Revenge is Best Served After Reborn (James) novel Chapter 874

Odie frowned, touching his flushed face. "Red?"

Jonah nodded.

Odie felt his own forehead, then Jonah's, finding no difference. "No fever," he concluded. "It's too hot in here. Let's get the AC going."

"How cool do you want it, boss?"

"Set it to 18 degrees."

Odie tugged at his collar. Yeah, it was warm. He hadn't noticed it much when he was in the study.

Thinking about it, Odie paused. "Was I too harsh boarding up Sophie's windows?"

"Not really. She did betray you."

"True." Odie nodded and took a few more steps before stopping again. "Get someone to remove a couple of those boards. We need to air the room out daily."

"Boss?"

"I don't want anyone suffocating on my watch."

"Got it."

Inside the guest room, Sophie lay on the bed, slipping the pill Odie had given her into her ring—a secret that might come in handy later.

*Knock, knock*

"Come in."

Sophie stayed in bed, worried it might be Odie again. But this time, it was Polly. "Boss wants me to make sure your meds kick in," Polly said.

"Don't bother. They won't."

"Trust me, the marriage deal between the Minton and Pollard families... it won't happen."

Polly was taken aback, but seeing the determination in Sophie's eyes, she finally felt reassured. "Okay, I'll give you the phone."

As Polly was about to hand over the phone, she suddenly pulled back. "I have one condition."

Sophie didn't get upset. "Tell me. If I can do it, I will."

"When you leave the Minton family, take me with you," Polly said. "If you leave me here, I don’t know what Odie will do to me? And if the phone thing gets out, I'll be the first to die!"

"Deal."

Polly asked, "So how will you get out?"

"Don't worry about that. I can leave anytime I want to."