Spoiled by Mr. Russell

Lily took a breath and answered, “Yes, I want to save Nick, but it doesn’t make me wrong. I’ve told you how risky the experiment is, Your Majesty. I’m sure you remember.”

Now that Rhea was trying to disrupt Lily’s plan, the latter could only rely on her relationship with the queen to salvage the situation. However, the queen did not respond and grew pensive, trying to recall what Lily had told her.

Rhea noticed Lily had swayed the queen again and said, “Don’t believe her, Your Majesty! Indeed, the experiment is risky, but she only wants to save the boy. You mustn’t fall for her tricks.” Lily glared at Rhea. “Hey, even if I’m trying to save Nick, I’m just stating the facts!”

Rhea scoffed and said, “Yeah, right. For his sake, you wouldn’t even wish to make the experiment work.”

“Can you guarantee it’ll work now?” Lily asked.

“Of course

an experiment that is most likely to fail?” Lily looked toward the queen and said gently, “Your Highness, what you want is a successful

Conflicted, the queen

moment, Rhea sneered. “Who says it’ll

been around, Lily would have knocked Rhea

former pointed at Nick and then at Fred. “Your Highness, you do need a successful experiment,

the queen asked, “What do