As his eyes met Lucian’s, the latter finally broke the silence. His tone was bone-chilling.
“Surely you didn’t think that everything would be fine and dandy once you’ve escaped overseas after you’ve done something like that to Roxanne, Mr. Damaris?”
Lucian’s gaze was even colder than the night before. At the memory of his encounter with Lucian the night before, Jack could feel the pain radiating. from his unhealed wound. Within a split second, his face turned pale.
“Even if you flee to the edge of the skies and the corners of the world, I will never let you off the hook!” Lucian stated expressionlessly. “Moreover, I don’t plan on giving you the chance to flee.”
The hand Jack was using to hold his suitcase began to tremble. Yet as his gaze swept over Roxanne, he forced himself to remain composed. I can’t lose! More importantly, I can’t show a hint of cowardice in front of this woman!
“What do you guys want?” Steeling himself, Jack faced the trio head-on. The moment he threw them the question, Lucian’s icy voice echoed in the room. “At first, I planned to send you to jail after marrying Roxanne. However, I did not expect you to be so impatient that you dared to poison Roxanne.”
Lucian’s gaze darkened with every word that he spoke. “If you had waited until the day Roxanne and I got married, perhaps the only consequence you would face is Damaris Group suffering from bankruptcy. But now, that’s barely enough of a punishment!”
At those words, Jack was once again taken . aback. No wonder it felt like Lucian’s investigation of Damaris Group was way too fast and detailed! That’s because he had already investigated Damaris Group before last night and obtained all the proof in his hand!
Lucian had probably already begun to plan all this the moment the poison started to exert its effect on Roxanne! Just as Jack was planning meticulously, Lucian was doing the same in retaliation!
At that thought, Jack could feel his heart sink as a chill ran down his spine. It was as though his body was being constricted by a giant snake. He was struggling to breathe. No! No! It is not yet the time for me to admit defeat!
He had planned to build a medical empire for so many years. How could he possibly give up now? Gritting his teeth, Jack forced himself to calm down. The wheels in his head turned rapidly as he tried to look for a way out of the confrontation.
Just then, Jonathan’s mocking voice sounded . again. “What a pity. The Damaris family’s century-old business is now destroyed by your hands. You’re such a hypocrite. Not only are you profit-driven, but your medical skills are terrible as well.”
My medical skills are terrible? Jack’s expression darkened in an instant. Whipping his head in Jonathan’s direction, he shot Jonathan a venomous glare. “What did you just say? Are you questioning my medical skills? If my medical skills are terrible, how come you guys couldn’t obtain any results after so many days of research?”
Contrarily, Jonathan merely shrugged nonchalantly. “Compared to Roxanne, your medical skills really do pale-no, blanch-in comparison. From the looks of it, you really lack self-awareness. Not only did you try to cross a line with Lucian in the business world, but you also tried to subdue and overpower Roxanne in the medical field. Mr. Damaris, I advise you to snap out of your delusion as soon as possible. What’s wrong with just being the heir of the Damaris family?”
“What do you know? If only…”
Enraged by the mocking, Jack was blinded by his fury and lost control. Glaring at Roxanne, he spat, “If only Roxanne had been willing to join forces with me, I would have most definitely built a grand medical empire! It was her inability . to recognize great opportunities that forced me to do what I’ve done! If she would have listened to me and obeyed me from the beginning, I can guarantee that nothing would have happened to her! In fact, she would be enjoying fame and fortune alongside me!”
In other words, it was all Roxanne’s fault that he had landed in all that mess. Silence ensued after Jack made that declaration. Even Jonathan’s smirking face turned serious.
Roxanne’s expression darkened as well. “And here I thought, Jack, that you would have learned your lesson by now after all that has happened, or at least feel some sense of guilt. I never would have thought that you still wouldn’t repent-”
“Repent? Why should I repent? It’s your thinking that’s too rigid!” Jack’s face was red with fury. “Can’t doctors strive to earn money as well? How many years of history does the Damaris family have? The history of Farwell Group pales in comparison! How is it fair that Farwell Group has overpowered Damaris Group? I just want to turn this ironic and ridiculous situation around! What is so wrong about that?”
