The CEO’S Unplanned Heir novel (Aurelia and Leopold) novel Chapter 1162

Luckily, they hadn't caught on to Agent A’s trick, or else he would be pushing up daisies by now.

The Stirling family was undoubtedly a cold-blooded bunch. No ounce of brotherly love could stop them from turning on their blood.

Aurelia cracked a sly grin. “How’s Raines holding up today?”

Agent A couldn’t help but roll his eyes. Her care was as fake as a crocodile’s tears. Trouble was brewing, no doubt about it.

“You see the shape I’m in. Do I look okay to you?”

“Don’t fret, Raines,” Aurelia soothed, “We’re not going to just stand by. We’ve got the best minds at the Institute of BioResearch working overtime on an antidote. One way or another, we’ll find a way to pull you through.”

Agent A would eat his hat if that were true.

As cunning as a snake, Aurelia was essentially a living Siren.

“So, you’re going to save me?”

“Absolutely,” Aurelia replied. “The Stirling family creed is to protect our own. Anyone who so much as thinks about crossing us will have hell to pay.”

Agent A chuckled cynically. If the king wanted a duke dead, who was going to challenge the king?

“What if the culprit is one of our own?”

“Then we follow the family code. Exile for the minor offenders or a one-way ticket to the gallows for the worst. We keep our house clean.”

“If it's Fredric looking to settle a score with me?” Agent A didn’t mention Leopold by name, but if he could drag Fredric into the light, Leopold wouldn’t be far behind.

Aurelia spoke with infuriating calm. “We’ve caught the chef who laced the hot chocolates. He turns out to be one of the AK Group, hiding out in Elysium. We’ve handed him over to Interpol, and he’ll be extradited to Country Verdecalma to face the music.”

“I’ve been to school to see Skyler and grilled him good. He didn’t seem to have a hand in this. You sure you’re not barking up the wrong tree?” asked Lisbeth.

A cold gleam flickered in Agent A’s eyes. There was no such poison in AK Group, or he would have had the antidote by now.

“There’s still a chance the poison wasn’t concocted by Skyler. Maybe he just played a part in the scheme, drawing fire away from Geoffrey who’s now holding the bag.”

After all, Skyler wasn’t the only one in the world who could concoct poison.

Lisbeth nodded. “That’s possible. But Aurelia told me Leopold personally requested the BioResearch lab to develop an antidote for you. They’re not just stringing you along?”

Agent A snorted. “Poison me and then offer a cure? Are they that charitable?”

“If they are behind it, it’s probably just to slap your wrist. As long as your cover isn’t blown, I doubt they’d want you dead.”