The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

He took a sip, and his face twisted in distaste. "Ugh, that's bitter! I can't drink this, take it away!"

Alaric shivered from the bitterness.

In his entire life, he had never tasted medicine this bitter.

This bitterness was not something ordinary people could endure.

Alaric pushed the medicine back into Ethan's hands, turning his head away, not wanting to give it another glance.

Ethan, looking troubled, said, "If you don't take your medicine, how are you going to get better?"

Lydia, with her arms crossed, looked at Alaric lying in bed and said, "I only gave you acupuncture to temporarily suppress your symptoms. To truly get better, you need to take your medicine."

"I'd rather keep getting acupuncture than drink this," Alaric complained.

"This medicine might be bitter, but it works fast. With your fever so high, if you want to avoid damaging your liver, spleen, stomach, and kidneys, taking herbal medicine is the best choice," Lydia reasoned with Alaric.

stomach, and kidneys..." Better than a broken heart, he thought to himself, not voicing it out loud. He sneaked a

that medicine," Hertha suddenly stepped forward, snatching the herbal concoction from

he

commanding, as she said to

very much like an adult lecturing a

want to take the medicine, giving Hertha a pitiful

here!" Hertha

outright refuse Ethan, but he couldn't say no

of Hertha, he was as meek as

the edge of the

up!" Hertha commanded, her tone

to upset Hertha,

concoction, aimed it at Alaric's mouth and

bitterness and quickly closed his mouth, looking around

tone, said, "Don't