Wait, She’s a Billionaire (Sheena Lawson) novel Chapter 966

Chapter 966 

Lionel glared at Nathaniel. 

“Finally awake, huh? You were so weak, yet you still managed to bite me until I bled. You did that on purpose, didn’t you?” 

Nathaniel smirked, his lips pale. 

“If I didn’t, how could I show my desperation and despair? Romello is keen. If my acts were too fake, he’d see right through it.” 

Lionel snorted in annoyance. 

“I should’ve slapped you harder then.” 

Seeing him still dwelling on that, Nathaniel chuckled softly, slowly propping up his weak body to sit up. 

Across from him in the armored vehicle, Elliot was engrossed in reading some 

documents. 

Nathaniel asked, “How did you know something happened on my end? You came pretty quickly.” 

“Gabrielle sent a message to Sheena for help, hoping Sheena would return the stolen item in exchange for your release.” 

Nathaniel felt a rare warmth in his heart. 

“Gabrielle is so naive. She doesn’t understand anything.” 

Returning the drug would confirm his theft and not only jeopardize Sheena’s efforts, but it would also give Romello a reason to kill him. 

Denying was the only way to stay alive. 

With a clear mind, he glanced back at Elliot and continued, “What about the drug? How’s the testing going? Romello mentioned it was important last night.” 

“Not yet. Yosef needs to cross–reference it with the database. We should have results by noon,” Elliot said nonchalantly, his tone calm yet tinged with a hint of jesting. “If they find anything, we wouldn’t have arrested you at the Nicholls residence earlier.” 

Nathaniel chuckled. “True.” 

The car fell into a brief silence for a few minutes, with no one spealing. 

After Lionel finished treating himself, he eyed Nathaniel’s bloodstained shirt and clicked 

his tongue. 

“I Just applied medication for you and noticed you have quite a few external injuries. How many hits did you take?” 

Nathaniel glanced at his heavily blood–stained clothing. 

“I lost count, but I think two were broken.” 

Two? 

A paddle soaked in water was already quite resilient. 

To break it, one would need to strike it hundreds of times. 

Romello’s actions were rather harsh this time. 

Moreover, he was only suspecting the disappearance of the potion from the top floor, and Nathaniel was still his own brother. 

Yet, he subjected him to such brutal beatings. 

However, given the old grudges between the two, Lionel deliberately teased, “You’re still as stubborn as ever, not a word spilled even after going through all the torture devices. It took me a day and a night to pry something out of you back then.” 

He was referring to Nathaniel’s previous arrest for stealing the S404. 

It was a dark chapter in their history. 

Nathaniel’s expression turned grim almost instantly, and he did not hold back in his retort, “Speaking as if you weren’t stubborn yourself. Remember when I beat you all night in the Laubabwe dungeon, and you didn’t crack?”