Chapter 271

Lewis Family's Old Estate. When Samuel came back, Stella Banks immediately glanced behind him. "Where's Megan?" "She's still at Dreamscape Manor." Noticing Samuel carrying an oval-shaped ball, Stella's face turned dark. "Seriously? You show up playing ball and leave your sister behind? Are you out of your mind? How could you hand Megan over to Tristan?" Samuel flopped onto the couch, legs crossed. "Mom, do you really think I'm that dumb?" "Absolutely, without a doubt!" "Are you even my real mom?" Samuel twitched at the corner of his mouth. "We all fell for Tristan's act. He and Nicole are clean. They just staged a whole soap opera and fooled us all." "What are you talking about?" Samuel leaned back, speaking slowly. "Tristan and Megan got the same sorcery worm—one that usually means either both live or both die. But turns out, it's a trap. After the worm's implanted, the man dies in eight months, but the woman survives. The point is to test whether the woman's love is strong enough to