Celestial Queen: Revenge Is Sweet When You’re A Zillionaire Heiress

Chapter 1421:

“Damn it, I deserve to die. I actually believed Nathaniel’s lies and doubted your love. I’m such a fool…”

Lucius scolded himself continuously, lamenting his past mistakes.

Harlee watched, exchanging glances with Rhys. They both registered the surprise in each other’s eyes. Clearly, they had not anticipated the complex past involving Nathaniel, Lucius, and Nicola—a classic drama of friends torn apart by love, turning into foes. Frankly, it was quite theatrical.

“Nicola was really…”

Struggling to find the right words, Harlee fell silent, feeling that Nicola’s tactics were indeed somewhat unethical. If Nicola had no feelings for Lucius, she could have simply stated it outright. Why stage such an elaborate scene involving another man and a fake accident? Such actions would only complicate matters unnecessarily.

Harlee and Rhys watched in silence. The next second, Lucius initiated a new action. He unsteadily rose and made his way to the bedside table.

“The performance I’ve eagerly awaited all night is about to start,” Harlee murmured.noveldrama

Rhys, who had been massaging her leg while seated on the bed, looked up in astonishment.

“Did you orchestrate all this with just one call?” Pride tinged his voice. Indeed, Harlee was the most amazing person alive!

Harlee smiled and said, “It’s fine… This was all part of the plan against Lucius. If I weren’t confident I could get useful information from him, I never would have brought him to T&H Island.”

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Aside from her desire to understand why Lucius was cooperating with Nola, Harlee had also leveraged his guilt toward Nicola, courtesy of the tales she had spun, to make him willingly hand over the antidote.

“You’re incredible!” Rhys kissed her cheek and said playfully, “I’ll be counting on you even more from now on.”

Harlee skillfully raised her hand to push his face away, redirecting her focus to the high-definition video feed that Jianna was transmitting.

By this point, Lucius had been inhaling the spiced incense for nearly five minutes. His mind grew increasingly clouded, and then, abruptly, he began crying out into the air.

“Nicola, please listen to me. I know I was wrong,” Lucius begged as he collapsed to his knees. His voice was filled with sorrow.

“I had believed Nathaniel was to blame for your pain, so I conspired with Nola and committed horrific acts. That was never my true intention…”

Rhys’ attention also turned to the video, his expression thoughtful. He was aware the incense had been laced with drugs, but he hadn’t anticipated it would induce hallucinations. Harlee was indeed full of surprises. Now, extracting the truth from Lucius was no longer a challenge. Confronted by the woman he loved, Lucius was bound to confess all his misdeeds with profound regret.

True to expectations, Lucius began to divulge various actions he had taken, recounting the shady activities of the past five years.

Lucius’ collaborations included not only sporadically creating crises for both the Green Group and Sanderson Group with Nola, but also conspiring with Casper Happer to support his international fraud operations. Now, Lucius had even plotted with Nola to kill the Green and Sanderson families, aiming to thrust Baythorn into chaos.

Harlee sat stone-faced, her eyes void of any emotion as she listened to Lucius’ words. But underneath, a storm was brewing—murderous intent swirling in her gaze. If she hadn’t heard it with her own ears, she would never have believed that Lucius, who had climbed so high, had done such grievous harm to the country. To target Baythorns Free—could he be so audacious?

Rhys placed a reassuring hand on Harlee’s, his voice calm and sincere.

“Don’t worry. Once we get the antidote, we’ll hand him over to Baldrick. Even though Baldrick has retired, his network is still vast. He’ll know exactly what to do.”

He didn’t want Harlee to be the one to get her hands dirty with Lucius’ blood. Lucius wasn’t worth it.

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