Luther needed to get to the bottom of things. Today, every subtle change he had felt in the past vanished, and he found himself back to his old self, without a trace of Caleb's wealthy heir persona.
He easily found Ziva, and she wasn't avoidant of him either. When she saw him, her gaze was no longer the same as the first time they met, with only coldness remaining in her eyes.
She came clean to him. "The Art of Fate-Swapping failed. So, just get back to being yourself."
Meanwhile, those boils were the backlash after the spell got broken. They didn't grow on her, so she couldn't care less about it.
She appeared ready to leave, but the exasperated Luther stopped her in time. "What does that mean? It failed, and you're leaving me behind? You were the one who said I could become Caleb! Now that I've turned into this, you're deserting me?"
Luther refused to take that as an explanation. How could the Art of Fate-Swapping fail? He was so ready to be a wealthy heir!
Ziva cast an emotionless look at him. Although she still had faint scars, her overall face appeared nicer than before. "Well, spells are never guaranteed to be 100% successful. Besides, he has Shannon as his family. That itself should be a red flag. I can't do anything about it."
When the spell was broken last night, Ziva could barely react in time. All she saw was that the two clay sculptures in her room, placed by Alaric, suddenly cracked and collapsed.
Although his voice seemed calm when he contacted her through the talisman, she could noticeably sense his displeasure.
This incident was nothing more than an experiment, but the way Shannon quietly broke the spell threatened Ziva to a certain degree. With that said, she and Alaric had another huge present awaiting Shannon at her birthday party.
After composing himself, he pushed open the door and saw a bunch of shopping bags sitting on his couch, with men's and women's clothes from luxury brands. He was stunned.
Dixie assumed he was speechless by surprise and took a luxurious suit to approach him. "I know you went to the hospital and had no time to shop, but it's okay, Luth, I've picked them out for you. Why don't you try them on?"
Not only did she shop for male clothes, but she also purchased plenty for herself. Despite spending half of her remaining savings, she wasn't the least bit worried because Luther would be a rich man soon. Besides, she needed to dress well moving forward as Caleb's partner.
What she thought was an act of thoughtfulness became a thorn in the flesh to Luther. He immediately exploded after hearing she had spent more than 20 thousand dollars on these.
His body acted faster than his brain, and he slapped her across the face, berating, "Who told you to spend like this?"
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