His Secret Spoiled Wife (Lily and Alexander) novel Chapter 1396

Over the past few years, Austin had been holding onto the title people gave him of being Dominic's secret apprentice. Others respected him, and people would beg for him to visit their friends or family who had contracted some disease from time to time.

He had grown accustomed to living in the limelight, although he would repeatedly tell himself that he had never explicitly confirmed or denied the truth. It was all wishful thinking by the public. It had nothing to do with him.

However, guilt started forming in him after such a long time. On top of that, he also feared that he might be exposed.

Besides competing with Lily, he feared she might come out one day and expose that he was not Dominic's secret apprentice. Therefore, Austin had been trying to use his strength to prove that he did not need the title to be capable. Still, he was always a step behind when it came to Lily.

This time, he retrieved the data Lily had deleted. It was all based on his own skills, thus making him feel a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction that he could not buy.

Austin stretched his arms and said proudly, "Professor Thompson, now that I’ve retrieved the data, you don't have to worry anymore. We can proceed with the experiment.”

"Yes, yes. That's great, Austin! You're amazing!" Thompson was almost incoherent after the adrenaline rush. He was so happy that he did not know what to say. He placed his hand on Austin’s shoulder and exclaimed, "This lab would be nothing without you. Now that Lily is gone, you will take her place. In the future, you're responsible for this project!"

"Okay!" Austin simply agreed. Now that he had all the experimental data and the results of the previous successful experiments, he believed he would soon succeed.

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Maria was resting at home today. She had been so busy that she did not even have time to play cards with her friends or even have any beauty treatments done. After two days of rest, she went to the Rollins' household for a look.