The Return Of the Invincible Heiress
Chapter 229

Chapter 229: Chapter 229

Two days later.

Avery finished her final exams. As soon as she left the school building, she saw Alexander sitting in his car, wearing sunglasses.

Avery raised her hand to cover her mouth and giggled as she jogged over. She asked him through the car window, "When did you get back?"

Alexander took off his sunglasses. "I just arrived in Valemont City this morning and stayed at home for the entire afternoon. Then, I came over to see you and wanted to treat you to a meal. I also wanted to tell you about something good that happened at my house." He paused slightly and said regretfully, "I also want to celebrate your 19th birthday with you."

"Oh." Avery replied and waved her hand nonchalantly. "It’s fine. Actually, I don’t celebrate birthdays very often. You were kind to remember, and that’s enough."

Avery was a Falix Moon just like her father.

She celebrated her birthday in the laboratory. The bionic robots made her a birthday cake, using data to get the perfect taste. It ended up tasting like an ordinary cake. Avery and her colleagues finished the cake but also praised the robots for doing a good job with the cake.

Alexander smiled. "Miss Carter, I believe that being born in this world is a very important and beautiful thing. I hope to celebrate this day with you every year."

Avery blushed for a moment and touched her cheek. "You’re quite slick with your words..."

Alexander said, "If you don’t like to hear such words, then I’ll keep quiet."

Avery quickly said, "As long as you really believe them, then you can continue..."

Alexander smiled and leaned forward to open the passenger door. "Miss Carter, there are too many people here. I won’t be getting out of the car."

Avery quickly ran over and got into the passenger seat. After putting on her seatbelt, her eyes kept glancing at Alexander. She couldn’t get enough of him.

Alexander also looked at her as he drove and their eyes met. Avery blushed, and Alexander’s face also turned suspiciously red. They both looked away, but continued glancing at each other.

The back-and-forth gazes continued. Avery and Alexander were drawn to each other and couldn’t get enough of one another.

Louis sat in the back seat. He carefully leaned into the door the whole ride, not even daring to breathe loudly.

He pondered on how he used to enjoy watching such cute scenes, but now, for some reason, he felt like the third wheel. It was so unnecessary and needed to end quickly... After an unknown period of time, they finally arrived at the revolving restaurant Alexander had booked.

To Avery’s surprise, Alexander actually put on an apron, a mask, and a chef’s hat. He cooked steak and pasta for her on the spot.

She said in surprise, "I thought you didn’t know how to cook."

Alexander smiled. "I learned how to fry steak a long time ago. I only learned how to make pasta recently."

After frying the steak and making the pasta, he even brought out a medium-sized cake. "I made this myself."

The cake said, "Happy 19th Birthday."

This was the best birthday present he could give Avery.

Avery tasted the food one dish at a time, and afterward she revealed a sweet smile. "It’s a very delicious meal. I like it very much."

The sweet date lasted for an hour.

She held a cup of espresso with both hands and looked at Alexander. "You haven’t told me what happened with your—"

Alexander raised his glass and took a sip of champagne. He said in a happy voice, "Nicolas was poisoned last night and is unconscious."

Avery’s mouth widened slightly. "Oh..."

She also wanted to laugh with Alexander, but she felt that this wasn’t the right thing to do. She could only pretend to be surprised. "How did he get poisoned?"

"Someone poisoned him." Alexander smiled. "I was planning to return to the country in the next two days. After receiving this news, I immediately came back just to show everyone how filial I am."

’The way he’s telling the story... I really want to laugh, but I won’t dare,’ Avery thought.

Alexander could be disrespectful to his father, but as an outsider, Avery could not gloat at Nicolas’ misfortune. Alexander told the story in a very relaxed tone.

"Nicolas had dinner at 6:30 in the evening. At that time, there was nothing abnormal. It was not until around 8 o’clock that he suffered from abdominal pain, vomiting, dizziness, weakness in his limbs, and skin allergies. Then, he slowly fell into a coma. Our private doctor rushed over and concluded that he was poisoned."

"After a night of tests, the doctor found the traces of more than a dozen drugs in his blood and vomit. Nicolas overdosed on a concoction of Baltux, Skobix pills, Teteson, Myxotan, Eusmine, Praglone, and many others."

At this point, Alexander poured champagne for Avery regretfully. "Unfortunately, the doctor arrived on time. Nicolas’ life is not in danger. However, this is the first time the doctor has encountered such a situation, so I’m not sure when my dad will wake up, nor am I sure if there will be any sequelae."

Avery wanted to laugh even more. She felt so uncomfortable holding it in.

Alexander just mentioned Skobix pills. Put simply, Nicolas had ingested an SKB pill, a fast-acting contraceptive.

Whoever drugged Nicolas was slick for mixing so many random medicines and discreetly giving them to him.

Even Avery had never seen such a case.

Alexander continued, "The Moran family checked. These drugs were ingested at Nicolas’ family dinner because traces of the medicines were found in the soup, water, cake, and other food and drinks."

"Nicolas’ wife and daughter, including some of the Moran family’s servants, also had traces of these medicines in their systems. It’s just that they didn’t take much medicine and there were no obvious symptoms. Nicolas ingested the most drugs. Whoever drugged him knows his favorite food and drinks very well and knew exactly what he would eat that day."

Alexander looked at Avery and said leisurely, "I was thinking of leaving you, Dr. Annie, over to treat Nicolas, or perhaps ask Lockwood to investigate Nicolas’ case?"

Avery pursed her lips and smiled. "Have you thought it through?"

"I think if you want to go, you can go. If you don’t want to go, then don’t go." Alexander smiled strangely. "If Dr. Annie doesn’t want to go, then Nicolas will continue on bedrest and suffer. I’m okay with seeing it happen."

"If Dr. Annie is willing to go and examine him, I will take the opportunity to extort Nicolas for a large sum of treatment fees. I will also obtain a good reputation for being filial. I won’t lose out either way. As for whether Lockwood is willing to take on this case, it depends on what she wishes to do."

Avery tilted her head and thought for a moment. She narrowed her eyes and smiled. "I’ll go! Uh, I think Dr. Annie would want to go. Tell the Moran family that tomorrow Dr. Annie—"

"No, let’s go over tonight. It’ll show your filial piety."

The reason why she was willing to help Alexander was because of their friendship. She wanted to help him gain a good reputation for being "filial."

Secondly, she was curious about Nicolas’ special case and wanted to take the opportunity to learn.

She was also curious to see what the renowned, magnificent Moran estate looked like. The one place famous for people with tragic characteristics.

Alexander smiled. "Then I’ll have to trouble you and ask you to contact Dr. Annie and thank her on my behalf."