Chapter 1697

The chill in Shirley’s emotionless voice was palpable.

Adam looked at Shirley, tightening his grip on Cathy’s hand, and continued toward the door.

Barely a few steps and Shirley’s voice drifted from behind once again.

“Adam, I brought her here so that you can be content with your lot. Don’t you even think about stepping out of the door.”

Upon hearing these words, Cathy instantly understood.

She was merely bait for Adam, who would come and look for her here, luring him into this trap.

Adam’s fists clenched as he suddenly turned around. When he saw Shirley smoking in a carefree demeanor, his face fell. “Shirley, you should’ve already read dad’s notebook. Why are you still acting like this?”

Shirley stepped toward Adam, her face insipid. “Adam, you’re already an adult. Are you so naive to think you could solve this matter, one that had been gnawing at my mind for all these years, just by doing that? Let me tell you. It’s not possible!”

She gritted her teeth as she spat out the last three words.

Adam could deeply sense Shirley’s heartlessness. He also knew there was nothing else that he needed to say. He only wanted to get Cathy away from here.

“If you just want to keep me here, I’ll stay. Let Cathy go,” Adam requested firmly.

However, Shirley would certainly not agree to that. “None of you are allowed to leave,” she said, her eyebrows raised.

After her cold words, she instructed the maid next to her before she went upstairs.

As Adam stared at Shirley’s figure decisively walking away, he could not help but frown.

Cathy, seeing Adam’s troubled expression, tried to ease his anxiety.

“Let’s just stay here then, treat this as a holiday. You’re her brother, so she shouldn’t do anything to you.”

Adam sighed softly after hearing that. He looked at Cathy; his eyes filled with regret while hers flickered with a smile.

“I’m sorry for dragging you into this. I’m the one she’s after.”

“I should be the one apologizing. If it wasn’t for me, you won’t even be in this mess,” Cathy apologized, then thanked him sincerely. “Adam, I’m very grateful for your concern. No one else has shown me such care besides my parents.”

Adam’s eyes glinted, feeling touched by her words.

While he knew Felipe had been executed, he never thought that he would get his chance this way.

However, a selfish notion lingered in his mind–the notion to grab the chance to care for her forever.

As Adam brought Cathy to the room that Shirley had arranged for them, he surveyed the surroundings.

While it might seem easy to escape, Adam doubted that was the case.

Judging from Cathy’s words, Adam also finally understood the kind of person Carter was.

Cathy was unclear as to Carter’s and Shirley’s purpose for trapping Adam here.

However, Adam quickly dispelled Cathy’s uncertainty.

“They don’t want me to develop an anti-toxoid test reagent that cures the poison within Eveline’s body.”

Adam could see through their plan. “Shirley developed a type of poison, which has been taking effect in Eveline’s body. She doesn’t want me to develop an anti-toxoid test reagent to combat this poison.”

“What? There’s still poison in Evie’s body?”

“That’s right.” Adam frowned in distress. “I truly don’t understand why on earth Shirley’s doing this.”

“Perhaps it’s not what she wants to do, but who she’s doing this for.”

Upon hearing Cathy’s words, Adam was stunned as realization hit him. “Could it be Carter? She’s doing this for Carter.”