Chapter 1694
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While she wanted to secure wealthy clients like Claire, she absolutely refused to cross the Zen Marches authorities.
Flora was a slippery operator. The more Claire acted like she didn’t want the guy, the harder Flora pushed the sale.
Sure enough, Claire began to feign a reluctant interest.
“Oh? Who exactly is this guy, and why does he fit our needs so perfectly?”
Flora prefaced the pitch by mentioning the man was wanted by the police. He likely had a massive bounty on his head, and since he was clearly from Solenia, it might even be an international incident.
In short, he was a walking target.
But since Claire’s group was also from Solenia, they could easily use the guise of ‘rescuing a compatriot’ to smuggle him out while quietly using him as a test subject.
Even if the authorities back home investigated later, dead men tell no tales.
Trying to save a life and accidentally killing the patient on the operating table? Happens all the time, right?
“Even though he’s severely injured, he has a solid foundation. Slicing him a couple of times definitely won’t kill him.”
“Unlike some fragile locals around here who’d expire the second you touched them.”
Who knows if the ‘fragile locals’ Flora mentioned were actual Kaston residents or just hyperbole.
It didn’t matter.
Both sides engaged in a masterclass of psychological warfare, pushing and pulling. Eventually, they reached the price negotiation.
Eager to unload the liability, Flora only asked for enough to cover his medical and boarding expenses.
Since Claire’s true objective was simply to save him, she haggled just enough to keep up appearances.
In the end, Claire purchased Silas for eight thousand dollars.
After pocketing the deposit, Flora looked at them like they had just scored the deal of the century but were still complaining.
“This guy is prime real estate. He has a gorgeous face, but my medical setup here is just too basic.”
“You girls are doctors, right? If you patch him up, you’ll definitely make your money back off him later.”
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Flora kept rambling, but when Claire’s team finally saw the man, they were horrified.
What happened to ‘solid foundation’?
Silas was emaciated to the point of being skeletal.
He was completely unconscious, barely clinging to life. How could anyone test drugs on a man in a coma?
Claire didn’t even have to act. Rory stepped up, her face twisting in.
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“You said he was built!”
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“When I first brought him in, he was an absolute unit, I swear.”
“Aren’t you girls doctors? Just nurse him back to health, and he’ll be sturdy again in no time.”
She was sweating bullets. The kid looked like a stiff.
Please don’t tell me he’s actually dead.
Can you even sell a corpse for eight grand? He wouldn’t fetch eighty bucks looking like this!
But asking Flora to return cash she already held was like asking her to rip out her own heart.
“Flora, you’re playing us,” Claire said, a chilling, humorless smile spreading across her face.
“He’s in a coma. Even if I slice him open right now, I doubt his heart is pumping hard enough to bleed.”
“This guy is totally useless to me.”
Claire held out her hand. “Give me a refund!”
A refund?
Giving money back was physically impossible for Flora.
Her face drained of color. “Ladies, how about this: I’ll throw Barrett in as a package deal.”
She had been worrying about the blowback of keeping Barrett while selling off his partner anyway.
Tossing both liabilities over the fence at the same time was the perfect solution. And she’d still make a massive profit.
Flora desperately needed the cash. Not just to feed her army of workers, but because before she fled the country years ago, she had given birth to a son out of wedlock
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