The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon! novel Chapter 65

Chapter 65: Chapter 65 I Won, You Shut Up

Chapter 65 -65 I Won, You Shut Up

Lucas Jennings found her gaze lingering peculiarly on the mark, and Samuel Chalmers’ piercing eyes locked onto her fiercely.

“What kind of mark is this?”

“Well…” Scarlett Jennings steadied her nerves and regained her composure. She met Samuel Chalmers’ eyes, explaining without any hesitation,

“This is a protective mark, meant to ensure safety.”

Scarlett spoke without so much as a blush and had no intention of revealing her arranged fiancé to him.

Samuel merely looked at her, his dark eyes glimmering, as if fragmenting light, flickering on and off.

“Oh.”

He responded with a low hum, the end of his tone slightly uplifted, deep and melodious like a cello, yet there seemed to be a deeper meaning.

Afraid he might inquire further, Scarlett switched the topic, asking how Samuel got to know the other party.

Samuel simply said,

“When I knew her, she claimed to be a visiting lecturer at the Sea City Taoist Academy.”

Scarlett’s eyes flickered slightly, about to ask something, but he spoke first,

“As for why we became acquainted, it involves my personal matters which I cannot disclose.”

Scarlett pursed her lips, feeling as though her question had been tactically blocked.

But at least it wasn’t entirely fruitless.

Sea City Taoist Academy…

She muttered the name in her heart.

Yet she felt oddly puzzled.

Her master had never mentioned being a lecturer at the Taoist Academy…

Nevertheless, it was still a lead.

Counting it up, today had not been without gain.

She found the Thunderstruck Wood left behind by her master, learned of her master’s clue, and… gained a fiancé.

Scarlett couldn’t help but glance again at Samuel Chalmers.

The man before her was still surrounded by a golden light, his handsome features seemed to be veiled with a holy aura under the radiance—exactly what those online referred to as divine looks.

However, beneath that holy light, his brows and eyes exuded a chilling indifference, giving off an untouchable feeling.

But since her master entrusted the significant Thunderstruck Wood to Samuel Chalmers and marked him with the Peach Wood Mark, it indicated that Samuel Chalmers was undoubtedly exceptional.

She even had a premonition that staying by this person, she would eventually encounter her master.

As for her fiancé issue, Scarlett decided to keep it under wraps for now.

Everything would be settled once she found her master.

Scarlett thanked Samuel Chalmers and, carrying her bundle and the Thunderstruck Peach Wood, left the Chalmers family villa.

Samuel stood on the second floor watching her leave, his dark eyes reflecting a faint chill.

He lifted his hand, looking at the mark in his palm, recalling Scarlett’s earlier explanation. His face remained expressionless, with only a slight smirk of irony at the corner of his lips.

“Protective mark?”

Ha, clearly a lie.

…

Scarlett was unaware that Boss Chalmers had already seen through her lie. Holding the bundle in one hand and the Thunderstruck Wood in the other, she quickly ran back to the Jennings family villa.

Inside the Jennings villa, everyone had been startled by the explosion earlier. Her room was empty, causing concern until they saw Scarlett rushing back in, still in slippers meant for indoors.

“Scarlett, where did you go? We heard a loud noise from your room just now, and everyone was worried sick. Why did you run out?”

The second madam Odessa approached, her tone filled with urgency and concern, her gaze scanning Scarlett closely before landing on the items in her hand with an inexplicable expression,

“You even picked up a tree branch?”

Scarlett didn’t get upset at the mention of a tree branch; to outsiders, this thing indeed looked like just any ordinary piece of wood.

She casually explained,

“I was just conducting an air cannon experiment in my room, and it accidentally failed.”