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When Helene patted Aurelia’s back, Aurelia tried to wrap her arms around the former as well… like how a child
would cling to her mother.
“Be good, hush,” Helene said softly. “I’m here, it’s okay…”
“Mm!” Aurelia nodded and wore a genuine smile.
“Princess Lene, will you protect me?”
“I will.” Helene smiled without much thought.
“Why?”
“Y-You’re my baby.”
“Princess Lene, I told you, your baby’s over there!” Aurelia pointed at the pillow with a smile.
Helene paused before she smiled embarrassedly as if realizing something. She scooped the pillow over with a hand
and kept another around Aurelia so both were in her arms.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Both!” she said loudly. “Both are my babies!”
Aurelia giggled happily, a different sense of bliss engulfing her.
There was a noise at the door then.
Aurelia got up, alarmed, but the person had already entered before she went over.
“Mr. Irwin!” Aurelia’s eyes shone.
Rowan hushed her and asked her softly, after looking around to see that there was no one, “How has Princess Lene
been while I was gone?”
“Still the same,” Aurelia answered honestly and turned angry. “The servants here are bullies! They treat her like
that because she can’t do anything to them!”
“That’s trivial.” Rowan was indifferent. What was most important now was not to treat Helene but to root out the
person who wanted to harm her.
After resolving what needed to be resolved, only then would Helene recover soon. Rowan also suspected that the
large sum of medical fees the royal family had spent over the past years had not been to treat Helene. Someone
who had an ulterior motive hoped that she would never regain lucidity…
Rowan instructed Aurelia, “Show me the medicine today.”
Aurelia abruptly recalled that she had yet to feed it to Helene and went off to retrieve it.
Helene was currently all curled up on the bed, her big eyes almost disproportionate on her bony face. She was very
scared of Rowan because whenever the old man was around, he would poke her with needles. It hurt most of the
time, yet she dared not fight back.
Rowan looked so stern, and it was as if he had thorns coming out of him when he glared, like… like a pufferfish.
Helene giggled once she thought of that.
When Rowan glanced at her, she tried to press her lips down to tuck her smile away and inched closer inside the
bed.
“Hah, there is a considerable amount of cinnabar inside.” Rowan was able to determine with just a glance.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAurelia was perplexed. “Mr. Irwin, didn’t you say that cinnabar will help with Princess Lene’s condition?”
“A small dosage, yes,” Rowan said in a deep voice. “But taking this amount in the medicine daily, the cinnabar will
become a poison over time. I’ll be the main suspect when Princess Lene dies of the poison one day!”
Aurelia’s heart dropped in fear. It was fortunate that she had been throwing the medicine away these days!
“To eliminate Helene and drag Irwin Pharmaceuticals into it…” Rowan gnashed his teeth. “What a way to kill two
birds with one stone!”
“Mr. Irwin, what do we do now?”
“Did Princess Lene take her medicine while I wasn’t around?”
“No…” Aurelia was anxious. “She doesn’t like how bitter it is, so I secretly poured it away. I thought you’d scold me,
but…”
“But you’ve unknowingly done the right thing, huh?” Rowan chuckled with a cryptic gaze. “Looks like God’s fair to
have sent you to save her.”
Aurelia scratched her head shyly.
“Looks like we have to stay put,” Rowan said after contemplating. “Not only will we find out who’s harming Princess
Lene, but we must also catch the culprit!”
He was certain that the culprit’s next step would be to blame the Irwins!
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