Ivy Shen looked helplessly at the four flushed men below, totally at a loss. Sure, this wasn’t her first time, but to do THAT in front of all four guys at once...
Nope, not happening! She couldn’t do it!
"Ivy!" The guys shouted her name, while Ivy herself hesitated on the shore, totally clueless what to do. Just then, she suddenly remembered Charlie Qiao—right, he was the one who gave her the drug, so he must have the antidote!
So she grabbed a random piece of clothing they’d tossed on the ground and bolted out of there at top speed.
The four men froze for a moment, then quickly shook their heads, trying hard to snap out of it. They struggled out of the pool and chased after her, one by one.
"Guard Qiao, does that mean Miss Ruan will be the Crown Princess tomorrow?" the maid asked, grinning from ear to ear.
"Of course! Once Miss Rowan Ruan becomes Crown Princess, you’ll get a bump in status too," Charlie Qiao replied. He’d grown up with the Crown Prince and understood these palace changes all too well.
"Heh, let’s hope so!" The maid was still all smiles—she’d been waiting for this day forever.
"Ah!" Just as the two were chatting away, Charlie Qiao suddenly felt his collar yanked tight, making him yelp in surprise.
"The antidote! Where’s the antidote?!" Ivy yelled, gripping his collar.
Seeing this, Charlie Qiao and the maid both froze. Who was this woman? Who was this gorgeous woman? Why did she just run out of the Crown Prince’s bath? Their brains short-circuited with questions, and all they could do was stare, totally forgetting to yell for help.
SMACK! Ivy Shen slapped Charlie Qiao so hard his head spun and he staggered sideways, seeing stars.
"Where’s the antidote?!" Ivy barreled over, grabbed his collar, and roared in his face again.
The maid shrieked, "Help—ah—" but before she could finish the word ‘help,’ Ivy sent a palm strike flying her way. The poor girl blacked out and collapsed right where she stood.
"So hot, so hot..." Just then, a few more guys came running over.
Ivy frowned at them, "You guys..."
"Your Highness, what’s wrong?" Charlie Qiao rushed to Caleb Miles’s side, worried. But when he caught sight of the three other men behind him, he nearly jumped out of his skin. Who were these people?!
"Come—"
"Shut up!" Ivy snapped before Charlie could yell, cutting off his cry for help mid-word.
"Who are you? And who are they? What did you do to the Crown Prince?" Charlie was clearly freaked out—if these people got mad, they might kill everyone and cover it up! With the prince out of his mind, he had no choice but to clam up and hope for the best.