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Not long after, the trending topics about me were taken down.
A surveillance video and the mutated cat’s assessment results were posted online.
Like a giant stone dropped into a calm lake, it immediately stirred up a huge wave.
The Federal Institute of Biological Sciences also issued a statement online, strongly supporting my work capabilities.
At the same time, an account with the ID “Blackwood” retweeted my post.
–“The Blackwood family’s legal team, at your service, free of charge.”
Suddenly, the tide of online public opinion shifted.
**I can’t believe all of this was Isabelle Sterling’s own doing! How can someone be so evil?]**
**[And Landon Price, the head of the institute, was colluding with her to slander Blair Sutton. The Federal Institute needs to investigate this thoroughly!]**
*Blair Sutton has been wer
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**[Blair Sutton has been working at the institute for so long, her performance has been evident to everyone. Running into this whole Sterling family is really just her bad luck.]**
**[This “Blackwood” account wouldn’t happen to be from the Blackwood clan, would it? I remember the main Blackwood family has that last name.]**
**[I heard it’s the newly appointed head of the Blackwood Clan!]**
**[??? Running into the Blackwood Clan, then the Sterling family and Landon Price are really in for a world of trouble!]**
After the investigation, I was transferred back to The Federal Institute of Biological Sciences.
Landon Price was sentenced to ten years for bribery and abuse of power in his work.
Isabelle Sterling was sentenced to seven years for intentionally leading public opinion, spreading rumors, defaming, and damaging a federal test subject.
Both of them went to jail, which provided some closure for me.
During this time, comments still appeared in my mind.
But fewer and fewer people were siding with the female lead.
One evening, after work, I came home.
I was changing my shoes when the comments suddenly went wild-
**[The villainess has no idea what she’s about to face tonight!]**
**[Honestly, I’m totally here for the ambiguous tension between the male lead and villainess. Can we get some hardcore action tonight, please?!]**
**[Now that I think about it, hasn’t the male lead always liked the villainess? After all, the villainess has a mark unique to the werewolf clan!)**
**[Exactly! Werewolves only give unique marks to their destined mates!]**
**[But watch out, villainess, there’s a dark, yandere male staring at you from behind.]**
Seeing the last comment, I felt a cold, sticky gaze from behind me.
My heart stirred slightly.
Just as I turned, I saw a tall figure flash towards me.
The next second, strong, powerful arms wrapped around my waist, and he actually picked me up with one hand.
I gasped, scrambling to wrap my arms around his neck.
“Silas, you’re crazy…!”
It was the first time I’d been two meters off the ground.
He walked as if on flat land, heading towards the bedroom.
I quickly stopped him:
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I quickly stopped him:
“Wait, we haven’t cleared things up.”
“Don’t even think about stepping into my bedroom.”
Silas paused at my
words.
He looked up, staring at me plaintively.
His voice held a hint of dissatisfaction:
“You’re so mean.”
“But I’ve been secretly… every night during this time…”
He mumbled the last part quietly.
I didn’t catch it at all.
But seeing him like this, I found it amusingly novel.
I pushed against his shoulders and said gently:
“Put me down first.”
Silas reluctantly lowered me.
But his entire body unconsciously pressed closer.
His body was warm, as if showing signs of entering his heat cycle.
It made the red mark on my waist burn even hotter.
He was like a giant dog, leaning in to sniff my scent.
His hot breath landed on my face, my neck, sending shivers down my spine.
My heart tightened.
I quickly extended a finger, pressing it against Silas’s shoulder.
There were still some scores I hadn’t settled with him.
“That day you went into heat, did you see Isabelle Sterling?”
My tone was slightly cold.
Silas noticed, and his expression grew more serious,
Hearing that name, his eyes filled with disgust and annoyance.
“How did you know?”
“She showed up that day saying some inexplicable things, but she smelled awful and I worried she was crazy.”
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“So I chased her away. I didn’t tell you about it.”
Hearing that, some of my doubts were cleared.
But I couldn’t help but frown slightly.
“Smelled awful?”
Werewolves‘ sense of smell was indeed much more sensitive than ordinary humans.
But I had been in contact with Isabelle Sterling before, and she hadn’t smelled bad.
Silas’s silver–gray eyes stared intently at me.
The emotion in his eyes deepened.
His Adam’s apple bobbed.
After a long moment, he whispered:
“Because I’ve already recognized my one and only wife in this lifetime.”
“So other females have no scent to me, but only Isabelle Sterling smells awful, worse than a beggar.”
“But you smell so sweet. I can never get enough of your scent. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have gone into heat so quickly that time…”
Hearing this, meeting his hot and focused gaze.
He asked again:
“Aren’t you curious who my recognized wife is?”
My heart suddenly pounded a few beats faster.
I instinctively looked away.
The next second, my whole body felt light.
I gasped, wrapping my arms around Silas.
He wrapped his arms around my waist, pinning me against the wall.
His gaze was deep, gripping me tightly.
Intense heat and desire threatened to spill from him.
As he leaned in closer,
My heart pounded like a drum.
When our lips were only centimeters apart, his deep, husky voice, laced with a laugh, exploded in my ear:
“Can I kiss you?”
“Baby”
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