His heart ached intensely. The suffocation he felt in his chest made it almost impossible for him to catch his breath.

What should I do to win her back?

Gwendolyn turned her head, picked up a footstool next to the small couch in the room, and sat down facing him with a look of seriousness on her face.

“I’m giving you the antidote not because I’m trying to force you to terminate the agreement, but because I’ve noticed that you’ve been in constant pain lately. Due to the effects of the 023 special drug, your pain will only get more intense. Since you saved me this time, I want to help you relieve the severe pain as a way to repay you.”

Maverick stared at her intently. He did not respond.

Gwendolyn continued to explain, “About the employment agreement… Since we have already settled it last time and I still have your recorded promise, I won’t bring it up again.”

Does this mean she no longer has her initial guard up against me? Does this mean that everything I’ve done recently has brought me one step closer to her?

“Aren’t you afraid that after giving me the antidote, you won’t be able to beat me in a fight and I’ll bully and hurt you?”

Gwendolyn’s red lips curved into a seductive smile.

“Will you do that?”

Maverick’s pale, thin lips curved slightly as he gave a decisive answer. “I won’t.”

Gwendolyn suddenly narrowed her eyes, a mischievous smirk appearing at the corner of her mouth. “Aren’t you afraid that what I give you isn’t the antidote for 023, but an even stronger and more torturous drug?”

“You won’t do that.”

Even if she were truly that ruthless, as long as it was her request, he would not hesitate to inject the drug.

“Yes, I won’t. So, this is the real antidote, and it’s in your hands now. Go ahead and inject it,” Gwendolyn said in a casual tone.

Now?

Maverick glanced down at the box in his hand.

At that moment, he was almost pushing himself to the limit, feeling incredibly weak all over.

If he proceeded with the injection then, Gwendolyn, with her keen perception, would definitely notice that something was off with his body.

did not like being indebted to others. If she knew that it wasn’t sulfuric acid at the bar that night, but rather the S404 RNA virus, she would

not equate

neither spoke nor moved an

you really afraid I’ll mess

deep voice, albeit weakly, “Last time,

the black-and-gold box, his tone faintly tinged with a hint

as she

“Just this

intention of undressing. Instead, he leaned back and lay down

your clothes and

was as pale as paper. His Adam’s apple bobbed as he said,

him what he wanted with a single needle. She did not hold

through the jugular

Maverick merely furrowed his brow,

a syringe the thickness of a pinky finger, was

around only to find a motionless Maverick gazing

seemed languid and

about to continue questioning, Maverick spoke first. “Gwendolyn, if I die, will you remember me for the rest of your

voice was light and breezy, with a touch of

your existence and move on with my life. However, they say that misfortune lingers for a thousand years. You

a… cold-hearted, wicked woman.” Maverick chuckled softly, his tone of

he particularly adored her wickedness, her ruthlessness, and

already fallen deeply for her. He

his statement. “I never claimed to be

smiled. The grin lingered on his incredibly pale lips as his

were now staring

resembled a sickly person on

observed him, the more peculiar she

was extremely

It would not harm the insides of the body. Moreover, she

went to yesterday wasn’t very good and that they were unable to find out what’s wrong with your body? Come on, let’s go to the best hospital in Fairlake and get you

pull Maverick up when Justin knocked on

phone, so Mr. Newton came to get you in person. His car is

a moment but ultimately decided to take Maverick to the

a couple of days to rest. You go ahead and

Gwendolyn frowned imperceptibly.

of a large audience at the entrance of the police station, trying to win her

did Maverick not stop her, but he even

cautiously, “Ms.

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