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Reborn Heiress: My Ruthless Tycoon’s Revenge
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10 Chapters
Chapter 11 The Deal in the Bathroom img
Chapter 12 Return to the Wolf's Den img
Chapter 13 The Missing Notes img
Chapter 14 The Perfect Bluff img
Chapter 15 The Intruder img
Chapter 16 Who Is the Lady of the House img
Chapter 17 The Belated Dinner img
Chapter 18 The Bounty on the Dark Web img
Chapter 19 The Professor's Regret img
Chapter 20 The Blood-Stained Ghost Orchid img
Chapter 21 21 img
Chapter 22 22 img
Chapter 23 23 img
Chapter 24 24 img
Chapter 25 25 img
Chapter 26 26 img
Chapter 27 27 img
Chapter 28 28 img
Chapter 29 29 img
Chapter 30 30 img
Chapter 31 31 img
Chapter 32 32 img
Chapter 33 33 img
Chapter 34 34 img
Chapter 35 35 img
Chapter 36 36 img
Chapter 37 37 img
Chapter 38 38 img
Chapter 39 39 img
Chapter 40 40 img
Chapter 41 41 img
Chapter 42 42 img
Chapter 43 43 img
Chapter 44 44 img
Chapter 45 45 img
Chapter 46 46 img
Chapter 47 47 img
Chapter 48 48 img
Chapter 49 49 img
Chapter 50 50 img
Chapter 51 51 img
Chapter 52 52 img
Chapter 53 53 img
Chapter 54 54 img
Chapter 55 55 img
Chapter 56 56 img
Chapter 57 57 img
Chapter 58 58 img
Chapter 59 59 img
Chapter 60 60 img
Chapter 61 61 img
Chapter 62 62 img
Chapter 63 63 img
Chapter 64 64 img
Chapter 65 65 img
Chapter 66 66 img
Chapter 67 67 img
Chapter 68 68 img
Chapter 69 69 img
Chapter 70 70 img
Chapter 71 71 img
Chapter 72 72 img
Chapter 73 73 img
Chapter 74 74 img
Chapter 75 75 img
Chapter 76 76 img
Chapter 77 77 img
Chapter 78 78 img
Chapter 79 79 img
Chapter 80 80 img
Chapter 81 81 img
Chapter 82 82 img
Chapter 83 83 img
Chapter 84 84 img
Chapter 85 85 img
Chapter 86 86 img
Chapter 87 87 img
Chapter 88 88 img
Chapter 89 89 img
Chapter 90 90 img
Chapter 91 91 img
Chapter 92 92 img
Chapter 93 93 img
Chapter 94 94 img
Chapter 95 95 img
Chapter 96 96 img
Chapter 97 97 img
Chapter 98 98 img
Chapter 99 99 img
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Chapter 10 You saved me

The grip was iron. It crushed her windpipe, cutting off air instantly.

Athena didn't struggle. She didn't claw at his hands.

She looked into his eyes. They were the eyes of a wounded animal fighting for survival.

"Caesar," she rasped. Her vision began to spot with black dots. She reached up and gently cupped his cheek. "It's me. Athena."

The name cut through the fog of poison.

Caesar's pupils contracted. He blinked, seeing the woman in front of him. Seeing his hand on her throat.

He let go as if he had been burned.

Athena collapsed to the floor, coughing violently, dragging air into her starving lungs.

Caesar stared at his hands. Then he looked at the bruising already forming on her white neck in the shape of his fingers. Horror washed over his face.

"Heart rate is stabilizing," Dr. Vance whispered, staring at the monitor in disbelief. "The toxin levels are crashing. It's... impossible."

He turned to Athena. "What did you give him?"

"An experimental counter-agent," Athena said, her voice wrecked. "My mother was a biologist. She developed it to neutralize a similar neurotoxin."

Vance looked at the needles still sticking out of his boss's chest. "That wasn't tea."

"Leave us," Caesar croaked.

"Sir, you need monitoring-"

"OUT!"

Vance and Derik retreated. Derik cast one last look at Athena-a look of newfound respect.

The door clicked shut.

Caesar slumped back against the pillows. He looked at Athena, who was still sitting on the floor.

"You know medicine," he said. It wasn't a question.

Athena stood up, her legs shaky. "My mother was a biologist. I read her notes."

"You saved me." Caesar reached out, his fingers hovering near her neck but not touching. He was afraid to touch her again. "Does it hurt?"

"No," she lied. "As long as you are alive."

She sat on the edge of the bed. Caesar watched her. The exhaustion was pulling him under, but he fought it.

"Don't go," he mumbled, his eyes drooping.

"I won't."

Athena stayed until his breathing evened out into deep sleep. She checked his pulse one last time. Strong.

Her phone buzzed in her pocket. She stepped out into the hallway to answer.

Godfrey's voice, slurred with alcohol and thick with pain, crackled through the phone. "You bitch! You think breaking my wrist ends this? I'm selling your mother's research. The patents. Everything in the storage unit goes to the highest bidder tomorrow morning!"

Athena went cold. Her mother's research. The only thing that could permanently cure Caesar.

"You touch that box," she whispered, "and I will bury you."

"Bring cash, or bring a lawyer. I don't care."

The line went dead.

Athena lowered the phone. She couldn't stay here tonight. She had to secure the legacy.

Derik was standing at the end of the hall. He looked at the bruises on her neck.

"Ma'am?"

"He's not stable. The attack will come back," Athena said, her voice steel. "I need to get something from my parents' house-my mother's research. It's the only way to create a permanent cure."

Derik's gaze flickered from the ugly marks on her neck to the closed medical bay door. Protecting the Master was his only directive. And right now, she was the only one who could do that.

"Prepare the car," Athena commanded.

"I'll drive," he said, his voice firm.

He was no longer just the security guard. He was her ally.

Athena walked toward the elevator. The night wasn't over. The war had just begun.

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