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Chapter 954 The Negotiation (Part One)
A murderous look flitted across the Harper's eyes. She was going to find out the identity of the bastardwho orchestrated Darren's death. 'I will kill him if that's the last thing I do!' she determinedly thought toherself.
Derrick, the lord of Phoenix City, met the gaze of the current Darren. As he did, his stare became coldand piercing. For him, Darren looked too spaced out and emotionless that Daphne, his own sister, whowas sitting beside him, was visibly looking very uncomfortable.
"Darren, this is our father," Daphne reminded him in a hushed voice. Darren, however, didn't care. Allhe could think of at the moment was Harper.
Slowly, he closed his eyes and tried to fall back asleep. The wound on his chest was aching so badlythat even moving a little would send him screaming in pain. Because of that, he elected to simply lie onhis bed, ignoring everything that was happening around him. Unfortunately for him, the two peopleinside his room, intently staring at him, made him feel quite uncomfortable.
"Darren, do you remember anything else?" Derrick asked slowly and gently. "You couldn't rememberanyone. Daphne feels deeply sad because of that."
Once again, Darren didn't reply, nor did he open his eyes. It seemed like he had already fallen asleep,his breathing steady and his long eyelashes lying motionless. But then no one could rule out that hewas just ignoring the people who were trying to talk to him.
Derrick frowned and was about to shake Darren awake when Daphne stopped him. With a sigh, sheled him outside to talk. "Father, please be patient," she said as she closed the door behind her. "Darrenis seriously hurt. Yes, he seemed to have forgotten us, his family, but at least he finally woke up, right?Also, he remembers Harper, so he hasn't lost all of his memory. Let's just be patient, please."
"Does it mean that woman is more important to him than us?" Derrick asked, annoyed. "You grew upwith him, and you two shared the same hardships. It should be you who he remembers, not thatmarried woman!"
This also saddened Daphne to the core, but at that point, all she was thinking was how fortunate herbrother was to survive being injured and poisoned. She wasn't expecting too much at all, but she stillhoped that Harper would be able to develop an antidote as soon as possible to make sure that herbrother was saved.
"Father, we are counting on Harper to develop the antidote that would save Darren's life. I know youremotions are currently running high, but I beseech you to not cause any more trouble for her or forDarren." Her anxiousness was starting to take over her tone. "I'm afraid that if provoke Harper in anykind of way, she will give up developing an antidote. If that happens, no one will be able to helpDarren!"
Derrick opened his mouth to protest what his daughter just told him, but he found that he couldn't. Onlya bitter chuckle escaped his mouth. Yes, they were treating Darren with their own medicines as theSpiritual Poison continuously became stronger and more potent inside his body. Unfortunately, thatwould only last Darren a few days—a week, at most. If Harper decided to halt finding a cure to thedeadly effects of the poison, there would be nothing they would be able to do other than leave Darrenfor dead. With that, Derrick turned around and left without muttering anything else.
Harper was still busy trying to develop an antidote in the pharmacy. Being worried, Derrick decided tocheck on her progress. When he arrived, he didn't immediately announce that he was there, electing toobserve Harper in her natural surroundings. He saw Matthew was there, sitting beside her, seeminglyproviding her with support. Harper brewed some leaves while he read, and from time to time, theychatted and laughed. The two looked like a couple of lovebirds.
After a while, Derrick decided to make his presence known. "Your Highnesses," he greeted respectfully.
"Lord Derrick," Matthew replied back. "Are you worried about your son?"
Derrick nodded and said, "I just went to check on him and it seems like he is currently is too tired totalk. Daphne is especially having a hard time seeing her brother hurting. Her eyes are swollen as shehas cried non-stop, mainly because her brother still doesn't remember her."
Harper's action froze a few seconds. Darren was no longer the person he used to be, so how would hebe able to remember Daphne? And even if he remembered her, he probably wouldn't want to.
She finally broke her silence after some time, saying, "He will be all right." Those were the only wordsshe could think of. While she believed that Darren would get better, there was no way she couldguarantee anything else.
Derrick's facial expression became stone cold. "Daphne used to talk about you from time to time," hesuddenly said. "And every time she did, she sounded very happy. It made me curious. Now, I finallyunderstand why."novelbin
"We've known each other for many, many years, Derrick. We are good friends. I think it's normal for usto talk about each other. Although I'd been to Phoenix City many times, I hadn't met you, even once. Iunderstand how you'd be curious of me," Harper replied as she went back to researching medicinalmaterials. It was the right time to catch the manipulator behind the trick. All she needed to do was toget rid of the Spiritual Poison for Darren.
"When will the antidote be developed?" Derrick asked softly as he looked at Harper's back.
"Pretty soon," Harper answered bluntly. She wasn't sure about that one bit. But that was all she couldtell the father of her friend.
"I'm glad to hear that. Take care of yourself, too. Don't get sick just for making the antidote." After that,Derrick left with a steady pace.
As Harper watching him leaving, a flicker of doubt flashed through her eyes and soon disappeared.She then turned to Matthew and asked, "How is Douglas?"
"He is as arrogant as a peacock," Matthew said in a cold voice. "I don't want to keep him aliveanymore."
Hearing this, Harper couldn't help laughing and said, "Douglas is simple and not good at calculating. Ifit were Felton facing the same situation, he wouldn't have been so passive. Thus, Victoria abandonedFelton and chose him as the heir. She thinks that Douglas is easy to be manipulated."