Chapter 407


    Watching her son''s leaving silhouette, Olivia patted the back of Scarlett''s hand and whispered, “Calm


    down. He''ll be yours tonight.”


    Scarlett forced an awkward smile. “If you hadn''t stood up for me, I would''ve been walked over by


    Justin.”


    “Oh, don''t be silly.” Olivia stroke Scarlett''s head before pushing her away. “He''s gone upstairs. I need to


    give the housekeepers some instructions. You wait here on the couch. I''ll be back in a while.”


    “All right. Go on ahead. I''ll leave everything to you.”


    Olivia headed straight to the kitchen.


    There, she filled up half a bowl of soup and ordered the housekeeper to bring it up to Justin.


    “Tell him that the soup was prepared specifically for him. After all, drinking alcohol on an empty


    stomachter is bad for health.”


    “Yes, Mrs. Xuereb.”


    Twenty minutester, Justin emerged from the bathroom wearing a bathrobe.


    The moment he entered the changing room, he stopped abruptly in his tracks, a grim expression on his


    face.


    He turned around and threw his gaze at the porcin bowl on the table.


    Damn it! Someone has spiked that bowl of soup with a strong aphrodisiac.


    He couldn''t believe something like that would happen to him at home.


    Under normal circumstances, he wouldn''t have been worried about such drugs, as an antidote of his


    would be able to negate the effects. The problem was that he was currently at home, while the antidote


    he created was at the medical base.


    Before he lost his mind, he swiftly picked up his phone and sent a message to Veronique: I''ve been


    drugged by something potent, and it can only be neutralized by an antidote. Bring it to me from the third


    drawer in my study. Hurry! I''m afraid I can''t control myself much longer.


    No sooner had he sent the message than someone opened his bedroom door.


    It was none other than Scarlett.


    When she saw Justin wrapped only in a bathrobe with sweat beading off his face, she eximed,


    “Justin, what''s wrong? Why is your face so red?”


    Justin pursed his lips when the reason his mother drugged him became evident.


    He couldn''t believe how reckless his own mother was in trying to get someone else to bed him despite


    the fact that he was already a family man.


    Does she realize she''s forcing her own son to cheat?


    “Why are you here?”


    Pointing downstairs, Scarlett replied shyly, “Your father was wondering what was holding you up and


    asked me to check on you.”


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    Justin waved his hand and responded sternly, “I got it. I''ll be right down. You can leave now.”


    “Um, you don''t look right. Are you having a fever?” Leave? I have no intention of doing so the moment I


    walked through that door.


    She walked up to him as she spoke.


    Justin narrowed his eyes and raised his voice as he said, “Get out of my room now! Otherwise, I''m


    going to throw you out.”


    Scarlett was taken aback by his hostility.


    Nheless, cognizant that this was her only opportunity, she mustered all the courage she had.


    She knew that a second chance would nevere her way.


    “Justin, you''re in a bad mood because of your fever. Why don''t you lie down while I get you some


    medicine?”


    She rushed up to his side. At the veryst moment, she pretended to trip on her own leg, hurtling her


    body into his arms.


    When shey her hands on his burning chest, she eximed, “Justin, you''re burning up! You really do


    have a fever.”


    She pushed him toward his bed while fanning his lust further by caressing his chest.


    Justin looked at her coldly.


    “What''s the point in all of this? I have a wife and son, and yet, you''re still deluding yourself by resorting


    to such despicable schemes?”


    Scarlett stared nkly at him. “I don''t know what you''re talking about, Justin. The fever must be


    clouding your mind.”


    Justin snorted. “Do you take me for a fool? If not for the fact that we go way back, I would have kicked


    you out of the house for your actions earlier. You better get out before I lose all my rationality. Don''t


    disgrace yourself this way.”


    Scarlett looked at him through her misty eyes and choked out, “Do you really hate me that much?


    Justin, I''ve loved you for seven whole years, which should mean something to you. But why is your


    heart still frozen like a rock?”


    “You''re right about the seven years. During that entire period, I couldn''t bring myself to love you no


    matter how much I tried. It proves that we''re just not meant to be together. Even if you sully yourself


    tonight, it changes nothing. I don''t love you. I won''t marry you even if I sleep with you.”


    Scarlett bit her lip in seething anger, her tears streaming endlessly to the ground. After a momentary


    silence, a resolute look returned to her eyes.


    “It''s fine if you have no feelings for me. My love for you is all that matters. Losing you will drive me


    mad.”


    With that, she began to rip off his bathrobe.


    Justin was on the brink of losing his senses, his eyes bloodshot. He could barely resist such visual


    stimtion.


    While struggling to stop her, he desperately suppressed the effects of the drug within him.


    His only hope theny with Veronique.