Chapter 289

• Two days later, Antern arrived at Valor Estate, accompanied by two security officers. Since my return the previous day, I had been battling a relentless fever. Despite calling in a doctor and taking medication that night, the fever hadn’t fully broken, and the nightmares that haunted my sleep made rest impossible. Only today was I beginning to feel a slight relief.
• I had barely given the promissory note a second thought. To me, it was just another calculated attempt by Cassandra to undermine me a petty power play. After all, fifty thousand dollars was a trivial sum to someone like her. There was no way she would truly come to demand payment.
• But Antern’s arrival told a different story.