face. “Fake Old Master Heidelberg’s death, make him no longer a threat to Myres.”

The elder was still in a coma, so playing possum was certainly a no-go. Hence, the only way left was through medication.

“BJ Biotech’s lab has the state-of-the-art suspended animation drug. I’ll sneak some out!” Paul volunteered as tribute.

didn’t want further complications to arise. “Given how wary Myres is, anything will alert him. He will

had a similar drug. Unfortunately, it could only last for a dozen minutes, not enough to last the entire

mine a try?” Irvin popped up out of nowhere and stood in the middle of the

size of a fully grown woman. If it worked on the dog, it would work on a human

at it!”

back and asked him for money instead. “Three million for a pill. Please and thank

didn’t even have

you, the heir to BJ Biotech, refuse to pay up?! Someone’s got to amortize

the pharmaceutical R&D business. Of course, I know how costly research and development can be. But look at the situation I’m in!

spent tens of thousands on one visit to the bar, but now, he couldn‘t even fish out

don’t mind an IOU.” Irvin pulled out a pen and a piece of paper from his pocket. “I’ll collect the

agreed readily and wrote down a three million IOU before fervently handing it to the boy. “Here. Give me

identical to when he issued a check back

pleasure after checking the IOU. “I’ll give you the other two pills

there?” Paul checked the bottle under the

most,

and come up with a will

It’s not like he’s really going to die.” Paul thought

a relative of the cadet branch, sit firmly in the position and act audaciously without a

will but also the final

***

snuck into Alicia’s room with caution. The young woman was becoming somewhat disoriented, for she didn’t make out Jamie even

it looked like it had been a while since someone last cleaned the place. Not only

he would stir up Alicia, Jamie only dared to observe her from three feet away, and after silently keeping her company after a