Chapter 80: She cannot be trusted

"Well then, I'm free to poison you when I wish, huh?" She teased lightheartedly.

He wanted to kiss her in that moment, he was getting desperate but she had also refused to let him kiss her until the day of their wedding. She was frustrating. He just had to make sure nothing went wrong till their wedding. Four days. He just had to make sure nothing went wrong for four days.

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That same day, King looked through all the information he had stored on Joan, Merlione, and those around her. His heart tightened whenever he recalled it was just four days till her wedding and he had three days to do whatever he wanted to do.

He shook off the disturbing thoughts and got to work. Even if she got married to that man, as long as she said the word, he'd still take her away.

She was a therapist. She had her clinic where she worked from 8 am till 5 pm each day except on weekends. She owned a school for the blind where she made casual visits thrice a week. She sometimes visited Merlione at his company,