Chapter 1125

Charles said something, but Nicola didn't catch it. A wave of dizziness washed over her, causing her head to droop, and she fell into a deep sleep. When she woke up, it was already the following morning. At first, her mind was blank. After sitting in bed for a while, her thoughts returned, and she recalled the previous night's events. Steven had drugged her, and then Charles arrived and forcibly took her away. But her memory became a blur after that. She was certain that she wasn't in the slums. As Nicola looked around, she slowly recognized her surroundings and realized that she was in Charles' room. She'd spent a night in this room before. Back then, he was drugged, and she had surrendered herself to him as the antidote. Even if she hadn't yet fallen for him, she was sincerely thankful to him. The private doctor had stated that Charles was drugged with an extremely deadly and hard-to-cure drug and that if a woman didn't intervene, he wouldn't survive. Charles hadn't wanted any