The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 237

Cedrick maintained an indifferent expression, as if he wasn’t the one the doctor had just pronounced a death sentence upon.

“Are you saying that if I fail to suppress the virus, I might die at any moment?”

Joshua lowered his head without answering, seemingly replying in the affirmative.

His response caused Cedrick to fall silent, as he had assumed that the suppressant would easily help him live decades more.

If he had known about it earlier, he wouldn’t have let Gwendolyn know that he was still alive. The last thing he wanted was for her to be once again devastated by his death.

Overwhelmed by the grim atmosphere, Nico failed to keep his emotions in check and began tearing up.

Hearing his assistant’s sniffles, Cedrick shot him a glare. “What are you crying for? I’m not dead yet.”

“I… I just feel…”

I just feel pity for you, Boss… You’re barely thirty. Yet you’re tormented by your illness and have to live out your days in suspense. I can’t believe how cruel life is to you!

Scratching his head, Joshua remarked awkwardly, “Actually, the situation isn’t as bad as you think. I was just painting a hypothetical scenario. As long as Cedrick gets his treatment on schedule and maintains a strong immune system, my suppressant can keep him alive for at least twenty more years.”

The look on Nico’s face was still depressed. “What happens after that?”

Joshua threw Cedrick a confident look. “With twenty years to go, I’m sure I’ll come up with an antidote that will help Cedrick live a long life.”

The tension in the room gradually eased when everyone learned that there was still hope for a cure.

Blowing his nose with a tissue, Nico complained, “Prof. Mallory, can’t you tell us everything in one go? You scared us to death!”

Joshua chuckled as he injected another dose of the suppressant into Cedrick to enhance the drug’s effects. On top of that, he prescribed medication to help the latter’s wounds heal and painkillers for Cedrick’s chest pain.

Finally, he reminded his patient to restrain his lust and refrain from doing intense “bed exercises.”

Cedrick was

time they emerged from the lab, it was almost time to get

Gwendolyn up from Angle when he encountered Asher walking in his direction in a pilot’s uniform. The latter was wearing

from the plane, and from the scowl on their

“It’s a pleasure to

nodded in acknowledgment, the glowering Asher paid him no heed and

was his former brother-in-law, Cedrick had to build a good rapport with him. Concealing the weird

tracks a meter away, Asher pulled out a gun and pointed it at Cedrick’s head. The murderous look in his

by the sudden

with his hands in his pockets, he locked gazes with Asher. “What’s the meaning

answered, “I’m

waited for Cedrick for five minutes at

and pick me up for

give him

trying to

Why is Asher back so

remembered seeking Asher’s help to check Cedrick’s travel

“Oh no!”

handbag and took a

the car window, Asher pointing a gun at Cedrick’s head. The

are

the other. She then suggested with a smile, “Whatever it is, why

“Hubby,

did Asher holster his gun. Yet the hostility he exuded didn’t diminish

check on Cedrick. “Did my brother hit you? Are

curled his lips into a smile. “There’s no way I would allow anyone other

a sense of relief. He

eyes, he thundered, “Gwendolyn, do you know that he has been lying to you all this time

so intrigued with

Asher. Everything that happened back then was nothing but a misunderstanding.

remained just as frosty. “That’s because he tricked you! You can’t forgive him for wasting three years of your

“No, Asher!”

that, he has rescued me thrice in Fairlake. If it wasn’t for him, I

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