fantishu
Chapter 1007
Chapter 1007
Chapter 1007 Lure The Parasite King
Catherine gently pushed Simon to the side with her hand.
Simon worried that Eunice might harm her, so he couldn't help but frown and say, “Stay away from her. That woman is vicious. You may
cherish the bond of sisterhood, but she won't. If you hand her a knife now, she will stab it right at your heart without even batting an eye.”
Catherine grasped his hand, interlocking their fingers, offering him a silent reassurance.
As she lifted her gaze, she caught Eunice's expression marred with resentment.
“Don't look at me with those eyes. I don't owe you anything. On the contrary, you're the one who has been scheming against me all these
years. I've never done anything against you, so you should consider yourself lucky. Otherwise, do you think you could have survived to this
day?”
Eunice gritted her teeth, forcefully suppressing the rage within her heart.
She absolutely detested how Catherine looked down at her with such an arrogant attitude. Even though they were both daughters of the Rogers
family, the difference in their treatment was as vast as heaven and earth.
Why should she be the one to keep the peace?
“You're right. You don't owe me anything but stand in my way. My desires will forever be out of my reach for as long as you live. I've known
it since I was a child. That was why I've been targeting you all these years. Don't blame me since you forced me to feel such envy. Everyone is
after their own best interest, let alone the position of the head of a family. There's no way I'm handing it over to you for nothing.”
With a wistful smile, Catherine looked at her with a gaze filled with pity.
“Do you really think that your father will support your rise to power after bringing me down? No, you're mistaken. He merely sees you as a
pawn. A pawn to aid your brother, Wilbur's ascension to the position. Just like me. My father constantly voiced his wish for me to become the
head of the Rogers family. However, his true intention was to support my younger brother to take the position. In his eyes, I'm nothing more Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.
than a stepping stone for his son's succession. His constant emphasis on making me the heir over these years was merely an attempt to cast the
limelight on me so that those overt and covert schemes were directed at me. Look, this is the sorrow of a daughter born into a prestigious
family. No matter how hard you try, you are destined to be a pawn that can be sacrificed at any moment.”
Eunice's features contorted slightly at her argument. She kept retreating as if she had lost her soul.
“That's impossible! My dad told me to deal with you, claiming he would help me rise to power as long as I drag you down. You're trying to
sow discord between my dad and me, aren't you? Yes, that must be it! I'm sure of it!”
Catherine sneered with a laugh, “The sun has risen, and it's time to snap out of your dream. Now that the entire Rogers family has been
thoroughly reshuffled, you will never become the head of the family.”
Eunice suddenly shivered as if struck by a thought. She burst into laughter. “I haven't lost. The parasitic poison has no cure. Even if I can't
take the position of the head of the family from you, I can still make you suffer the pain of losing a daughter.”
The expressions on Simon and Catherine's faces turned grave.
Eunice's words had struck them where it hurt.
Indeed, they captured Eunice, but the price they paid was their daughter's life.
“I will kill you!” Simon roared in fury, pulling a dagger from his waist, lunging toward Eunice, and aiming it at her heart.
Eunice laughed maniacally, slowly closing her eyes, quietly waiting for the Grim Reaper's call.
Three seconds had passed, but the anticipated pain did not come. Somewhat puzzled, she opened her eyes.
Before her eyes, she saw Catherine gripping Simon's arm, forcing him to halt his attack mid-air.
“Catherine, step aside. I'm going to kill this vile creature.”
Catherine gave him a stern look, her eyes subtly filled with a warning.
Simon immediately chickened out, timidly retreating to the side.
Ignoring him, Catherine turned to look at Eunice, sneering coldly, “I discovered a secret while browsing through the Fragrance Journal a while
ago. It stated that one must use the blood of a living person as a sacrifice to activate the parasite king among the parasitic poison. You've
successfully planted the parasitic poison in my body, proving that you've activated the parasite king with your own blood. In other words, the
parasite king prefers you as the vector over Luna. After all, you were the one who activated it.”
The color drained from Eunice's face. A sense of foreboding spread across her heart.
“W-What are you planning to do?”
A glint flashed across Catherine's eyes as a cold smile played on her lips. She emphasized, “My daughter can be saved by luring the parasite
king into your body with your flesh and blood.”
“No.”
She would rather die a swift and painless death than endure the agonizing torment inflicted by the parasite king, only to end up as a vessel for
the parasite king to propagate his offspring.
With that thought, she didn't know where she found the courage, but she suddenly dashed toward a stone pillar to her side, planning to die
from hitting her head against the concrete.
Seeing her reaction, Catherine knew the method she mentioned earlier could work, so how could she let her die so easily?
Even if I have to die, I must force the parasite king out of Luna's body before I do.
“Stop her, Simon!”
In truth, there was no need for her to give orders. The moment Eunice made her move, Simon had already dashed forward to stop her.
Then, with a swift chop of his hand, he knocked her out cold.
When it came to his daughter's life, he would never be careless.
Seeing Simon quickly step in to stop Eunice, Catherine finally breathed a sigh of relief. “You should have someone lock her up and keep a
close eye on her. Don't let her do anything rash,” she said.
“I'm going to discuss with Bailey and see if the method earlier is applicable. I guess there's an eighty percent chance it will work.”
“Okay, go on, then. I want our daughter to live no matter the cost. Even if it means trading a life for a life.”
“Okay.”
After helping Artemis back to the bedroom at the main house, Bailey administered a few acupuncture needles, successfully expelling the
toxins from his body.
Even though he had survived the ordeal of Soul Reaper and no poison in the world could harm him, it was still a toxic substance after all. Its
entry into the human body would inevitably cause some damage to the organs.
She must not take things lightly.
Relief only washed over her when she saw Artemis violently coughing up a mouthful of black blood.
Just as she was about to get up and fetch the mop from the bathroom to clean up the blood on the floor, a sudden force gripped her wrist.
Caught off guard, she was abruptly dragged to lean on his chest.
Then, a deep, resonant voice echoed in her ear. “Wifey, I vomited too much blood earlier, so I don't feel so well.”
Why are you using so much force if you're not feeling well?
Bailey didn't want to pay him any mind. Such a presumptuous, despicable man! He should just say so if he wants to cause trouble.
Sure enough, the next second, the world spun around her, and she found herself pinned under him.
“Bailey, we've wrapped up things here. Let's set off for Hallsbay tomorrow. I asked Mom and Dad to prepare the wedding a while ago, so they
should be making the arrangements now. After all we've been through, I ask for nothing more than to have a beautiful wedding with you.”
Bailey furrowed her brows. She wanted to return to Hallsbay to get married, too. She desired it with all her heart.
Faceless is a tough one to handle. If she comes out of hiding just to deal with me, I'll have trouble sleeping and eating as long as she's not dealt
with.
“Maybe... let's wait a little longer.”
Artemis's gaze deepened as he furrowed his brows and asked, “You don't want to marry me? Does love fade with time?”