The Ultimate Reborn Heiress (Scarlett) novel Chapter 317

Chapter 317 Love Charm

Tad and Dudley finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterward, Tad gave Darren another call.

Darren went to verify the situation.

He soon learned that Leona and Hazel had suddenly coughed up blood the previous night and had been rushed to the hospital.

Darren said over the phone, “Matthew’s been taken into custody as well. It turns out the two of them didn’t just faint after vomiting blood. The hospital found severe internal injuries–there’s internal bleeding in their organs. They’re both in the ICU right now, so the doctors reported it to the police.

“They collapsed suddenly at home, and Matthew was the only one there, so the police naturally had to take him in for questioning. What happens next is still unclear.”

After hearing that, Tad couldn’t help glancing at Scarlett.

That backlash was truly vicious–severe enough to cause internal bleeding and send them straight into the ICU.

If Shirley hadn’t brought Bunny back home, if Bunny hadn’t suddenly felt unwell and needed to see a doctor, if Scarlett hadn’t happened to be back just then, and if Shirley hadn’t insisted on bringing the baby to Scarlett’s house, the Macks might never have discovered that someone had cast a spell on their family tomb.

In any case, they owed Scarlett their thanks–and Shirley and Bunny as well.

Their granddaughter really was the family’s lucky star.

After hanging up the phone, Tad thanked Scarlett again..

After chatting with Tad and Dudley for a while, Scarlett prepared to leave.

When they learned that Scarlett would be returning to the city that very morning, Tad and Shirley decided to head back as well.

After all, Scarlett had mentioned that something about Jewel seemed off.

So they planned to take this opportunity to bring Scarlett along and have her check on Jewel.

Scarlett went home first to tell Hendrix and Rory, then visited Daphne as well.

After that, she rode back to the city in Dudley’s car.

During the drive, Shirley was in a great mood and chatted nonstop with Scarlett.

The two of them even added each other as contacts.

Before long, they arrived at Dudley’s home in the city.

Chapter 317 Love Charm

It was a three–bedroom apartment of about 1,000 square feet–perfect for a family of three

Since Jewel attended high school in Brookriver, she also lived here.

When she heard Dudley and Shirley had returned, Jewel ran out of her room excitedly. “You’re back? Did Bunny come back too? Did she miss me?”

Jewel adored her little niece. Every day when she got home, she would hold the baby for a while.

As for why she hadn’t returned to the town with them this time, it was because she had already made plans to hang out with friends on Saturday.

Besides, she often went back to the town to visit their parents anyway, so she hadn’t joined then this weekend.

Jewel had expected to see Dudley and Shirley carrying the baby when they came back. Instead, she noticed a strikingly beautiful girl standing beside them.

The moment she saw the girl, jewel’s smile froze.

She glanced at Scarlett, frowned slightly, then turned toward Dudley and Shirley.

“Why is she here with you?”

On the way over, Scarlett had already told them that when they met Jewel, they shouldn’t tell her the real reason she had come.

Dudley said, “After Shirley and I went back home, the baby got sick. Shirley knew Scarlett understood medicine, so she went to ask Scarlett to take a look. The baby got better right away.

“Since Scarlett was heading back to the city today, we brought her along. She also said you two grew up together and hadn’t seen each other in a while, so she came to visit you.”

Hearing that, Jewel bit her lip.

For some reason, every time she saw Scarlett lately, she felt an inexplicable irritation.

She couldn’t quite describe the feeling.

It was almost like she couldn’t control it.

Jewel herself didn’t understand it either. She and Scarlett had been close friends since childhood–why had everything changed after they started high school?

When she first saw Scarlett again during freshman year, she had been overjoyed.

She still remembered that moment of surprise.

She had felt certain she really liked Scarlett. After three years apart, meeting again meant they’d surely stay

best friends for life.

Jewel knew Scarlett had helped treat the baby.

She had originally intended to thank her

Past the strange irritation inside her tablet up, and the words that came out text were, “Videy, Botan But can you trust that she knows medicine? What if the hurt the Entry senten

The moment she finished speaking, Jewel felt even more irritated with herself

She had no idea what was wrong with her.

She didn’t actually dislike Scaries

Yet deep down, the constantly felt like she did.

The moment Scarlett saw Jewel, she already understood what was happening

There was sigil energy lingering around Jewel.

Someone had placed a love charm or something similar on her.

A love charm didn’t only work between opposite sexes,

It could work between the same sex as well

And the effectiveness of this kind of auxiliary sigil depended heavily on the person’s own mental strength

Hazel had once used this same type of love charm on Simon.

Simon had been affected slightly, but only lost a bit of control when he saw Hazel because his mental strength was stronger than most people’s,

In other words, his willpower was relatively strong.

So the influence on him had been minimal.

Jewel, on the other hand, had always been soft–hearted since childhood. Her willpower was weaker, so the influence on her was much stronger.

Most likely, Hazel had placed the love charm on Jewel.

Perhaps she couldn’t stand Scarlett having close friends around her.

And since she knew Jewel and Scarlett had grown up together, she placed the love charm on Jewel.

Jewel would naturally be drawn to Hazel, wanting to befriend and believe her.

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