Chapter 80

Cory was perceptive, but he didn't want to build on wishful thinking. He walked out of the room, and the maid followed him from behind.

When he got back to the bedroom, he saw Anna standing next to Lord Theo, who was now sitting up in bed.

"Where did you run to just now, baby?" Lord Theo asked Anna as soon as Cory walked in.

Cory stopped by the bed. Anna took a quick gaze at Cory, perhaps to tell whether or not Cory heard what her father had just said.

"Uh... It's nothing... I - I went to the restroom." Anna stuttered first before getting a grip.

Cory took a gaze at her. He made sure to let her know that he was staring at her. He wanted her to know that he knew something she was hiding.

When she realised that his gaze held some weird note to it, she dropped her gaze. Cory smiled softly.

He turned to the man.

"What is my condition, doctor?" Lord Theo asked.

Those would be the first few words of Lord Theo ever since the drama of the monks. Cory seemed a little bit tipped off by
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