Avery forgot to breathe. It seemed at the exact moment, a lightning came from the cloudy sky, and everything was blank, and so was her brain.

She came back after a while.

"Why do you have the drug?"

"I also sent men to search for James's bedroom that night."

Evan stared at Avery with a crimson look. Avery's face, which was always cool, frozen for seconds, and changed from shock to disappointment, coming to a complication he couldn't understand.

Evan had his eyebrows locked. Did Avery care for the drug more than he imagined?

Avery did have a complex feeling. So she didn't notice how Evan was studying her micro-expressions. She thought of Diana's last words at the hospital, regarding how she thanked Evan for the drug.

She then thought of a question she once asked Evan: there was a drug in Cambola City that was cooked for more than a hundred years, they said it could cure any illness. If she and Dinan were both fatally ill, who would Evan give the drugs to?

Evan's answer was Avery.

When a hypothetical question became a reality, Avery's guts told her Evan wanted to give her the drug. But something went wrong, or else he wouldn't bring her here.

To think Evan once gasped the chance to change her life and lost it, Avery feel extreme pain.

"Why do you think of giving it to me until now? Do you know how important it is to me? You know I've been looking for it, and you could have given it to me a hundred times from when you had it, why do you wait till now?"

Avery was sitting on pins and needles due to the time bomb, the new poison, buried in her body. She once suspected Rebecca had it. But she didn't expect she was so close to it. She could just ask for it...

But it was a great shame that she missed it when she could reach it.

"Why is the drug so important to you?" This is the question Evan's was struggling with. Avery never told him why she needed it so badly. She rarely has such a strong desire for almost anything.

"Is the question important now? You knew how much I wanted to have it, but you waited until now to tell me you had it."

If Evan gave her earlier, what happened today might have been prevented.

"What are you hiding from me?"

Evan suddenly grabbed Avery's shoulder, who got a bit out of control. He could feel her body trembling. Evan was desperate for the answer and used more force on his fingers.

"Tell me, what are you not telling me?"

Avery closed her eyelids heavily. She took a deep breath and looked up again later.

"Is there a connection? Do I need reasons every time I ask for something from you? Do I have to trade everything with a reason? If I told you there was no reason, wouldn't you give me what I want?"

"I know I don't mean it. I'm just afraid you're hiding something from me."

Avery suddenly sneered. Her smile was cold. She stared at Evan, "What if I told you I might die without it?"

Avery's words turned into a sharp knife, piercing from Evan's ears to his heart. He shook his head, not believing what he heard. He couldn't allow it.

Evan grabbed Avery's shoulder so tightly in case she was gone the next second.

He pulled her in his arms to make her a part of himself, "What nonsense are you talking about?

Avery pushed Evan off. She said seriously, "I mean it."

Evan stepped back suddenly. He slightly frowned and picked up the landline, "Get me the doctor with the most authority in B Country."

"Do you want me to get a physical?" Avery guessed his intentions and trembled. But she was relieved soon. She knew the doctor probably wouldn't detect it. Even if they did, it might not be a bad thing.

She had harbored this secret too long and couldn't bear it.

Sharing is better than keeping it to herself. She'd rather Evan find out, thinking of which, Avery nodded. She played along the way she never did.

All the eminent western doctors and traditional herbal medicine specialists were brought to the castle as fast as they could. They brought with them equipment for a physical, including for tests.

"Mrs. Howel's blood pressure is normal. She doesn't have high blood sugar during pregnancy."

"Blood pressure is normal. Heartbeat is a little fast, but it's normal."

"Blood test is normal. She doesn't have anemia. She lacks mineral zinc. It can be supplemented through everyday dietary."

"On all accounts, Mrs. Howel is healthy."

After hearing the report, one doctor heard the question trembling by Evan. Then he gave Evan an odd look, "Mrs. Howel is perfectly healthy. There's nothing suggesting otherwise. Maybe she has lots of pressure during the pregnancy. The bad feelings cause anxiety..."

"Are you saying I have antenatal anxiety?" Avery walked to them quietly. She happened to hear the conversation and got mad, "Evan, you're the one with it!"

The doctor took a great amount of Avery's blood for testing. She pressed the cotton swab on her vein and threw it in the bin. She knew they couldn't test it. She gave Evan a taunting look, "so, the result's back. Don't you trust me?"

"Mrs. Howel, you don't have to think too much. If you do, the baby..."

"Who allows you to talk?" Avery glared at Tinder, which shocked him. He stepped back.

This was Evan's birthday. Everything was fine until now. Tinder didn't know why it would turn into this.

Evan walked to Avery, and she dodged him. She felt she was a psychopath to him.

"Are you anxious because I told you I didn't like it?"

Evan stared at Avery's belly. The "it" referred to the baby.

"I'm not. You're the one having it," Avery shook her head, thinking it was Evan that got anxiety and sighed, "forget it, I know you wouldn't believe me."

The next second, Avery was hugged from behind her back. It was warm.

"Call Miss Summer and send a search crew there."

This was to Robert. Avery didn't know why he wanted to phone Diana. But she couldn't leave with him hugging her.

The phone rang once and was answered.

"Evan?"

Diana's voice had a suppressed delight. She didn't sound ill at all. Her voice was sweet and lively. It was like she was on a joyful time traveling.

"The drug-did you take it?"

Diana was frozen and answered—