Chapter 10
Adora was in the middle of changing her bedsheets when the door suddenly burst open, making her jump slightly.
She turned around, her expression calm.
“Brother, do you need something? Oh, I heard Ruby screaming. What happened?”
Peter had stormed in, fully intending to teach his unruly sister a lesson.
However, he hesitated.
The thought of her illness made his courage falter, and he took an unconscious step back.
“Adora! You’ve gone too far! Did you put that dog shit on Ruby’s bed?” he barked, his voice all fury, but his stance laced with
hesitation.
By now, Theodore and Eugene had also made their way downstairs, all here to “seek justice” for Ruby.
Adora frowned, feigning confusion. “What are you talking about? What dog shit?”
“Drop the act!” Theodore snapped. “Who else could it be?!”
Adora tilted her head slightly. “I never even left my room. You were all in the living room. Did any of you see me go upstairs?”
There was silence.
None of them had seen her go upstairs.
Eugene narrowed his eyes. “Then what about the mess on your bed?”
Without a word, Adora picked up the trash can and held it out toward them.
“Here,” she said casually. “Want a bite?”
The three men stared at the contents of the bin, their faces twisting into something even worse than if they’d actually eaten dog
poop.
Adora turned away without a care and continued to change her sheets at a leisurely pace.
“Puppies don’t know any better. Accidents happen. If there’s an issue, you should discipline the dog. Why are you here bothering
me?”
Her words were exactly what Eugene had said earlier–thrown right back at them without changing a single word.
The three men exchanged dark looks, their jaws clenched in frustration.
They knew it had to be Adora.
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But there was no proof.
Moreover, they couldn’t even figure out how she had done it.
A small part of them even wondered if she had picked up some kind of witchcraft during her years in captivity.
How else could she have managed to sneak a pile of dog poop onto Ruby’s bed without anyone noticing?
Unable to wrap their heads around it, they had no choice but to drop the matter and head back upstairs to console Ruby.
Meanwhile, Adora finished changing her sheets and carried the trash out to throw it away.
On her way back, she glanced toward the backyard–at the luxurious pet villa.
A faint smirk tugged at the corner of her lips.
Upstairs, Ruby was still crying.
No one knew that while they were having dinner, Adora slipped out through the small window of the maid’s room.
Luckily, she was so thin that she was practically skin and bones.
Otherwise, she would have gotten stuck.
She dug up a pile of dog poop in the doghouse.
Then, stepping on the doghouse, she climbed up to the second floor and into Ruby’s room.
During the three years she was abducted, she had attempted countless escapes.
Climbing walls had become second nature to her.
Ruby’s room was only on the second floor–way too easy.
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Louis had spent six hours performing emergency surgery on a critically injured car accident victim.
The operation lasted until past eight in the evening.
It was a success, but the patient was still in the ICU.
They still had to survive the next twenty–four hours before they were truly out of danger.
After finishing all the necessary arrangements, Louis was finally off duty.
His mentor’s son, also his close friend, Nathan Cook, drove over to pick him up.
“Dr. Walker, there goes another good deed under your belt.”
Nathan grinned as he opened the passenger door for him, acting like a bootlicking assistant.
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Louis looked exhausted, his expression indifferent and distant.
“It’s too soon to tell. It all depends on fate.”
Nathan shut the door, circled the car, and got back into the driver’s seat.
“If you’re the one operating, even the Grim Reaper can’t take him. I believe in you.”
He pulled out his phone and scrolled through his messages, remaining silent.
“What do you want to eat?” Nathan asked.
“Anything.”
“Alright, I’ll decide then.”
Louis stayed quiet, eyes fixed on his phone, his brows furrowing slightly.
At a red light, Nathan glanced over and suddenly burst into laughter. “Another sea of green?”
Louis checked his stock account and saw that every one of his investments was deep in the red.
His expression darkened.
Nathan smirked. “The market’s been great lately. I made nearly two hundred thousand dollars this month.
“How are you still losing money? How do you always manage to pick the worst stocks?”
“Just drive!” Louis snapped, clearly irritated.
