He agreed with Hilliardâs suggestion.
âThatâs a nice idea! Since heâs so annoying and always acts tough, letâs give him a taste of it.
â
Hilliard placed the feather duster on the bedside table, turned around silently, and returned to the dresser to continue preparing the medicine.
Cyrus walked past Graham and muttered, âHilliard, do you truly want to drug Nathan? The three of us bullying a sick man? If news of this spreads, itâll be utterly embarrassing for us.
Why donât we just let this slide?â
Hilliard remained silent, fully focused on preparing the medicine.
Unable to persuade Hilliard, Cyrus turned around and whispered to Graham, âGraham, you know how ruthless Hilliard can be.
Think about Lucinda.
Sheâs incredibly vengeful.
If she finds out that weâre torturing Nathan in various ways in her absence, sheâll be furious with us!â
âJust make sure she doesnât find out,â Graham scoffed.
âBut if Nathan spills the beans to her, sheâll still know,â Cyrus insisted.
Hilliard interjected, his voice cold, âI can render him mute.
â
âThatâs good.
Iâll tell her that he can no longer speak due to the virus in his body.
And sheâll believe it,â Graham echoed.
âBut.
â Cyrus was at a loss for words and glanced at Nathan with pity.
ut he has hands.
He can write down what weâve done.
â
Hilliard went on in a cold voice, âIâll paralyze him with drug then.
â
Graham nodded in agreement.
âDealing with a paralyzed person for a long time is always a nuisance.
Eventually, sheâll despise him completely and find herself a new man!â
Cyrus was stunned.
He then glanced at Nathan lying on the bed and silently wished him good luck.
Nathanâs body looked stiff, his face pallid and sickly.
Suppressing his cough, he removed the fever patch from his forehead, curled up under the quilt, and wrapped himself tightly.
After some time, he said softly, âI want to sleep.
You should leave my room.
â
Hilliard had prepared numerous tiny pills, carefully placed them into capsules with tweezers and then gave them to Cyrus.
Staring at the capsules in his hand and then at Hilliardâs cold expression, Cyrus questioned, âHilliard?â
âMake sure he takes these first, and then have him take the medicine I prescribed yesterday in thirty minutes.
â
With those words, Hilliard turned around and walked out of the master bedroom, showing no concern.