Madly Yours (Nora Reed) novel Chapter 709

River chuckled, answering her question with one of his own. "Do you still want the Ivory Pill?"

Nora's eyelashes fluttered slightly.

"If I say yes, will you just hand it over?"

"Naturally, there are conditions."

Nora stared intently at him. "You don't even have the pill, do you?"

Meeting her gaze, River curled his lips into a smirk. "I know you're trying to test me, but that's fine, I don't mind. However, there is one thing I should remind you of... Hudson is running out of time. You can afford to drag this out, but he certainly can't."

"Name your condition."

River slid his free hand into his pocket, leaning slightly forward. "Do one thing for me, and I'll deliver the Ivory Pill with both hands."

"What thing?"

River didn't answer immediately. He merely glanced at the heavily guarded entourage behind her, let out a soft laugh, and dropped his voice. "This is something only you can know."

Nora stepped out a few more paces until the two of them were separated by nothing but the iron gate.

"Speak."

River cast another sweeping glance at the people behind her before stepping closer to the gate, keeping his voice to a hushed murmur. "I want you to hand over the core tech of Lancaster's Vanguard Microchips."

The air seemed to freeze for a second.

Nora stood rooted to the spot, watching the direction the car had vanished, her fingers tightly clutching the hem of her jacket.

Artie stepped up from behind, his voice low. "Ma'am, you can't trust River. This is definitely a trap..."

"I know."

Nora let out a soft breath. "He might not have the Ivory Pill anymore, but he absolutely knows where the ashes of Hudson's parents are. We can't let this lead go cold."

Artie didn't say anything more. He just nodded and took a half-step back.

Right then, the teenage boy, who had been completely silent, suddenly spoke up. "Miss, when he got close to the gate to speak to you just now, his left pinky finger twitched..."