Chapter 1556

Bonnie vented angrily. “He’s always being dragged off to socialize, saying his superiors see potential in him and bring him to booze up. I call bull! If he keeps this up, he’ll collapse from exhaustion!”

“I’ll talk some sense into my brother!” Emily said, “It’s late. I’ll stay here to take care of him. You should rest. I’ll call if anything comes up.”

“Thank you, Emily!”

“We’re family. No need for formalities!”

Emily ended the call. Charlie watched her, then rose thoughtfully and said, “You lie down for a bit. I need to make a phone call.”

Emily nodded, assuming he had something urgent to attend to.

Charlie exited the ER and found a quiet spot outside, then dialed a number.

Despite the late hour, the call was picked up quickly. In a nervous voice, the person on the other end asked, “Mr. James?”

chase, “Did you arrange for Elliott to keep overworking and socializing?”

was taken aback and quickly replied, “No, I didn’t know. I just thought Elliott was doing a good job and asked director Lucien to keep an eye on him. We even planned

to the bottom of this tonight. Don’t think about covering

trembled. “Yes, I’ll look into it right away.”

for your report.”

while. Mr. Sample called back

Elliott was by director Lucien. He explained it as toughening up Elliott, but I know his real intention. He fears Elliott’s promotion might threaten

Charlie replied indifferently,

Don’t let hardworking

Sample agreed hastily, “I overlooked this. I assure you, I’ll handle

him rest for a

Sample sounded even more panicked. “Is Elliott seriously ill? He can take as much time off as he needs. I’ll talk to HR about paid leave.” “It’s

you should rest too.”

headed back to

Elliott’s IV bag was left. He was sleeping more peacefully than before, so it didn’t look

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