He then looked Angel up and down, saying with a puzzled expression, "Say, you sure know which traits t o inherit, don't you? You inherited your mother’s flawless beauty, your father's venomous tongue, and your great-grandpa's bandit ways as well as two-faced character. You're a freak.”
Angel was not mad. In fact, there were very few things that could tick her off. She chuckled and said, "I think I’m really smart for inheriting all of their strengths too.”
Zayne was speechless.
"You can’t even tell if I’m talking good or bad about you."
Upstairs.
Angeline was tidying up Angel's clothes. Jay entered the room and sat on one side, staring at Angeline dazedly.
When Angeline was done tidying up the clothes, she sat in front of him and asked in a soft voice, "You haven't said anything since coming in. Is something bothering you?”
Jay smiled and replied, "No, I just want to look at you." "Why do you want to look at me? You look at me every
single day." Angeline sounded a little embarrassed,
Jay pulled her into his arms and said affectionately," I'll never get sick and tired of looking at you, Angeline."
Angeline laughed and said, "Oh you, just get straight to the point. I've known you for so long, do you think you can hide anything from me?"
Jay then became childish and blinked mischievously. "Why don't you guess what's bothering me?"
Angeline said, "Grand Asia gave you an emergency call early this morning. I heard them talking about Grayson and Andy. I think the bacteria has started to attack them, right?"
Jay said, "My Angeline is really smart indeed.”
Angeline continued, "When you came upstairs, you were dragging your feet, but when you entered the room, you pretended to look relaxed. You're clearly concerned that I'll be worried hence why you didn’t talk to me for so long. You were thinking of ways to solve the problem.
"I know Grand Asia can’t cure Nephele's poison. Are you thinking about leaving Imperial Capital to go to Mount Pearl to find the antidote?"
Angeline's speculations were pretty close.
Jay embraced Angeline tight. His thin chin rested on Angeline's head as he said emotionally, "Angeline, this is slightly more serious than what you think. Nephele poisoned Grayson and Andy with unidentified
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