Wooing My Ex-Wife

Chapter 185 Still Alive Nico belatedly looked up, only to find a pair of bloodstained hands with slender fingers tightly gripping his wrist.

Maverick had woken up.

That was not all.

He had also recovered most of his strength after receiving the 023 antidote injection earlier.

He lay on the chaise lounge and turned his head to look at Nico.

A faint smile curled on his bloodstained lips as he chuckled and said, “I’m not going down so easily, so pull yourself together.

” “Boss!” Nico’s eyes flashed with shock and delight, but then he continued to cry, “You scared me to death! I really thought you were gone!” Swain, who was considerably younger than Nico, had been scared witless, too.

At that moment, the two men burst into tears in front of Maverick, completely dispensing with their image.

After a while, they started laughing with relief as tears continued to stream down their faces, making for a rather comical sight.

Maverick gently patted Nico’s shoulder, comforting him, “I was just exhausted.

The S404 RNA virus caused my heart and pulse to go into temporary cessation, but I heard everything you said.

” “Then why didn’t you answer me?” Nico was furious and angrily pounded on Maverick’s arm.

Stupid boss! He made me cry like a baby! I completely humiliated myself! Maverick furrowed his brows and let out a pained grunt.

“Sorry, sorry, I shouldn’t have hit you!” Nico looked distressed.

To punish himself, he hit his own right arm with his left fist.

Maverick sat up and said, “All right, tell me what’s the deal with this suppressant.

” Nico wiped the tears from his face and turned to look at Swain.

Swain nodded, sniffed, and reported earnestly, “Professor Yancey was shocked to learn that you were infected with the S404 RNA virus.

This suppressant cannot cure the disease, but it can temporarily inhibit the virus, thereby allowing the body to recover for a short period of time.

The effects of the medication can last up to a week at most…” One week.

Maverick considered this.

That means I can stay in Fairlake for another seven days at most.

Nico chimed in, “Boss, you must go back for treatment this time.

Professor Yancey has already started working on the antidote, and they need you to return for blood tests.

Don’t you want to recover and have a long and happy future with Ms. Shalders?” Maverick pursed his lips and made no reply.

He had promised Gwendolyn to disappear from her world after a year, and she still had evidence of this in her phone.

To stay by her side forever was no easy endeavor, and it required some forethought.

He pondered on this and remembered the plan Swain had come up with the last time.

he suddenly

snapped out of his reverie and saw Nico pawing at his

are you doing?” Maverick

your back can’t be treated by

has provided a healing

you could do is let me apply it on your wound,”

That makes sense.

hesitate to unbutton his

suit jacket, then proceeded to shrug off his blouse

between the defining lines of his

still a ghastly shade of red even though it had been three days since the

the surrounding skin and flesh had

It looked grotesque.

could not help inhaling sharply at the jarring sight of the

asked Swain to fetch a basin

bloodstains off Maverick’s back, then used

broke out in a cold sweat, his veins bulging and his jaw tightly

of sympathy for the man and remembered the tranquilizer gun they had

I give you a sedative? This can hurt

” “Don’t worry.

antidote is

can handle this

no choice but to grit his teeth and apply the ointment on Maverick’s

seized the opportunity to clean

a glimpse of several figures outside the villa gates who were running

cleaning and took a proper look this

“Ms. Shalders is back! Ezra and Justin are

Swain glanced

here on foot! I don’t see Charles

time, Nico had no choice but to speed up in applying the ointment while Swain quickly

just about to step through the iron gates of the

dramatically as he remembered

in the garden! There’s no way we can cover this up…” Gwendolyn ran all the way back from Bay Hill, her anxiety intensifying with

had stopped hating Maverick ever since he rescued her at

it was best for them to be

him, let alone returning to the Wright

that did not mean she was prepared to watch

made her way into the garden, only to stumble upon

and Justin

burgled? Justin stepped forward to examine the scene, and through his keen observation,

all knocked out

Gwendolyn’s expression grew somber.

had been able to make Elven and the other two put their guards down and lure them out of their hiding spots, thereafter knocking out all three

be accomplished by someone they

them

way to wake them up, then ask them what

that, she quickly entered the villa, headed up to the second floor,

on the edge of

was wearing only a thin silk shirt

he saw her walk in, his eyes