Chapter 1454

"If you would be so kind, please convey to Jacob that I eagerly anticipate his arrival to finish me off. I'll be waiting patiently for him at Dolgo Isle," Perseus said, barely suppressing the grin spreading across his face. "A-Are you sick in the head or something?" Yulia asked in disbelief. "Me, sick? You should know that I'm actually a doctor. You can ask Jacob just how skilled I am. If I were sick, I would have treated myself," Perseus said, smiling faintly. "Do you really think I wouldn't know my own state of health?" "You…" Yulia trailed off, feeling completely thrown off guard. She had assumed she had gained the upper hand and could leverage Perseus and Liam's backgrounds as Xancentians to subdue the brutish members of Yamkov Syndicate and facilitate her and Natalia's claim to Tikhomir's inheritance. Yulia had been so confident, but she hadn't accounted for Perseus' complete lack of fear toward Jacob. There wasn't a shred of panic in his expression. He instead regarded her wi