Vicky’s face was reflected on the transparent glass window. Half of her face displayed a dark blue-black mark like a birthmark which even she found terrifying, let alone others.

Tyler stood behind her silently.

Vicky slowly turned and met his eyes before smiling faintly.” Do you not get scared sleeping next to a face like this?”

She knew her smile must have looked terrifying.

Tyler stepped forward and gently embraced Vicky. “I’m having people search for an antidote for you,” his deep voice sounded from above her head. “You will recover soon.”

Vicky buried her face in his chest. “When did you find out? Was it that morning?”

When she woke up to Tyler staring at her that morning, she noticed that something was off. It was the same day when her request to get her phone back was denied, followed by Tyler turning Lincoln and Avery away.

Tyler fell silent for a few seconds and said, “Yes.”

“Why did you keep it from me? Were you afraid that I couldn’t accept it?”

“I thought we’d find the antidote soon.”

the delicate curve of his jaw. “So

“Yes.”

a reasonable explanation for her condition, she asked, “Why

have been treating you and interrogated

Vicky was poisoned, the doctors who

days when Vicky was ill, Tyler had taken care of her daily routines,

possibility of them being bribed by others could not be ruled out, based

reached a deadlock, and the source of

wait around for the investigation results and had people look into the matter while sending others to search for

It

looked down at Vicky. “Do you have

head. “I’ve been unconscious during these days, and the

stay was brief, and they had not made any contact with Vicky as Tyler had been watching them closely,

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