Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 85

The young man in black wasn't surprised to see this. He took out a box from his messenger bag calmly.

Shannon recognized it as one of the 12 instruments that Zidane had auctioned off previously. It was capable of temporarily sealing away malevolent spirits.

She put the paper lantern into the box and paid the fee on the spot.

The young man then left with the box swiftly.

Next, she sent a message to the previous number to tell the other party the approximate delivery time. She transferred 80 thousand dollars to the recipient.

The 60 thousand dollars she got from Scott was all spent. She even had to pay an additional 20 thousand dollars.

It pained Shannon to have to fork out this much money all of a sudden. However, she quickly recovered from it. She suffered a loss this round, but she could make up for it with another deal.

Although it was unintended, she happened to resolve someone else's problem. Now, it was time for her to collect the payment that was due.

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In the hospital, Rachel lay in bed. After just two days, she had visibly lost weight. She had dark circles around her eyes, and her skin was sallow. She was in poor spirits.

As Rachel had nearly been strangled to death two nights ago, she had barely slept since then.

She did all she could to stay awake, even when she was exhausted. Not only that, she looked at everyone around her fearfully and vigilantly. It was as if someone across from her would suddenly turn into Rachelle and pounce on her.

Rachel drank her third cup of coffee for that day.

Sheila was sitting next to her with her head bandaged. She had fallen and knocked her head on the stairs earlier.

Maybe Rachelle would then target Shannon instead of her.

Hadn't it always been like this? Whenever Shannon was around, any ailment that wouldn't heal would slowly be transferred to her. Rachel would recover, while Shannon would fall ill or get injured in her place.

Rachel vividly remembered how frightening Rachelle had been the other night. She refused to wait any longer and made a move to pull out her IV drip.

"I need to see Shannon. Take me to her now! She can't ignore me after taking the bangle!"

Sheila immediately tried to calm her down.

Amidst the chaos, the door to the ward suddenly opened.

Shannon stood outside the door. With a brow raised, she seemed to be smirking with amusement. "I heard you wanted to see me. Well, here I am."