Chapter 45: This is not water
But it was hard for Max to face a hidden enemy like that; he just needed one chance, a chance to catch that person.
But for now, he was acting ignorant and kept working as usual, day by day strange occurrences began to happen around him, like things falling from above, though he had not been injured yet.
On the other hand, Lucian also noticed several changes in his life, his body was changing much faster than he had expected; it was almost like a movie where a character starts to change just after a few scenes.
His height had increased by a little and his body no longer looked thin, muscles were developing all over his body.
Though he was still far from the type of body he wanted to achieve, aside from the physical changes, he also felt that Jasmine seemed a little different lately.
After two weeks of sleeping together, now there was just a distance of a few inches between them on the bed, Jasmine kept moving towards him with each passing day.
And in these two weeks, Scarlett had received the last dose of the potion that Lucian gave her in the name of antidotes, and now he just needed for it to show its effect.
Lucian sat in his room, it was noon and he had just finished his morning workout after working on his computer for a while he was planning to go to the gym again, just then he received a call.
*CLICK*
" So how is your work going Peter? " Lucian questioned while he continuously typed on the keyboard, his gaze moving from one screen to another.
" I have completely become his shadow, but sir just who is this man? I have done a background check on him, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with him except for a couple of traffic violations, though now he had already sold his car. " Peter asked, even at this moment he was keeping an eye on Max.
" You'll know soon enough just who he truly is, but for now you can leave him alone. " Lucian said and without waiting for a reply he cut the call.
[ I am curious about what you are trying to create. ]
" Can't you just see the future? "
[ Yes but sometimes, it's better to live in present. ]
" Well, it's an assistant to make my job easier. Anyway, the technology here really is so primitive, I guess there isn't much difference in terms of technology between this Earth and my original Earth. " Lucian replied, after working for a while he turned the computer off and stood.
[ Today, let's start with two hundred push ups. ]
Just like usual, Lucian began his work out based on Zero's words.
After around two hours had passed, the gate to the gym was pushed opened and Scarlett walked in with a frown on her face, she seemed pretty angry.
Scarlett had a blanket wrapped around her body as if she was feeling cold or maybe trying to hide something.
She looked around to find Lucian, and as soon as she saw him her body froze for a few seconds, he was doing handstand push-ups he had removed his t-shirt since he was feeling hot even though the air conditioners were on.
She stared at his pale white skin and muscles, he looked completely different from what she had seen a few weeks ago during the wedding night, and his height seemed to have grown too.
Lucian was already quite good looking and with a body like that Scarlett found herself in a trance for a while, just watching him from this distance was making her body hot, it was as if his appearance was having some kind of supernatural effect on her.
After a couple of minutes had passed, Lucian stopped the push ups and brought his feet back down, he stood up and looked towards Scarlett who was still staring at his body.
" What is it? " Lucian asked, as he picked a water bottle and began to drink, and some droplets of the water fell onto his body.
" CLOUGH COUGH " Scarlett forced herself to look away, for a few seconds she even forgot why she came here or why was she even angry.
" Oh right, what kind of poison and antidote have you fed me? " She asked trying not to get distracted by his appearance, and her rage returned about her current predicament.
" Why? Did something happen? " Lucian asked as he put on his t shirt and then turned to look at her with a confused expression.
" Don't try to play dumb, I know you must have planned all this. I even agreed to listen to your orders so why did you do this? " Scarlett asked in frustration, it was a little easier to talk now though his face was just as distracting.
' Zero, what's wrong with her? Did that potion take her ability away or something? ' Lucian questioned in his mind but received no answer, Zero was just enjoying the show.
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" Did you get sick because of them? Are you feeling cold? " He asked looking at the blanket.
"..." Scarlett stared at him, her face contorting in fury she was sure that he was just acting, there was no way he wouldn't know what those doses did to her.
" I don't care why you did that or if it was intentional or not, just tell me a way to stop it. " She spoke, knowing that she can not hurt him even a little bit was getting her more frustrated.
" Stop what exactly? " Lucian asked in a loud voice, he couldn't understand the situation and she just kept putting the blame on him.
" This is what I am talking about. " Scarlett shouted in return and threw away the blanket.
She was wearing a shirt and pants, as usual, but soon Lucian noticed that her shirt was wet around the area over her bosom to downwards towards her belly, the stain could be seen easily.
" Wait, how is that poison related to you spilling water over your clothes? Are you drunk? " He asked, wondering if she had really gone mad.
" This is not water. " Scarlett replied through gritted teeth.
Lucian focused his gaze on her body again as he stared directly at her shirt, Scarlett felt a little uncomfortable but she stood still, and then he noticed that it actually was not water.
" Wait, it's milk? Still it does not explain how is it the poison's fault that you spilt milk over your clothes? " He asked, feeling more confused by the second
" I didn't spill this milk on me. " She replied while biting her lower lip.
" Then did this milk jump over your clothes on its own? " Lucian asked in a sarcastic tone.
" Yes, it jumped on its own. " Saying that she released a sigh and just as Lucian was about to throw another question she added: "This is my milk. "
"..." He stared at her face and didn't know what to say, he pondered her words in his mind and then looked at the stain on her clothes. And he finally understood it.
' This is her breast milk!! That's... way too hot. ' Lucian exclaimed.
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