Chapter 88
Meanwhile, at the Magnolia Palace.
When Hugo got home from school, he tossed his backpack aside, kicked off his shoes, and flopped onto the couch, switching on a cartoon.
He stared at the screen with a sulky expression, ignoring even his favorite furry friends as they nudged him for attention.
Half an hour went by, and he didn’t budge.
While reclining on the couch with her laptop, Quiana glanced at him, then gave him a light nudge with her toe. “Dead or what?
Hugo shot her an even more
more miserable look. “The teacher wants me to bring a parent to school tomorrow?
Quiana pulled a couple of lollipops out tossing one to Hugo. “What’d you do get in a fight or blow up the school?”
It’s not like he hadn’t done those things before,
bit down hard on the candy, crunching it in frustration. “We had a test today. I got perfect scores in every subject, and now they think i
“Neither!” Hugo bi cheated.”
He’d insisted he hadn’t cheated, but no one believed.
Quiana shrugged, unmoved. “Sort it out yourself. I’m busy.”
Hugo’s face fell, and then suddenly, he clung to her leg with watery eyes, putting on his best puppy–dog look. “Quiana, you won’t even come to my parent–teacher Conference? You don’t love me anymore?”
Quiana kicked him away without stopping her typing and said, “Cut the acti
Hugo slid onto the floor, putting on an even more pitiful expression. But this teacher said if I don’t bring a parent they expet me! Quiana, don’t you care about your poor little brother? Will you let all the other kids have their parents there while I don’t?”
He even added a few sniffles for effect, sounding heartbroken,
Quiana lifted her eyes slightly. “I’ve got a mission tomorrow. The payout will feed your little zoo for five years.”
“Five years?” Hugo’s eyes went wide, practically sparkling. ‘Dulane, where’s all this cash coming from? Can I come too!”
There is no trace of tears in sight nor no sign of heartbreak, He’d perked up instantly,
slightly as she sneered, “Bother me again, and you’ll be starving tomorrow.”
Quiana’s eyes narrowed slig
The scariest thing in the world is when the person who feeds you cuts off your lood supply.
Hugo shot to his feet, standing at attention. “Quiana, no worries! You go do your thing–hit handle the parent–teacher stuff!”
Of course, his teacher and the school dean had said Hugo must bring a parent He would have loved just to ditch his bag and walk out of the school, but Julius had paid a hefty tuition fee.
Wait–Julius! He could ask Julius to be his “parent”
Eyes gleaming with excitement, Hugo grabbed his backpack and headed back to his room with his two furry friends in tow.
He pulled out his phone and sent a quick message to Julius: [Got time to pick up a side job tomorrow?]
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Chapter 88
Meanwhile, across the city, Derek had just escorted Winona and Simon nut of the Hawley residence.
Julius had been home but hadn’t bothered to show his face, preferring to spend his time by the ar
artificial lake in the back garden, fishing in the pavilion,
Shane found Julius there and filled him in on the latest updates. “It seems that “Mystic Pill they brought was the same one Xavier bought for a few million not long ago.”
Julius kept his gaze down, focused on his phone, his pole and handsome profile unreadable. “Let him do as he pleases, he replied coolly.
Shane frowned. “The National Medical Bureau’s lab results are in. Aside from the few undetectable components, the remaining ingredients are heavily gene–based. This ‘Mystic Pill‘ seems to be experimental.”
If this prototype was already so impressive, what would a completed version be capable of? If Quiana’s claim about its life–extending properties was even remotely valid, it was hardly an exaggeration.
“Yet no trace of it is available anywhere, not even on the black market. We still have no clue where Quiana got her hands on this,” Shane added.
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Julius seemed absorbed in a message on his phone, taking his time before responding. “Then there’s no need to keep looking.”
Shane shot Julius a stern look. “Give up the search? If there’s a perfected version of this pill, it could cure your condition. The whole reason we’ve been
tracking The Seraphic was for a solution!”
Seeing Shane’s urgency, Julius finally looked up, his expression as calm as ever. “Tell me,” he began thoughtfully. “for a parent–teacher conference, what would you say is formal enough?”
Shane was speechless.
He thought, ‘After all his explanations, Julius is thinking about what to want to school meeting.
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