Chapter 456
She felt on top of the world.
‘So what if Athena was skilled in medicine?’ Willow thought. I’ve still managed to outshine her!’
Kelsey looked at Willow with genuine admiration. “Willow, you’ve truly lived up to my expectations. You’ve achieved great merit-news of this will surely reach His Majesty, and you’ll be commended. The Osborne family will also gain honor because of you.”
ཊྛ ཚུ ཛྱཱ བྷཎྜཏྟཱ་༩༠
Willow smiled. “Thank you for your praise, Kelsey. It’s simply my duty to serve the Osborne family.”
Willow’s eyes gleamed with triumph. ‘At last,’ she thought, ‘I’ve secured my position as Lady Willow of the Osborne family:
Kelsey nodded approvingly. “Indeed, you are such a fine young lady. I knew I wasn’t wrong about you.”
Just as the two were happily chatting, Michael strode in from outside, his brow furrowed and his face dark with obvious displeasure.
Seeing this, Willow hurriedly rose to her feet. “Michael, you’re back!” she exclaimed, her voice full of anticipation.
She reached out for Michael’s hand, but just as her fingers brushed his, he pulled away sharply.
Michael’s brow furrowed, his face icy as he demanded, “What’s all this talk going around outside?”
His sudden question left Willow rooted to the spot in shock.
She blinked, confused, and asked, “What are you talking about?”
“Why is everyone in the city saying you’re the one who contained the epidemic, and even… calling you a living saint?” The last three words nearly stuck in Michael’s throat.
He could barely bring himself to say it.
It would be one thing if Willow had actually contributed, but calling her a living saint? Wasn’t that too much?
Besides, he knew it was Athena who had worked tirelessly to bring the outbreak under control.
What did any of this have to do with Willow?
And those rumors-people were practically putting her on a pedestal, as if she were an angel from heaven.
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