“But
Sister refused to give me the antidote, no matter what!”
Jason added, “Yes, it’s all her doing. If she couldn’t have me, she wanted me deadr
Madam Xavier looked torn, her eyes flicking between my parents‘ resolute expressions and her own shaken thoughts.
Just moments ago, she was certain the death curse had taken hold–yet now, she hesitated.
“Evelyn, if you really poisoned him, please give him the antidote. He’s the only heir of our Xavier family’s generation. Nothing must happen to him.”
Beside her, Father Xavier stood grim–faced, silent but oppressive.
Five pairs of eyes bored me.
I replied with an indifferent smile, “Madam Xavier, I didn’t poison him. If there’s no poison, how can I have the antidote?”
Seeing Jason’s worsening condition, Miranda grew frantic.
“You’re lying! You poisoned him! My parents and I can testify!”
She turned the accusation sharply.
“But what about you? Who’ll testify for you?”
As her voice fell, a strange creaking sound came from the coffin before me.
A deep male voice echoed from within:
1 can testify for her.”
The coffin lid slowly opened, and a man in white mourning robes sat up.”
When his face came into view, Father Xavier’s hands, clenched around his cane, began to tremble.
“You’re not dead?“E
Charles Xavier chuckled softly.
“Surprised, Dad?”
The word “Dad” stunned the room into silence.
Madam Xavier’s eyes widened as tears spilled down her cheeks.
“Charles! Didn’t you swear you’d never betray me in this life?”
Father Xavier, his pride injured, snapped:
“Which man hasn’t made mistakes? That’s not what matters now! My son’s life is at stake!”
Everyone turned their attention back to Charles.
He stepped forward and shielded me behind him, speaking in a low, steady voice:
“I carry Xavier family blood, too. I’m still alive–and that proves everything.”
He cast a cold glare at Miranda.
“It proves someone’s a fraud. Evelyn is the real one with a natural spiritual body. Only she can deceive spirits with her mourning.“X
My parents‘ faces drained of color. Miranda’s eyes widened in shock.
Father Xavier slammed his cane on the floor with a thunderous thud.
“What is going on? Aren’t you two twins?”
Miranda exchanged panicked glances with my parents.!!
I gave a faint smile and said calmly,
“Miranda is the fake daughter–she was swapped with me at birth and raised in my place for eighteen years. How could she possibly be born with a spiritual body? She was just born on the same day as me.”
Madam Xavier let out a furious laugh, eyes blazing as she turned to my parents.
“The Luxton family dared to raise a fake daughter just to deceive us?”
“Did you think the Xavier family could be fooled so easily?“!
Miranda burst into tears, turning helplessly to Jason.ll
But Jason sneered and got to his feet.
“I always knew Miranda wasn’t born with a spiritual body.”
“Mom, Dad, this whole idea–that a spiritual body can deceive ghosts–is fake. Just made up by the likes of Evelyn to claw their way into a rich family.”
“She and this illegitimate child are covering up the truth. She poisoned me!”
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“Nonsense!” Madam Xavier raised her hand to slap him.
But seeing the red cracks now spreading across Jason’s face, she stopped short, teeth clenched in hesitation.
“Your father and uncles didn’t die for nothing! They each had brides with spiritual bodies to mourn them!“” “Look at your neck–it’s almost split open with blood! And you’re still listening to that fake daughter’s lies?”
“You’ll only understand when death is staring you in the face!“!
Suddenly, Miranda dropped to her knees.
“Dad, Mom! Even if I don’t have a spiritual body, my love for Jason is real! I cried my heart out! My sincerity must have touched the dead spirits. I…“E
