Chương 3 - The Secret in the Dosage
Camille lowered her hand slowly. Her arrogant posture stiffened as her eyes flickered down toward the marble floor where the pills lay scattered beside Nico's overturned wheelchair.
A sudden flash of anxiety crossed her eyes, her confidence faltering for a split second.
"This changes nothing," Camille whispered, her voice laced with a dark, threatening warning. "He is my fiancé. What happens in this house is my business."
Nico shifted his upper body slowly, leaning his back against the rubber tire of his overturned wheelchair. He ignored Camille entirely, his dark eyes fixing intently on the scattered white tablets on the marble floor.
He had been taking those exact pills three times a day for four months. They were prescribed by Camille's personal family physician, Dr. Harrison, supposedly to help manage nerve pain and muscle spasms.
Nico slowly raised his eyes, locking them onto Adeline's steady gaze.
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"Tell me what's in those pills, Adeline," Nico demanded, his voice low, sharp, and lethal.
👉 What shocking compound had Adeline secretly discovered in Nico's daily medication?
