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.”

and studied the delicate curve of his jaw. “So I was

“Yes.”

it was a reasonable explanation for her condition,

the doctors who have been treating you and

who treated her

days when Vicky was ill, Tyler had taken care of

others could not be ruled out, based on the interrogation results from these days,

the investigation reached a deadlock, and the source of

for the investigation results and had people look into the matter while sending others to search for an antidote.

extremely peculiar. It did not affect

looked down at Vicky. “Do you have any

the

had come to visit her once, their stay was brief, and they had not made any contact with Vicky as Tyler had been watching them closely, so they could not have poisoned

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