Chapter 623

In the moment the line connected, Avery sat up straight, his posture rigid with anticipation.

“Sir.”

“Mr. Chambers, it must be the middle of the night back home, haven’t you gone to bed yet?”

The voice on the other end was Alexia’s!

Avery’s heart skipped a beat, surprise lacing his voice. “Ms. Alexia?”

“It’s morning here. Sir is currently visiting with the Williams and can’t take your call.”

Alexia’s tone carried a smug chuckle, “Whatever you have to say, you can tell me, and I’ll pass it along.”

Avery’s brows furrowed, his fingers curling into a fist.

He had served Sir for many years, toiling tirelessly with the loyalty of a workhorse, yet he always felt an invisible barrier between them. He even questioned whether Sir truly regarded him as a confidant.

And here was Alexia, who had only recently entered Sir’s inner circle, already entrusted with such liberties as to answer his calls!

Could it be that even a man as wise and valiant as Sir could not escape the snares of a woman’s charm?

“Mr. Chambers, if there’s nothing pressing, I should get back to Sir’s side,” Alexia said with palpable impatience.

“I’ve delivered the medicine you provided to Evadne’s hands, and she has accepted it.”

splendid. Congratulations, Mr. Chambers, on your affections finally being acknowledged by Ms. Evadne,” Alexia

“The medicine… there won’t be any problems,

are you suggesting Sir would

much free time? And if it weren’t for Sir repeatedly intervening on your behalf, Evadne would have reconciled with Thaddeus. long ago – they’d probably have kids running around by now, and you’d be out of the picture. Ah, I’d forgotten – Evadne can’t have children anymore. Thaddeus wore

is the woman I love, and she has never

she hasn’t wronged me?”

“What?”

developed anything as effective as what Sir provided you. Rest assured and give it to him, once he recovers, the

for a response, Alexia coldly

shrouded in the dark, his lower lip bitten until

in a blur.

the truth, not a soul in the Ashbourne clan could sleep. They huddled outside the hospital room, eyes bloodshot and

breakfast to the hospital, but no one

hours. Her slender frame hadn’t even leaned away from her rigid posture.

already messaged Gordon and Jareth for help. The situation was grave, and he couldn’t trust just anyone for fear

could do was stay by her side, holding her icy hand in his, trying to warm it. The more silent and stoic she became, the more it broke

felt like an eternity, Chasel hurried over with the test results.

results are in.”

to Chasel, snatching the test report from his hands.

she asked, eyes wide in disbelief as

it’s a targeted drug for stroke patients that’s just been released

rekindled in the eyes of the

sense of guilt. How he wished he was the one who could

should get this for Dad

brow signaled trouble.

“Chasel, what’s the

the main problem. It’s scarce, available only to the highest echelons of society and royalty. Moreover,

of the Ashbourne family once

can’t cure a stroke only

echoed Suri’s

been rescued. What’s critical now is to rouse him from this coma. Prolonged unconsciousness could cause irreversible damage to his central nervous

to life and death, spoke with a severity that left no room for argument, “I’m Chairman Emeric’s attending physician. At least within these hospital walls, I have the final say in his care. I’ll administer the medication now. If he can wake up tomorrow, everything should start to improve. As for any potential effects, don’t worry too much about those right now. Let’s just focus on keeping we can deal with the rest later.

other bridges when we come to them. Besides, dad’s no pushover; a little illness isn’t going to take him down.”

to hide it. Thaddeus could

was deeply concerned upon hearing

near, he was swamped with work, shuttling between his office and the boardroom, too busy even to spend some quality time with his Hovely wife. He had no choice but to delegate the medical inquiries to Lily

as soon as the big projects were off his

managed to carve out some time to visit Chairman Emeric in Skyrim and to

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