Chapter 344

Right after Lucius was finished speaking to Vanessa, a loud commotion erupted outside the villa. A bodyguard rushed into the living room to report in no time. "Mr. White, something's happened to Ms. Moore!" "What is she playing at this time?" Lucius brooded. He rushed to the scene with several bodyguards, only to find Bella on the ground, pale and trembling. Coiled around her feet was a six-and-a-half-foot blue-blooded serpent that Lucius had raised like his own son, Lucifer. Bella burst into tears as soon as she saw Lucius hurry over with his men. "T-This terrifying snake tried to eat me, Mr. White!" Lucius wasn't blind. Lucifer had only wrapped itself around her ankle. It had no intention of hurting her. Besides, it was an innocuous pet snake. From the day Lucius brought it home, Lucifer had never hurt a single person. Its only flaw was that it loved flicking its tongue at anyone who wasn't its owner. Keane, Silas, and all the bodyguards and housekeepers were practically gree