The Ex and Her Riches

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.”

surface, Cedrick was

they emerged from the lab, it was

he encountered Asher walking in his direction in a pilot’s uniform. The latter

they had just disembarked from the plane, and from the scowl on their faces,

“It’s a pleasure

acknowledgment, the glowering Asher paid him

rapport with him. Concealing the weird look in his eyes, he asked,

in his tracks a meter away, Asher pulled out a gun and pointed it at Cedrick’s

by the

out across his lips. Appearing relaxed with his hands in his pockets, he locked gazes

murderous intent, Asher answered,

five minutes at her office,

up for dinner. He has always been

to give him a call, she received a message

Asher is trying to kill Mr. Jenson at the

is

remembered seeking Asher’s help to check

“Oh no!”

grabbed her handbag and took a

window, Asher pointing a gun at Cedrick’s head. The murderous look

are you

She then suggested with a smile, “Whatever it is, why don’t we talk about

to budge, Sienna helped persuade him, “Hubby, why don’t you put away the

Yet the hostility he exuded didn’t

to check on Cedrick. “Did my

her warm and dainty hand as he curled his lips into a smile. “There’s no way I would allow anyone other than you to lay

a sense of relief. He appears

seeing the two interacting intimately with each other. Narrowing his eyes, he thundered, “Gwendolyn, do you know that he has been

why Gwendolyn was suddenly so intrigued with her fiancé. Upon further investigations, he discovered that Cedrick was

a long time ago, Asher. Everything that happened back then was

him for wasting

“No, Asher!”

of that, he has rescued me thrice in Fairlake. If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have returned to Salinsburgh in one piece. Even Treyton has been moved by his actions, so please