Sylvia Blaine was startled when Paul Ashworth suddenly pulled her into his arms.
Hearing his teasing, she grew annoyed.
“I did not.
You must have misheard.”
“Oh, really?”
“You definitely did.” Sylvia Blaine looked up abruptly, only to have him cover her mouth with his.
All she could do was stare at the handsome face before her, her wide, misty eyes filled with bewilderment.
Paul Ashworth found his wife’s bewildered expression amusing.
“Close your eyes.”
After a long moment, Paul Ashworth finally let her go.
“Did you hear it that time?” he asked, his voice low and husky.
‘Hah, let’s see you deny it now.’
“I heard it,” Sylvia Blaine mumbled, burying her face in Paul Ashworth’s chest.
‘He really has me wrapped around his little finger.
He pulls this trick every time.
I’ll get him back for this next time,’ Sylvia thought to herself.
Paul Ashworth didn’t dare tease his wife too much.
If he really made her angry, he’d probably end up sleeping in the study.
He said gently, “Actually, I wanted to tell you too…
I love you.
Very, very much.”
Hearing Paul Ashworth’s confession, a captivating smile bloomed on Sylvia Blaine’s lips.
As Seraphina Ashworth reached the entrance of the small building, Trudy saw her and immediately pounced on her with delight.
“Miss,” Nina Ashworth said, walking out from behind her.
“Mm.
Have your injuries healed?” Seraphina Ashworth asked, walking into the living room while holding Trudy.
She sat down on the sofa and looked up at Nina.
“They’re almost completely healed,” Nina Ashworth said with a nod.
“Good.
Next, I plan to place a newspaper ad to find Hayden and the other two.
I’ll use the names they used before.
If they see it, they’ll find their own way here.
Also, it’s time we started preparing our forces.” Seraphina Ashworth’s fingers were slightly curled, tapping intermittently on the table as she calmly laid out her plans.
“That’s wonderful!
This way, the four of us can be reunited,” Nina Ashworth said with delight.
“Trudy, go issue a command to the robots.
Have them place a missing person ad in the newspaper,” Seraphina Ashworth instructed, poking Trudy’s round belly with a finger.
“You got it!”
“Then…” Just as Seraphina Ashworth was about to continue, she was cut off by Cecilia Ashworth, who suddenly burst in.
“Seraphina, it’s terrible!
Something’s happened to Grandpa and my dad!
You have to come quick!” Cecilia Ashworth cried, rushing in with tears streaming down her face.
When she saw her grandfather and father injured and everyone else helpless, Cecilia immediately thought of Seraphina Ashworth.
She believed Seraphina would know what to do, so she had rushed over in a panic.
“What happened?
Didn’t Grandpa and Uncle go to a meeting?” The moment Seraphina Ashworth heard her family was in trouble, she shot to her feet and was instantly in front of Cecilia Ashworth, demanding answers.
Cecilia Ashworth’s eyes were red from crying.
She sobbed, “I-I don’t know either.”
Seraphina Ashworth immediately ran out.
“Seraphina, wait for me!” Cecilia Ashworth shouted, chasing after her.
BANG!
Seraphina Ashworth hurriedly pushed open the door to Mr.
Ashworth’s bedroom and ran inside.
Nina Ashworth, holding Trudy, followed her in.
“Seraphina!” Paul Ashworth saw his daughter run in and knew she must have heard.
He quickly called out to stop her.
Elder Lynch was examining his father and couldn’t be disturbed.
“How are Grandpa and Uncle?” As soon as Seraphina Ashworth entered, she saw the grave expressions on everyone’s faces.
Her uncle was leaning against the sofa, looking disheveled.
His clothes were stained with large patches of blood, and his arm was in a cast and sling.
Chester Ashworth walked over to Seraphina Ashworth and crouched down, comforting her in a low voice, “Your uncle was shot in the arm.
The rest are just superficial wounds.
It’s nothing serious, so don’t worry.”
“It’s all my fault.
Dad…
he took that hit for me.
That’s why he’s unconscious,” Zachary Ashworth said, his eyes red and his voice hoarse with guilt.
“We’ll talk about that later.
I’m going to see Grandpa first.” Seraphina Ashworth walked towards Mr.
Ashworth’s bed.
As she got closer and saw the black line on his palm, a menacing aura instantly erupted from her.
“Soul-devouring Poison…
It’s actually Soul-devouring Poison!” Everyone from the Ashworth Family felt the intense, hostile energy radiating from Seraphina Ashworth.
As its name implied, once afflicted with the Soul-devouring Poison, a person would first fall into a coma for a full day and night.
Upon waking, they would be tormented by the poison until they lost all sense of self, suffering every second of every minute.
The pain was so intense it felt as if their very soul was being torn from their body.
This would continue for three days until death.
The only antidote was the Feather Spirit Pill.
“Elder Lynch, how is he?” Miss Ashworth asked anxiously as the doctor finished his examination.
Elder Lynch shook his head and sighed.
“I’m afraid there’s nothing I can do for Mr.
Ashworth’s condition.”
Hearing this, Miss Ashworth almost fainted.
Her knees gave out, and she started to fall backward, but fortunately, Susan Lindsey was right behind her to catch her.
“All of you, leave first.
I have a way,” Seraphina Ashworth’s clear, cold voice echoed in the room.
“Seraphina, what can you do?
Do you need our help?” Hearing his daughter say she had a way, hope flared in Paul Ashworth’s once-lifeless eyes.
“No need, Dad.
I’ve seen this poison before at my godfather’s.
I can cure it.
While I’m treating Grandpa, no one is to enter until I say so.
Nina, you stay,” Seraphina Ashworth said calmly, suppressing the murderous energy within her.
“Alright.
Dad believes in you,” Paul Ashworth said, looking at his daughter’s confident expression.
At this point, letting her try was their only hope.
Paul Ashworth turned to the others and said in a heavy voice, “Let’s all go out first and let Seraphina try.
We’re out of options anyway.”
When the others heard Seraphina Ashworth mention her godfather, they were convinced.
After all, the Ashworth Family all knew that she had medical skills.
Everyone filed out.
Seraphina Ashworth then brought Nina Ashworth, Trudy, and Mr.
Ashworth into her space.