The Prison-Made Queen novel Chapter 404

"Paulina, known on the dark web as the 'Phantom Doctor,' possessed legendary skills with acupuncture needles. She specialized in treating intractable diseases for the criminal underworld and high-society figures that no other doctor could cure. As an underworld physician, Paulina offended quite a few people."

"And then there's you, Leilani Sloan."

He "looked" in Leilani's direction. Although his eyes were clouded and unseeing, his gaze landed precisely where she stood.

"You are the true heiress of the Sloan family. You should have grown up in luxury, yet you were maliciously swapped at birth by the father of the imposter."

"You were meant to die in that freezing winter after the swap, but fate intervened, and a humble farming couple adopted you, raising you until you were seventeen."

"On your eighteenth birthday, you were framed by your foster sister—the fake heiress—and took the fall for her crimes. You spent four years in prison, where you met Paulina and inherited her medical legacy."

"Well? Did I get everything right?"

The mysterious man recited Leilani and Paulina’s history as if he were listing family treasures.

Leilani’s pupils constricted slightly. She stared at him with an icy expression, her voice dropping to a chill. "Who are you? How do you know all of this?"

The man’s withered fingers tapped lightly on the armrest of his wheelchair. His tone was indifferent. "My name is Payton Larson. I’m an old acquaintance of Paulina’s."

Seeming to sense Leilani's wariness, Payton paused before adding, "Don't worry, I bear you no ill will. I sought you out merely to see if... the successor Paulina chose before her death is truly worthy of her legacy."

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