After some persuasion, Dominic left the following day.To avoid any trouble, Lily ensured the old man left early in the morning. It was done quietly, so not many people knew about it. Lily stood on the balcony and sighed in relief when she saw the car carrying Dominic leave the embassy.She knew Fred might try to stop Dominic halfway, but the queen would not do such a thing. Lily then took a deep breath and headed straight to the laboratory. Although familiar with her way there, she was surprised to see it still in operation when she arrived. Entering, she saw Rhea sitting alone by the table, where a piece of equipment was running. Rhea seemed to have dozed off with her head propped on her hand and back toward Lily. Lily quietly walked up behind her and narrowed her eyes when she saw the things inside the equipment. She could not tell what they were, but she knew Rhea's experiment was never meant to help people.Rhea caught herself from leaning forward and looked up. She then

"Alex has been busy," Mike suddenly said.Austin played along, "Yeah, we haven’t seen much of him over the past two days. I wonder what he's up to."After a pause, he thought of something and looked over his shoulder at Mike. "You're waiting for Alex?""What has he been doing?" Mike finally turned to look at Austin. The former looked confused and somewhat suspicious."What else? He must be busy with the rescue. Besides, he can't just abandon his business, can he? I'm sure he still has to take care of it occasionally." Thinking Mike was behaving strangely, Austin added, "You're not suspicious of him, are you?" "Can't I be?" Mike asked. Austin instinctively tried to feel his forehead, but Mike leaned back, avoiding his hand. "Are you feeling okay? What's gotten into you? You know what Alex has done for us. I know you're anxious for your son, but you shouldn't overthink things, okay?" Austin said. Mike looked at Austin intensely and turned to look toward the yard. "I'm not."

Momentarily taken aback, Mike nodded and stood up. "Yeah, you're right. My son is much tougher than me!""Do you know in which aspect?" Dominic asked, baffling not just Mike but also Alexander and Austin, who shared a look. Mike shook his head. "I guess in every aspect.""It's the mindset,” Dominic shook his head and said meaningfully, "Your son has a better mindset than you. I've met many people, but rarely anyone like him.”Dominic continued sympathetically, "The situation is hard to bear, let alone for a child. However, he's very calm and sensible. He's something else—I'll give him that." Mike let out a half-smile after hearing the old man’s praise as if he was seeing his son now. "Yeah, Nicky has always been a sensible boy. Many people say he's too mature to be a child."Mike’s smile slowly faded as he continued, "Sometimes I wish he could be more childlike. It's my fault for not being around for him much."Since Nick had always been with his mother in the past, Mike wishe

Alexander said, "If we can show her the experiment is doomed to fail, she might change her mind.”Austin shook his head. "Well, you may be right, but how are we going to do that? We can't take over the experiment, can we? Unless she sees it, a suspicious person like her will never believe it."Dominic nodded repeatedly. Based on his conversation with Yasmin, he could tell how stubborn she was, even though she might waver sometimes. That was why it was difficult to persuade her. "That's what we have to do—conduct the experiment!" Alexander said, "Let’s show her how it'll fail."Austin was bewildered, but Mike had an inkling of what Alexander meant. "You're not talking about hypnosis, are you?"If they could perform hypnosis on Yasmin the way Rhea did to Ross and stage the experiment, they might be able to mislead her into thinking it had failed. "No, no, no! That won't work." Austin shook his head. "What about Mike and Prince Ross? Since the hypnosis failed on them, it shows it

"Do you think I need your protection?" Dominic knocked Austin’s head and said bluntly, "More like you're going to mess things up for me.""Hey! Uncle Dom, I—"Dominic interrupted, "What will you do while I hypnotize the old gal? Sing her a lullaby? Do you think I can hypnotize her with you hanging around?"Austin was stumped."I'm going to hypnotize her, not move furniture. I don't need you." Dominic then turned to Alexander. "Give me two days to prepare. I need to return to my estate to take care of something."Alexander nodded. "Okay. If you need anything, just let me know."With that, the group concluded their meeting. Although it was only two days, the wait was distressing enough. For them, each day delayed was unbearable.Meanwhile, Rhea and Lily put their best efforts into their experiments as if competing against each other. Yasmin had never visited the laboratory, not even once. It was as if she had forgotten about the place. All she did was bask in the sun and feel th