You Hit My Heart
Chapter 1737: The Antidote Is Yours Unconditionally

Chapter 1737: The Antidote is YoursUnconditionally

Luther watched as Alisha returned to her room, happily unpacking hernew toys, and then he closed the door. The warmth in his eyesgradually faded, leaving behind a coldness.

He only showed his gentle side in front of Alisha; for everyone else inthe house, even a smile was unnecessary. He turned aroundexpressionlessly, passing by Athena without even sparing her a glance.He knew that Athena had been defeated by Joyce, hence her terriblemood. Thinking of this, he felt extremely good.

He sat down on the sofa and opened his laptop, starting to work. Frombeginning to end, he didn't say a word to Athena.

Awkwardness filled the air. The black-clad men finished cleaning up theshattered pieces and cautiously left the living room, guarding outsidethe door.

Athena had just wanted to approach Luther and speak to him whensuddenly, a sharp pain shot through her shoulder again. She let out alow cry and fell back onto the sofa. Damn it, Joyce had pressed on hershoulder, causing her gunshot wound to open again. The pain wasunbearable. She had relied on painkillers to cope for a long time.

She lay horizontally on the sofa, convulsing, continuously sniffing, andgradually feeling cold all over.

“Brother Luther, it hurts so much,” she moaned, hoping that herappearance would evoke Luther's sympathy and pity.

Luther initially remained indifferent, but as Athena's moans grew louder,he glanced at her.

He saw Athena huddled on the sofa, in a daze, and convulsing.Luther's suspicions arose as he observed her trembling appearance. Itreminded him of the symptoms of drug withdrawal.

Strange, Athena couldn't have touched these drugs. Why was she likethis?

He stood up and walked to Athena's side, looking down at her.

"What do you need?" he asked.

"Medicine, it's in the refrigerator. And the syringe, give them to me,"Athena reached out her hand, trying to grab hold of Luther, but hestepped back, just out of her reach.

Luther turned around and opened the refrigerator. Inside, he found thesyringe and medication. He furrowed his brow; it turned out to be illicitdrugs. He hadn't expected Athena to rely on drugs for pain relief. Itseemed she was addicted now. As these were second-tier drugs,primary analgesics would no longer be effective for Athena.

He knew that Athena had suffered a severe gunshot wound, thanks toJoyce. He understood that Athena had come for him from thebeginning, the one who had kidnapped Anderson.

This malicious woman, seeing her in pain now, gave him a sense ofsatisfaction. This was the retribution she deserved.

He closed the refrigerator, dissolved the painkiller, and brought it infront of Athena, handing it to her.

Athena tremblingly took it with both hands. When she tried to injectherself, her hands were shaking so badly that she couldn't administerthe injection.

"Brother Luther, please help me," Athena pleaded. The pain wasunbearable, and her whole body felt cold.

She had originally wanted to quit using drugs and had managed to holdon for many days. But with Joyce tearing open her wound again, shecouldn't bear it any longer. Although she knew that another injectioncould potentially trigger her addiction again, she couldn't care less atthe moment.

Luther looked at her. He hadn't noticed any signs of drug addiction fromAthena during this period. It meant that Athena had been controllingand quitting the addiction.

To inject herself at a critical moment like this would nullify her previousefforts.

Since she now actively requested the injection, it was an opportunityLuther could exploit. It would be a weakness for Athena. That's why heintentionally let her relapse.

Athena certainly hadn't noticed that he had dissolved twice the dose.Even if Athena had great willpower, she would likely succumb toaddiction.

He would show no mercy to Athena.

First, he had to replace the unlocking device for the detonator. That wascrucial.

After about an hour, Athena lay on the sofa for a while. She hadcompletely recovered, sat up, and tidied her disheveled hair. She hadbeen in excruciating pain just now, and Luther had surprisingly notrefused her plea for help.

This made her ecstatic. He still cared about her.

She came affectionately to Luther's side, "Brother Luther, I'm so muchbetter now."

Luther didn't look up and continued to work on his emails.

Suddenly, he felt a burning sensation in his ears.

He was startled and tried to cover his ears, but it was already too late.Damn it, although he had taken suppressants and the biological drugsspecially made for him by Professors Orik and Jocelyn, he couldn't stopthe bleeding from his nose and ears. He thought hecould hold out for afew more months at least. But he was developing resistance muchfaster than he had expected.

During this time, he had been focused on Alisha and had almostforgotten about the poison in his body from Otis. Now the bleedingreminded him that his body was being corroded and he had no controlover it.

Athena saw Luther bleeding and her eyes filled with anxiety.

“Brother Luther, you have to take the antidote. You can't wait anylonger! It could cost you your life!"

Luther wiped away the blood with a few wet tissues, calmly cleaning upthe bloodstains.

"No need to worry about me," his voice was extremely cold, as if lifeand death no longer mattered to him.

“Brother Luther,” Athena pleaded, stomping her foot in frustration, "Youcan't die. Why won't you listen to me? I love you so much, I'm doing allof this for your own good. I don't want anything to happen to you. Can'tyou understand? Everything I do is for you."

Luther gave her a cold glance and let out a scornful laugh. His eyeswere like an abyss, and no one could decipher their meaning.

“I won't agree to your conditions for the antidote. Don't even dreamabout it," Luther's voice was icy.

"At least think about Alisha. She depends on you so much. What wouldshe do without you?" Athena brought up Alisha.

Luther remained silent. Indeed, he couldn't let go of Alisha, but hecouldn't let go of Joyce either.

However, he would never give in.

Not even if it meant death.

Athena, unable to convince Luther, suddenly took out two antidotesfrom her waist bag and placed them heavily next to Luther's computer."Eat the antidote. I won't ask for anything in return. These two antidotesare yours unconditionally."