Betrayed by Blood: My Second Life as a Queen novel Chapter 352

Meanwhile, Willow headed into the warehouse to select the herbs.

Logan moved quickly, returning with the purchased items in just half an hour.

Wearing a mask and acting as stealthily as a thief, he scurried over to Willow, glanced around nervously, and quickly shoved the items into her hands.

Willow glanced down and raised an eyebrow slightly. Not bad. It looked quite authentic.

A layman would absolutely never tell the difference.

But Lycian Global specialized in pharmaceuticals. Even though Edenic Bloom produced facial masks, it was still fundamentally a medical company. If the CEO of Lycian Global truly wanted to collaborate, he would have sent an expert.

Willow knew how rigorous that man was; he would never send someone clueless to negotiate a deal.

Finding out whether Anya was a fraud would be incredibly easy to test.

Carrying the herbs, Willow slowly walked back into the conference room.

Anya wore a deeply irritated expression, furrowing her brows at Willow. "You took a very long time, Ms. Shaw."

Her tone was flat, yet laced with heavy dissatisfaction.

Willow raised an eyebrow. "Since we're discussing a partnership, we need to be responsible to both sides. Isn't inspecting raw materials your most basic protocol?"

Anya choked on her words, momentarily unsure of how to respond.

Finally, she merely gave a hard frown. "You certainly have a way with words, Ms. Shaw."

Willow couldn't be bothered to engage further, simply spreading the herbs across the table. "These are the primary ingredients for our masks. Feel free to verify their quality before deciding if you'd like to work with us."

Standing behind Willow, Logan broke out into a nervous sweat, his eyes fixed unblinkingly on the herb sitting in the far corner.

It was dahurian angelica, one of the key components of the mask.

It was also the exact item Willow had just ordered him to prepare.

Just thinking about what he had done made Logan tremble with fear.

If they were caught, Edenic Bloom's reputation would completely tank!

Anya looked impatient, but forced herself to go through the motions of inspecting the pile.

When her hand reached for the dahurian angelica, Logan's heart practically leapt out of his chest.

He instinctively glanced at Willow, only to find her expression completely placid, as if absolutely nothing was out of the ordinary.

How was her psychological fortitude this strong?!

Logan felt like he was regressing in age, entirely outclassed by a twenty-year-old girl.

Willow, meanwhile, kept her calm gaze locked onto Anya, refusing to miss a single micro-expression.

Anya held the dahurian angelica for ten seconds, gently rubbing it with her fingers, causing a fine powder to coat her fingertips. Unaware of the anomaly, she simply tossed the herb back onto the table. "No problems here. It all passes. Can we sit down and properly discuss this now, Ms. Shaw?"

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