If Maria was clear about that, she wouldn't have taken so many detours.
"Joseph, please save my daughter. I can agree to anything..." Maria said, trembling.
In her mind, nothing was more important than her daughter's life.
Joseph remained clam as usual, as he pursed his thin lips and said softly, "I will do my best."
Ella woke up soon after she was transferred to the general ward.
Joseph was holding a meeting with some brain experts, only Maria was there for her.
"Mom, where are we?" Ella opened her eyes, still a little confused.
"Boston Hospital." Maria was already exhausted from crying.
Ella frowned, "Was it Joseph ... just now?"
"Mm, I didn't expect either that he didn't refuse to save you at this time." Maria sighed.
"Mom, didn't Brother say that he would find a doctor for me? Why do you bring me here?" Ella
muttered.
Right now, she didn't really want to face Joseph. The man had a poker face and a heart of stone.
"I don't think your brother has the ability. Since Joseph is willing to save you now, then just let him go
on being your doctor."
"Is he ... willing to do this?" Ella looked down, her face filled with great disappointment.
"I begged him with benefits in the business world. I think he will agree." Maria narrowed her eyes.
"Mom..."
"Alright, you just stay in bed and be good. I won't let anything happen to you."
In the evening, Joseph finally finished the meeting. Judging from Ella's current status, she must have a
craniotomy immediately. However, she had had one just half a year ago, and now was not the best time
to undergo another one.
Hence, she could only be on medication for the time being.
Joseph had already told Maria about the situation. After analyzing the feasibility of different treatment
plans, it was still up to the family to decide which one to choose in the end.
"Joseph, I trust you. Just choose the one that you think is the best for my daughter."
"OK, Ella needs to be hospitalized now. I will arrange for the doctors to keep an eye on her."
"Joseph, you are here most of the time, right? So in case of emergency, you can look after Ella."
"I'm not an attending doctor here right now. Don't worry, the doctors on duty here are all authoritative
doctors." Joseph frowned.
"I don't trust anyone ... but you."
Hearing this, Joseph looked at her and narrowed his dark eyes slightly. "No patient has any privileges
with me."
He only came here today because Ella's illness had already threatened her life. As a doctor, he had the
responsibility.
However, his main job was still being a professor at University F, so he couldn't stay in the hospital all
the time.
"Joseph, it's too early to say that." Maria took out a file from her bag and handed it over to him.
Joseph looked up and frowned as he met Maria's deep gaze.
Half an hour later, a smile appeared on Maria's face. "Joseph, then, thank you for taking care of Ella."
Joseph nodded indifferently. After Maria left, he looked at the file in front of him for a long time before
he put it in his bag. He planned to drop by the Joseph Group.
Maria had already gone. As Joseph passed by the ward, Ella's voice came out and he walked in.
"How are you feeling?"
"Joseph, are you concerned about me because my mother told you something?" Ella looked at him
with burning eyes.
She had long known about the competition between the Joseph Group and the Bridges Group, so she
was fairly surprised that Joseph was still willing to save her.
"Yes." Joseph did not deny it.
"Then will you stay with me?"
"I have something to do now. I'll come back tomorrow."
"But I will be afraid tonight." Ella muttered.
She was really afraid of being alone in the hospital.
The smell of disinfectant filled the tip of her nose, and loneliness wrapped around her.
"I'll ask the nurse to come in and accompany you."
"I want you to accompany me." Ella used all of her strength and suddenly grabbed Joseph by the wrist.
Due to the inertia, plus that Joseph took a step back, Ella was about to fall out of bed when Joseph
caught her steadily.
Ella took the opportunity and clung to his neck. Then she snuggled in his chest, motionless.
"Ella." Coldness diffused in Joseph's eyes.
Ella didn't let go but whispered, "Haven't you agreed to my mother's request to look after me?"
"I have my own life, Ella, and a girlfriend." Joseph said word by word in a deep voice.
To him, Ella was always just a little sister. No matter how she pretended to be mature, she was just a
kid.
"So what? I've loved you for so long. Can't you just give me a little bit of your love? And I know that I
don't have much time left. I just want to have you with me in my last few days. Is it so difficult?"
As she spoke, Ella couldn't help but shed tears.
She knew her condition. Even if she had an operation, it was not very likely to succeed.
If she continued to receive medication, she would be just barely keeping her body and soul together as
much as possible.
But she was not resigned to it.
She hadn't even got the person she liked, and her life was about to come to an end.
Whenever she lost confidence, as long as Joseph showed up, her world would light up.
Hearing this, Joseph paused and looked at Ella.
There was no sorrow in her eyes, only intense expectation.
He pursed his thin lips, and yet pushed her away.
"Ella, I don't have any more love left for you. All my love has been given to Kathy."
Joseph spat out the words coldly and left.
Tears rolled down her cheeks. Ella stared at Joseph's back without blinking until he completely
disappeared from her sight.
How could he ... be so heartless...?
At the Joseph Group. Quinn was asked to come back. He happened to be able to get off work early
today, but didn't expect to be caught by Joseph.
"Joseph, if you don't let me go back, your sister will make things difficult for you." Quinn hoped that
mentioning Veronica can change Joseph's mind.
After all, Quinn had been working overtime every day lately, and only spent very little time with
Veronica.
"She's busy with her study and has no time to cause trouble for me," Joseph smiled.
Veronica had just started school and was so busy that she almost forgot about her brother.
"This file Maria just gave me contains the information about the new batch of imported drugs of the
Bridges Group. Get ahead of them and take the sales rights in our hands." Joseph ordered.
"Maria? That Mrs. Bridges? Why would she give this to you?" Quinn asked in surprise.
Isn't this equivalent to helping the Joseph Group defeat the Bridges Group...?
"Karl has been cheating on her. Do you really think she can just swallow it?" Joseph curled his thin lips
coldly.
Now that Maria harbored a grudge in her heart, she really wanted to do some damage to the Bridges
Group.
"Maria is not afraid of being kicked out of the Bridges family for this?"
"Maria could marry into the Bridges family because she had her own capital. Karl will not divorce her
easily, but I think the Bridges family is going to have an internal strife soon." Joseph said coldly.
If the Bridges family had an internal strife now, it was no doubt that the Joseph Group would take
advantage from the conflict.
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