The Daughter in the Shadows (by Una Norris) novel Chapter 165

Chapter 165 That’s a Whole Lie

After saying her piece, Taylor asked Yunice, “You took the swapped medicine back last time–did

you ever figure out what it would’ve done if I’d taken it?”

Yunice, wearing a baseball cap and a mask that covered most of her face, replied, “It would’ve caused insomnia, loss of appetite, irritability… and eventually, make you ugly.”

“Ugly?” Taylor sneered. The medicine wasn’t meant to make me sick; it was meant to make me ugly?

Now she was even more intrigued by whoever was behind it.

Her trusted aide was still trying to break the delivery guy’s silence. It’d probably take some time before they got him to name names.

Yunice was taking Taylor’s pulse as they spoke. “How have you been feeling lately?”

At that, Taylor actually lit up a little. “Pretty good, actually. I’ve been sleeping well at night.”

She’d been anxious and tightly wound since childhood. Every doctor she saw told her the same thing–she thought too much, worried too much, needed to relax.

She understood all that in theory, but she couldn’t help herself. Yet after just one week on Rylie’s medicine, she felt like her mood had genuinely improved.

Even yesterday, after that humiliating scene at the Powell family gathering, her father had hovered around nervously, afraid she’d have a meltdown. He practically shadowed her every step. But to everyone’s surprise, she ate and slept just fine.

She was convinced the medicine Rylie had given her worked wonders.

Speak of the devil. A maid arrived and announced, “Ms. Taylor, Mr. Paul brought a lot of gifts. He’s here to apologize.”

Paul?

Taylor’s expression shifted slightly; her voice turned cold. “Bring him to me.”

She’d lost face at the Powell mansion yesterday–she planned to get it all back from Paul. So he came after all?

Yunice started to make herself scarce, but Taylor stopped her. “I heard real doctors are good at reading people’s faces. Can you?”

Yunice replied, “I know a little.”

“That’s enough.” Taylor motioned for her to stand behind her, then said, “Help me get a good read on Paul.”

Paul hadn’t come willingly–Jackson and Jensen had forced him to visit the Kendall residence to apologize. That being the case, his face was naturally sour.

Chapter 165 That’s a Whole Lie

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Finished

If he wasn’t going to be polite, then she definitely wouldn’t be. This was a marriage between two powerful families; if it worked, great. If not, the Kendall family wasn’t about to grovel to the Powell family.

Why should she care about his mood?

Whatever it was, it had to be important enough for him to completely ignore her at the family banquet.

He thought she was clinging to him, when in fact, it had been Jackson who reached out to the Kendalls in the first place.

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