From Ashes to Queen: Now I Call the Shots novel Chapter 54

Chapter 54 Secrets Taste Better

“Huh? Eugene, what happened to you?”

Rebecca came running up, breathless and flushed. The exertion added some color to her usually pale face

The moment she saw Eugene unable to speak or move, her eyes welled with tears and her voice chokeis

“Eugene…”

Suddenly, Eugene lifted his hand and yanked the silver needle from his chin.

Scarlett hadn’t lied–fifteen minutes later, it wore off on its own.

Rebecca stared, completely stunned.

“Eugene? You, just now…”

Eugene didn’t want to explain his humiliation; he immediately tapped her forehead.

“I was just messing with you.”

Rebecca let out a huge sigh of relief, quickly wiping away her tears.

“You’re the worst! I was so scared!”

Eugene hurried to apologize and soothe her, promising to buy her Juliet roses. Only then did Rebecca stop crying.

“Eugene, you didn’t give my sister a hard time, did you?”

Rebecca still felt uneasy.

If she couldn’t figure out how much Eugene actually knew, she was going to stay anxious.

Eugene shook his head. “Why would I go see her? If anything, she’d be the one crying and begging to see me.”

Only then did Rebecca relax.

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“Eugene, don’t be mad at her. These past two years, she’s already sacrificed her academics just to make you all happy. She really cares about your family. If you do run into her… will you promise me not to scold her?”

Eugene blinked, caught off guard.

“You’re saying, the reason she hasn’t achieved anything these past two years is because she was trying to suck up to us? Hoping we’d give her more attention? My sister just doesn’t feel secure. It’s pretty understandable, Eugène, don’t be mad.”

Eugene didn’t respond. If what Rebecca said were true, then where did Scarlett’s meridian skills come from?

For the first time, he started to question Rebecca’s version of events.

“Eugene?”

Rebecca was getting nervous, Eugene had been acting weird all day.

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Chapter 54 Secrets Taste Better

Something felt off.

We’ll do it your way. Eugene answered flatly, brushing her off.

Rebecca panicked even more.

In the past, whenever she said things like that, Eugene would always take it as proof that Scarlett was ungrateful and irresponsible, that she was spiraling.

But today? He was going sofi? She had a lot of questions, but didn’t dare voice a single one.

It was driving her insane.

Scarlett, fuming, stormed back into the lab. From now on, I’m not setting foot outside without bracing for chaos. 1 keep running into maniacs.

Suddenly, there was a cup of milk tea on her desk.

She froze for a second and looked up.

Jasper’s tall frame was blocking the window, the light filtering around him in a soft halo

It actually made him look more approachable than usual.

“For me?” she asked, still unsure.

After all, Jasper was notoriously moody; hard to read.

“You probably need it.”

She didn’t hold back.

She stabbed in the straw and took a big, satisfying gulp, three parts sugar, it seemed.

Perfect for her awful mood.

One sip, pure happiness.

“Mr. Fletcher, thanks.”

As she drank, her cheeks puffed out slightly; she looked more like a pouty little pufferfish than someone who’d just been furious.

Jasper gestured.

The robot cat leapt onto him.

“Bad guy bullied me. I stabbed bad guy with a needle. I’m awesome!”

Out in public, Scarlett had forbidden it from speaking to avoid drawing attention, but now that it was back,

it could finally let loose, and since/it had memory storage, it could convert everything it saw into story form.

The thing turned into a full–on chatterbox.

Scarlett felt a bit embarrassed

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According to the cat’s narration, she came off like a fearless, decisive hero from some martial arts epic. basically a wandering knight in shining armor.

Jasper, however, looked thoroughly entertained.

He even nodded now and then, encouraging the cat to keep going.

Finally, he commented, “Looks like your language system’s come along pretty well. Not bad.”

The robot cat’s amber eyes went wide.

It practically sparked with outrage, then it jumped onto Scarlett. You heartless human. So the whole reason you let me talk this much, was to test my language module? I hate you!

“Jasper, Jasper! I’ve got a lead on the corpse-

Jack burst through the door in a rush.

When he spotted Scarlett, he slammed on the brakes, swallowing the rest of his sentence. His face turned beet red.

“Pixel? You’re back?”

Earlier, Scarlett had said she was heading to the library to study and wouldn’t be back until around 7 to feed the lab mice.

That’s why he’d barged in like this.

“Ran into a creep. Came back early to cool off.”

Scarlett looked calm and unreadable, as if the whole “corpse” matter didn’t interest her at all.

But inside, her mind was racing.

She’d always suspected Jasper of secretly using corpses for experiments.

But from what Jack just said… They were investigating it too?

This felt like someone was trying to steal her thunder and she did not like it.

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