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.”

delicate curve

“Yes.”

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

apprehended the doctors who have been treating you and interrogated them,

Vicky was poisoned, the doctors who

Tyler had taken care of her daily routines, so

by others could not be ruled out,

result, the investigation reached a deadlock, and the source of the toxin

around for the investigation results and had people look into the matter while

to develop a cure, but this toxin was extremely peculiar. It did not affect the overall health of the body, yet it

down at Vicky. “Do you have

her head. “I’ve been unconscious during these days, and the only person I’ve come into contact with after waking up

Avery had come to visit her once, their stay was brief, and they had not made

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