“It’s your extreme obsessiveness that makes it so wrong!” No one else was more upset than Roxanne to see Jack in that light. “There are so many paths that you could have taken to glorify the name of the Damaris family. Yet, you insist on choosing such a crooked path! As healthcare workers, our purpose is to save others. But you, as the heir of the Damaris family, have used your knowledge of medicine to cause others harm! Despite all that, you still don’t think you should repent!”
Both Jack and Roxanne were doctors, not to mention that their first encounter was at a free medical consultation. All of the admiration that Roxanne had for Jack had turned into disappointment. The better the impression she had of Jack in the past, the more disappointed she was at the moment.
“Jack, I can forget about you poisoning me for your own selfish gain, but how could you bet on Damaris Group? Did Old Mr. Damaris ever cross . your mind? What would he think of the situation now? When you were carrying out your plans, did you not think that you would someday end up in this situation?”
Despite speaking in a composed manner, Roxanne’s interrogation was deafening to Jack’s ears. Nevertheless, Jack had already reached the point of no return. How could he be willing to admit his mistakes then?
Shooting daggers at Roxanne, who was standing in front of him, Jack clenched his teeth and hissed, “What do you know? You’re just a mediocrity that changed your career halfway down the road! Do you really think of yourself as a genius just because others complimented you once or twice? How dare you judge me from your high horse? What’s your relationship with the Damaris family? Why should you speak up for the Damaris family?”
Roxanne was taken aback when she heard what Jack said. The shock in her eyes quickly resolved to sorrow. “I really was wrong about you. I would have never thought that these are your true colors.”
How could the heir of the prestigious Damaris family be so driven by greed? In the past few days, no matter how disappointed she was in Jack, Roxanne clung to the glimmer of hope that he had just transiently lost his rationality.
Yet, from the looks of it, she had been mistaken. Jack had always been an avaricious person beneath his humble and noble persona. “You call her a mediocrity? Hah! Don’t make me laugh my head off!”
Jonathan peered at the couple standing beside him before standing up for Roxanne, outraged. “Roxanne figured out the antidote to the poison that you’re so proud of in just one short day! If it weren’t for the fact that she had been poisoned, she probably would have cracked it in an even shorter period of time! Besides, aren’t her skills and talent precisely why you want Roxanne on your side?”
Jonathan had hit the nail on the head. Unhappy that he had been called out, Jack bared his teeth as his expression turned ferocious. Slowly, he snuck a hand behind his back.
Unaware of Jack’s subtle movements, Jonathan continued to mock, “Of course, I wouldn’t eliminate the possibility that you’re attracted to and lusting for Roxanne, but with what you can offer? Ha! In your dreams!”
Jonathan was getting more and more worked up with each word he spoke. Before he could continue, Roxanne’s voice interrupted him.. “Jonathan, that’s enough.”
Jonathan froze, blinking in bewilderment. A few seconds later, he regained his composure and pouted. “But I’m telling the truth!”
Roxanne tossed Jonathan a grateful smile before turning to look at Jack. Disappointment could be seen in her eyes.
“The Damaris family has a century’s worth of inheritance with so many ancient medicine techniques being passed down from one generation to the next. All of that has been destroyed in your hands. Today, Damaris Group no longer has any connection to the world of ancient medicine. Jack, do you really feel no remorse at all?”
Damaris Group had so many priceless medicinal herbs that should have been further developed by ancient medicinal methods. To Roxanne’s horror, Damaris Group had handed them to small and lowly private workshops, who then tampered with the medicinal herbs.
When she first found out about the news, Roxanne could feel her heart breaking. Jack’s actions were basically wasting priceless natural resources. “This is all your fault!”
With a thunderous roar, Jack suddenly charged at Roxanne.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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