At the Hospital.
Joseph had completed his surgery in the morning and went back to his office. Lily was inside his office.
“You’re not due for a follow-up session yet.” Joseph said in a cold tone.
“I’m not here for follow-up, I’m here to tell you the truth.”
Without looking at Lily, Joseph received the new medical case written with “NISIX” from the nurse.
Lily had got used to the way Joseph ignored her, she continued with her words,” Your girlfriend, Kathy,
cheated on you. Hurry up and cut ties with that woman.”
Joseph’s eyes turned extremely cold, almost breaking the pen on his hand when he heard those words.
“Get out of my sight.” He raised his eyes, and his gaze was sharp.
Lily wasn’t irritated and continued, “Dr Joseph, you should consider about me, I’m much prettier than
Kathy, and I’m loyal, I won’t cheat on you.”
Joseph frowned, he picked up the intercom to make a call.
Lily knew too well about what he was going to do and stopped him immediately, “Why’re you so
stubborn? I don’t understand what’s so good about her! She still doesn’t know how to behave even
she’s with you!”
“Lily Smith!” Joseph stood up, “I’ve prescribed your medicine for the next three months. You don’t have
to come over to the hospital anymore.”
“No…”
Joseph then instructed the security, “Whoever let Lily Smith enter the hospital again don’t have to come
back to work anymore.”
Lily stared at her with burning eyes, “Joseph, that’s too much!”
“Get out. Right now.” Joseph turned his back to her.
Lily gritted her teeth. She’s not going to give up on Joseph.
After a while, John came in.
“What did you find out?”
“The news was leaked out by Kingston.” John bowed his head and reported.
“Kingston…” Joseph stroked his chin, squinting his dark eyes.
“Any action taken by the Herbert’s Group?”
“Peter’s not yet fired, but the Herbert’s Group had complained about it. Kingston didn’t attend the board
meeting and the company’s currently in turmoil.”
“It’s been long time since Kingston made a move, but he hasn’t given up on Peter.” Joseph said in deep
voice.
“They may take the next step to release more news, I’m afraid that it’ll affect Madam.” John frowned.
“There’s no more next step. They’ve achieved their goal.”
Peter was leaning on the back of the chair in his office. His eyes was as deep as the depth of ocean.
At this moment, the nurse, Jade pushed the door, came in and said, “Dr Joseph, Kathy’s admitted to
the hospital.”
Upon hearing this, Joseph’s dark eyes widened and he rushed over to see Kathy.
Alexia was waiting worriedly outside the consultation room at the gastroenterology department.
Joseph came over and walked into the consultation room directly.
Kathy was doing check-up, writhing in agony due to the extreme stomachache.
“It’s gastroenteritis. To identify the source, we’ll have to wait for the lab results.” The doctor in charge
said so.
Kathy was lying on her side with her hand pressing against her stomach. A pair of slender hands
reached out, holding her freezing small hands.
Kathy raised her eyes, Joseph in his white coat appeared in front of her.
“You’re here.” Kathy’s face was dripping with sweats, her voice sounded fatigue.
“Why didn’t you give me a call?” Joseph asked, his voice was a little cold.
He was discontented by the fact that he always knew a lot of stuff from others instead of Kathy.
Kathy was stunned, and acted a little awkward.
“I’m fine now.”
“My heart aches for you.” Joseph said.
Kathy was then transferred to the general ward. Her ears kept echoing with Joseph’s words.
Would his heart ache for her?
“Kathy, we had the same food for lunch, but why’re you having diarrhoea?” Alexia said doubtfully.
“I would like to know too…” Kathy frowned, her stomach’s still aching until now.
Joseph went to take her test report while Alexia accompanied her.
Joseph was reading the test results at the examination room. The severe gastroenteritis was caused by
unclean food.
He then made a call, “Check if there’s anything weird with the canteen of NCHV today.”
Kathy was lying limply on the bed in the ward.
She’s exhausted, her limbs were tired, her eyelids were heavy.
“Dr Joseph, is Kathy alright? This is the first time I’ve seen her suffering from such severe diarrhoea.”
Alexia was worried.
“What exactly did she eat for lunch?” Joseph asked.
“We had pineapple fried rice.”
“Alright, you can go home first. Please take a few days off for her.” Joseph said.
“I’ll leave Kathy to you then.”
Kathy fell asleep after taking medicine.
The time when she woke up, the sky had already darkened. Joseph was staying with her all this while.
“Joseph.” She frowned and sat up.
“Does your stomach still hurt?” Joseph held her up.
Kathy shook her head, “Did I eat something wrong?”
“Yes, your food was poisoned. Think about who would set you up.” Joseph’s face sank.
This was what he had investigated so far, but the one who was exactly behind the scenes had yet to be
found out.
Kathy frowned, she had been keeping a low profile in the company, apart from the scandals exploded
recently, no one held grudge against her.
Suddenly someone flashed out in her mind, “There was indeed a female colleague who always picking
on me recently.”
Joseph narrowed his eyes and noted down.
At night, they went back to the old mansion. When they entered the house, Joseph’s Grandpa, Mathew,
was sitting at the living room.
When did the old man come back?
Kathy was inexplicably scared and grabbed on Joseph’s shirt.
“You guys are home. I heard that my granddaughter-in-law was admitted to the hospital. Is everthing
alright?” Although Mathew seemed like concerned about Kathy, but his eyes were extremely cold.
“I’m fine, grandpa.” Kathy smiled stiffly.
“Grandpa, why didn’t you call me to pick you up?” Joseph walked in and supported Kathy to sit on the
sofa.
Mathew pulled a long face, and his hand on his crutches was trembling faintly.
“I’m afraid that I couldn’t hold back at the airport!” He stared at Kathy, “My granddaughter-in-law, I liked
you quite a bit, but what’re you doing now!”
Kathy bit her lips, as expected, grandpa had read the news.
“Grandpa, my private life is clean.” Kathy explained.
“Fortunately, your marital relationship has not yet exposed, otherwise you’ll humiliate the Joseph’s
Family! You all better keep a low profile during this period.” Mathew said coldly.
Kathy frowned and wondered whether grandpa believed in her.
“As for Kathy, if it was really misunderstood, I’ll help you to clarify.”
“Grandpa, I’ll deal with it. There’s no need for you to interfere.” Joseph spoke.
“You better do it right. Remember, the Joseph’s family can never be disgraced!” Mathew instructed
repeatedly.
“I won’t be going back to City B lately. I can’t have peace of mind until this matter is over!”
“Joseph, I’m sorry, I’ve caused you trouble.” Kathy apologized.
They were supposed to be beneficial relationships, each takes what they need, but this scandals had
affected the Joseph’s family, she didn’t know how to make up for it.
“Good that you know.” Joseph’s expression remained cold, but the way he looked at Kathy was
passionate.
Kathy’s heartbeats were uneven. Every time Joseph looked at her with that gaze, she felt like she was
a prey he had targeted and she had nowhere to escape.
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