[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bound-to-my-enemy":3,"chapter-bound-to-my-enemy-bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-196":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bound to my Enemy",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1600134,2067,"Chapter 196.","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-196",196,"\u003Cp>\"That’s a bloody lie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve been taking those for years,\" I continue, my voice rising a little despite how dry my throat feels. \"Since Mia became our housekeeper.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her name feels strange in my mouth now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I only started getting sick months back,\" I add, my brows pulling together. \"So what the hell are you even talking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She laughs this quiet, knowing kind of laugh that makes something in my chest tighten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah,\" she says, dragging the word out like she’s savoring it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s exactly why it was so easy for her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She takes a step closer to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was easier for her to bleend it in,\" she adds casually, like she’s talking about sugar in tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And have you not notice it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My stomach twists and turns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To blend what in?\" I ask, my voice sharper now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because something about the way she’s saying it....It’s getting under my skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I wouldn’t know that,\" she shrugs lightly. \"I don’t know how the magic works, baby.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way she says baby makes my jaw tighten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So how would you know anything ?\" I push, my voice rising again. \"Mia would never do that to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shake my head slightly, even though it makes my head throb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s like my mom. She....she wouldn’t....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, please cut that crap,\" she snaps, rolling her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyone can do anything for money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lips curl slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I heard she did it for money though.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Heard from who?\" I ask immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice is tight now but there’s something creeping in underneath it, something I don’t like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why would she even do that?\" I continue before she can answer. \"And who would put her up to it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My breathing picks up slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who would pay her for that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shake my head again, more forcefully this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What would they even gain from my death? It doesn’t even make any sense at all r.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She watches me the whole time patient and almost amused....like she’s waiting for me to catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I dunno...\" she hums.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone is light, but her eyes.....her eyes are sharp and focus nd something in them now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something that makes my chest tighten again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But,\" she adds, tilting her head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can ask your husband though.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean by that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice drops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What does my husband have to do with this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shrugs casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uhmm... I dunno,\" she says, dragging it out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe the fact that he paid your brother’s housekeeper to slowly slowly poison you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a second....Everything goes quiet, like completely quiet, like my ears just stopped working.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s a bloody lie.....another bloody lie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice comes out lower this time, it sounds small even to my own ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He wouldn’t do that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shake my head again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re lying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My chest rises and falls harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you lying?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something twists painfully in my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t fuckinh piss me off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gives me a satisfied smile....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh...\" she breathes out softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m breaking your little heart now, aren’t I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes drag over my face in every reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You fell for your killer, didn’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words rip out of me before I can stop them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut up! Shut the fuck up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice echoes in the room, louder than I expected. I shake my head again, faster now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zane wouldn’t do that to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice wavers slightly on his name\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He... he....has no reason to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as I say it....Something in me hesitates for a second and I hate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you sure about that, princess?\" she asks softly, clearly mocking me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clench my jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trace back,\" she continues, stepping closer again....her voice dropping. Almost like she’s explaining something simple to a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why do you think all your morning sickness and fatigue stopped?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My stomach tightens instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m guessing it stopped, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t answer her I just stare at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because.....Because it did, it did stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s because you stopped taking the smoothies,\" she says....then continues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She wasn’t in the same house as you anymore when you married your husband.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My throat feels dry now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So she couldn’t keep feeding it to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And gradually...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leans in just a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your body started draining the excess toxins out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart starts pounding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s why you probably feel more energized these days,\" she adds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Less tired and less sick.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lips curl again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You dumb dumb girl...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallow hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t stop to think why all your symptoms slowly disappeared?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My breathing feels off now and more uneven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or reduced at least,\" she adds lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s if you’re still feeling some.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s a lie,\" I say again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it doesn’t sound the same or doesn’t feel the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you even know all this? How can I trust any word you say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She watches me for a moment, then she smiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll humor you today,\" she says.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only because I love seeing the heartbreak on your face.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My jaw tightens....i want to look away but I don’t...i can’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have a knack for finding things,\" she continues, her voice softer now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"People and Information.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She straightens slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter how hidden it is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes lock onto mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I can and will find it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I got... interested in your husband,\" she says, almost like she’s remembering something pleasant. \"When I found out he killed my brother. So I started digging. Looking for something....anything.....to break him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiles slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Imagine my surprise when I stumbled on that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leans closer clearly teasing me. \"So... how do you feel now? Not so strong and mouthy anymore, are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I force a scoff. \"I don’t believe you. Not a word you have said. Get the hell away from me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rolls her eyes. \"You clown. I’d show you proof, but you’re not worth it. It’s not like you’re getting out of here or anything like that .\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1000,"2026-06-06T09:39:37.420Z",1,"novelbin.me","a819034cc0b459ea39f09833947621c20b819a76ed788c7820990a0f492eebcc","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-197","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-195",266,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbound-to-my-enemy-cover.jpg"]