The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 375

His dark eyes simmered with restrained anger, his jawline taut as he held back his body’s reaction to the provocation.

He grabbed her face, thumb and forefinger forcing her mouth into a pout. His teeth gritted as he warned, “You better behave, or I swear, I’ll skin you alive and have you for dinner!”

Thalassa’s bright eyes widened in shock, her fear causing her to quickly retreat. She wrapped her arms around herself as she whimpered pitifully, “Oh, such a cruel goddess.”

Lysander’s anger flared at the misidentification. He wanted to rip her apart and punish her severely. However, she was under the influence of the mushroom, her reality distorted.

He could not take any action at this point.

Dr. Everest rushed over as quickly as he could. Understanding the situation, he immediately hooked Thalassa up to an IV drip and offered her an unpleasant-smelling antidote to provoke vomiting.

It was essential she expelled the undigested mushrooms from her stomach.

Thalassa lay on the bed, an IV drip connected to her hand. A maid held the foul-smelling antidote under her nose. A large basin was strategically placed by the bedside to collect the vomit.

illusion. The stench invading her nostrils was unbearable. Her already empty stomach convulsed, causing her to

several attempts, she couldn’t vomit.

out Thalassa hadn’t eaten or drunk

her stomach, dry

her. What kind of grudge could Lysander hold to deprive her of food and water? Was he trying to starve her to death?

only survive without water

a few more hours without water, and

a flurry of action, the maid managed to get Thalassa to

the foul-smelling antidote to her again, she finally vomited out the consumed

already been absorbed into her bloodstream persisted, keeping Thalassa in

solution contained nutrients, but after two days and nights of starvation, nutrients alone weren’t

the patient might develop gastric perforation from hunger. It would be best to get

stomach.”

servants to prepare