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.”

Cedrick

time they emerged from the lab, it

to pick Gwendolyn up from Angle when he encountered Asher walking in his direction in a pilot’s uniform. The latter was wearing an insidious look, while

the plane, and from the scowl on

them politely, “It’s a pleasure

in acknowledgment, the glowering Asher paid him no heed and approached Cedrick

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

a gun and pointed it at Cedrick’s head. The murderous look

Nico was stunned by

was a sea of calm as a smirk broke out across his lips. Appearing relaxed with his hands in his pockets, he locked gazes with

Asher answered,

at her office, but there was still

promised to come and pick me up for dinner. He

give him a call,

trying to kill Mr.

is Asher back so

brows as she remembered seeking Asher’s

“Oh no!”

moment’s hesitation, she grabbed her handbag and took a

already see, through the car window, Asher

are

of the gun with one hand and shielded Cedrick behind her with the other. She then suggested with a smile, “Whatever it is, why

“Hubby, why don’t you

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

around to check on Cedrick. “Did

and dainty hand as he curled his lips into a smile. “There’s no way I would

lighthearted joke brought Gwendolyn a sense

with each other. Narrowing his eyes, he thundered, “Gwendolyn, do you know that he has been lying to

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

long time ago, Asher. Everything that happened back then was nothing but a misunderstanding. It

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

“No, Asher!”

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