Chapter 270


    Joaquin instantly frowned at these words while Katherine merely looked coldly at the woman from the


    corner of her eye without so much as a change in her expression.


    Marcus stepped forward at once. Looking at the woman in displeasure, he reproached sternly, "Watch


    your mouth, Lexie! How can you call her a novice? She''s the only person who can save the Frasers!"


    After finishing his sentence, he shot her a contemptuous re. "Also, you''re nothing but a maid of the


    Fraser Family. I didn''t bother to argue with you since you always take good care of the Frasers, but


    you''d better not forget who you are. Don''t think you can do whatever you want now that the Frasers are


    in trouble. It''s not up to you to swagger around in this mansion like you''re the master," he said,


    immediately exposing Lexie for who she was.


    Lexie''s face darkened somewhat at the man''s words. The Frasers had recently been afflicted with the


    man-faced curse; so, as the only person unaffected by the outbreak, she had been taking care of the


    Frasers these days. With all her employers bedridden, she lived much morefortably in this


    mansion despite being a petty maid. As her employers had to be quarantined in their respective


    bedrooms, she was left with nothing to do. Not only that, she''d even make tea and coffee for herself


    and enjoy lounging on the luxurious couch. As a result, she became more presumptuous and even


    acted like the master of the house for a time. Now that Marcus had exposed her like that in front of


    others, she felt embarrassed for quite a while.


    Not wanting to waste time and not bothering to gauge Lexie''s mood, Katherine asked in an impassive


    voice, "Where are the patients?"


    He answered at once, "They''re all upstairs. Mr. Fraser hasn''t returned here in thest couple of


    months, so he probably wasn''t infected. The only ones in the Fraser Residence are his daughter-inw


    Patricia, his granddaughter Cyndi, and his grandson Myles." In other words, the only ones here were


    Zak''s wife, daughter, and son.


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    Katherine nodded before immediately going upstairs and checking on the three of them in turn. "This


    woman''s condition is the most urgent," she said, giving her judgment immediately. Pointing at the


    shrunken-looking Patricia in bed, she continued, "She has to be treated first, or she may not be able to


    make it and die here in no time."


    Havingplete faith in her medical prowess, Marcus instantly nodded at her words. "Alright. Do you


    need my help with anything?"


    She shook her head; her eyes flickered when she thought of the secret parchment scroll in her hand. "I


    have only one request: Nobody will be allowed to enter the room while I''m treating her. Please get


    these nurses out of the room."


    Complying fully with her request, he quickly shot the nurses in the room a look. "Get out of here, you


    all."


    At this moment, however, Lexie popped up again, blocking the door and refusing to let the nurses


    leave. At this sight, Marcus reproached in displeasure, "What the hell are you doing?"


    "That''s my line, Mr. Town! Ain''t I the one supposed to ask that woman about this?" Lexie frowned while


    raising her hand to point at Katherine in an apparent disy of defiance. "It''s not that I don''t believe


    you, Mr. Town. I trust your character, but I think you might''ve been fooled by this woman. Just look at


    how young she is. What does she know? How could she possibly be that superbly skilled in medicine?


    And now, she''s demanding that everyone get out of the room. I think she''s just a chatan who knows


    nothing and is pulling the wool over our eyes! She''s only asking everyone else to get out to not give


    herself away!"


    Seeing as to how she had gone so far in her speech as to be simply unreasonable, Marcus was


    infuriated. "What nonsense are you talking about?! Why would shee with me if she couldn''t cure


    diseases and save lives? What''s more, even if she gets everyone else out of the room, won''t she give


    herself away even further if she fails to cure Mrs. Fraser of the curse?"


    At this, Lexie immediately snorted withughter like a know-it-all. "Isn''t that simple? Nobody knows


    anything about this man-faced curse, anyway, and there''s no cure for it. All she has to do is stay in the


    room for about an hour—perhaps ying some petty tricks while she''s at it—thene out and say


    that she''s done everything she could, no? Ha! I''ve already seen through the trick she''s got up her


    sleeve!"


    "Shut up!" He wished he could p his hand over her mouth to silence her when he heard this. "What


    do you know? You''re just assuming everyone is as despicable as you are! Just step aside if you know


    nothing!"


    At this moment, Katherine, who had been silent all this time, suddenly shifted her gaze toward Lexie.


    Her pretty face seemed to turn into frost as her cold, piercing gaze fell upon Lexie''s face. "It''s fine to


    have nomon sense, but if your brain is addled, you better seek treatment before it''s toote.


    Perhaps your brain can still be saved," shemented casually as if it was a joke, but it carried a


    sarcastic undertone


    The instant Lexie heard this, her face turned livid; she opened her mouth and was about to retort.


    Just then, Patricia seemed to be awakened by the noise. Waking up in a daze, she weakly looked


    around the room with a confused look. "What…" As soon as she spoke, her voice cracked terribly like


    that of a person letting out theirst cry in the final moments before their death. Perhaps because she''d


    been in a lethargic state for too long, arge mouthful of air filled her dry throat when she suddenly


    opened her mouth, causing her to choke and burst into coughing fits.


    At the sight of this, Lexie hurriedly stepped forward. Still, fearing that she might get infected, she could


    only serve Patricia a ss of water while cautiously keeping her distance from thetter. "Please have


    some water, madam," she said. Then, shooting a nce at Katherine from the corner of her eye, she


    immediately beganining. "Madam, you''re not aware of this, but this woman might''ve killed you


    had I not stopped her just now!" she said, deliberately describing the situation in a bad way.


    When Patricia heard this, her hand trembled in fright, spilling water out of her ss onto the covers.


    Marcus never expected Lexie to say that, and his face clouded in an instant. "What nonsense are you


    talking about?"


    Patricia turned her gaze toward Katherine, then turned to look at Marcus. The worry was written all


    over her sickly face. "Mr. Town, w-what exactly is going on?"


    At this moment, Joaquin took a step forward to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Katherine. Then, he


    exined on her behalf, "Mrs. Fraser, my wife was invited here by Mr. Town to save the lives of your


    family, but this maid of yours is very ungrateful. Not only does she show zero gratitude, but she slings


    mud at my wife instead. Do the Frasers discipline their maids so loosely as to allow one of them to


    point fingers and make irresponsible remarks at visitors and even willfully throw wild usations


    against someone who''s about to save their lives?"


    Patricia''s eyes lit up when she heard that Katherine could relieve the Frasers from their misery, but her


    brows furrowed at how young thedy looked. "May I know who the two of you are?"


    Hearing her question, Marcus immediately attempted to introduce the couple.


    However, Katherine spoke before he could. With a chilly expression, she cocked an eyebrow slightly


    while looking down at the woman before her with a vague half-smile. "Does it matter that much who we


    are? When you see a doctor to save your life, would you care about who the doctor is? Isn''t it enough


    to know they''re a doctor?"