“I’m not going to marry her! You’re my wife, and you always will be!”
“I wasn’t your wife anymore since the moment I saw you two together. Murphy, even though it wasn’t
you that poisoned me, you’re still connected to it somehow. I won’t forgive you for that!”
With that, Jordyn ended the phone call and turned to Levant. “Did you hear what he said?”
“Yes.” Levant nodded.
“So, will you kill Portia for me?”
Levant fell silent at the request.
Kill Portia?
He was feeling rather hesitant. After all, Portia was his adoptive mother and had cared for him when he
was in the estate. He did not think he could bring himself to do it.
“What? Do you not want to?” Jordyn asked.
“How is it so complicated between you and Portia? You bumped into her and Dad, and you told her
husband about it. Now, you find out that she was the one that poisoned you. You’ve already been
cured, but she adopted your son by chance and treated him like her own child…”
“What are you talking about? What do you mean by adopting my son?”
“Portia adopted me! She took me from the orphanage to the estate and gave me a home. She took
good care of me. I think of her as my adoptive mother.”
Why would Portia adopt my son?
Jordyn was taken aback upon hearing that. She had always thought that it was the head of the
orphanage who sent Levant back to Wicked Palace as they had agreed on. Levant was supposed to be
with Murphy. Since when did Portia adopt him?
“I’m not a heartless person. I can’t bring myself to kill her for you,” Levant uttered.
“Why did she do that? Why did she adopt you?”
“Maybe it’s because she felt sorry for poisoning you, so she looked after me in your stead. Or perhaps
she adopted Murphy’s son to get back at Stephen for ignoring her. I guess she’s the only one that
knows the real reason behind this.”
Why would she do that after poisoning me? Are you trying to repent for your sins, Portia?
Jordyn stopped asking Levant to kill Portia, though her expression turned gloomy after that.
She remained silent until Davin knocked on the door and asked when was the time to treat Nina’s
poison. “Maybe a few days later. We’re still missing two important ingredients that can only be found in
the valley,” she replied.
“Do you mean the Resurrecting Herb from Wicked Hill and the Exquisite Flower from Jade Hill?”
“That’s right. Those are the two main ingredients to cure the bone erosion poison.”
“Don’t worry about that. Evan had already sent someone to get them when we got here.”
Jordyn was surprised to see Evan being so thoughtful.
“Great, but it will take at least two days for the herbs to be effective.”
“Two days? That’s not a long time, but…”
“But what? It takes time to clear the poison. This can’t be rushed.”
“That’s not it. It’s just that, can you change your meal plans? I can’t eat only vegetables every day. Look
at Levant! He’s lost so much weight eating only vegetables for the past few days!”
After listening to him, Levant looked down and checked himself out. Have I lost weight? I don’t think so.
“Don’t use me as an excuse for not wanting to eat more vegetables. I think vegetables are fine.”
“Levant, didn’t we agree to eat the rabbit in the courtyard? Didn’t you say you don’t want to eat
vegetables all the time? Are you saying this only because you don’t want to trouble your mom? Don’t
worry, Levant. A mother would do anything for her child. My mom has always taken good care of you.
She would always cook a big feast for you when you went to the Seet Residence. Even she would
never feed you only vegetables, not to mention your mom! I believe she won’t do that to you, too.”
Levant was speechless at how much effort Davin put in, all because he did not want to eat vegetables.
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