When Jack came to that realization, he was so frightened that he trembled ceaselessly and was about to lose control of himself.
“Then what do you want?” Lucian cast him away like a piece of rag. Jack fell back to the table when he released his grip.
“Mr. Damaris, you can look forward to it. Don’t worry. I won’t ask you to beg me because I have. never intended to go easy on you!”
With that, Lucian turned around and left. Looking at his retreating figure, both Jack and Kevin were equally shaken to the core.
They had thought victory was within their grasp and could not wait to humiliate Lucian. In the end, Lucian ended up humiliating them instead.
“Mr. Damaris!” Kevin was so terrified by the whole fiasco that it took him a few seconds before he returned to his senses. When he saw that Jack was lying on the table, he quickly went forward to help him.
Jack was in terrible shape, and his hands kept shaking. “Impossible. How can that be?” He grabbed hold of Kevin’s collar. “How could she have created the antidote in such a short amount of time?”
Kevin was stunned by him, but he dared not let go. “I-I’m not sure either. Ms. Jarvis must be very highly skilled in medicine.”
Otherwise, Jack would not have tried all means to win her over. “No way! Lucian must be lying!” Obviously, that information was too much for Jack to handle, as he kept denying it.
When Kevin saw him behaving like that, he dared not say anything else. “Let me send your to the hospital.”
Lucian’s action earlier had made everything very clear. Roxanne must have created the antidote for Lucian to behave as such.
However, given Jack’s current condition, Kevin did not want to burst his bubble for fear of provoking his boss. He could only remain silent.
What made him frightened the most was what Lucian had said before he left. He wanted to make Damaris Group pay for it. What exactly does Lucian want? Will it implicate me?
Kevin’s heart raced. He could not be bothered by Jack’s condition as he got him into the elevator in a fluster.
Meanwhile, inside the ward on the top floor of the hospital, Madilyn was waiting anxiously together with the three children, Peregrine, Linda, and Jonathan.
After giving their all, they successfully created the antidote at the very last moment. Once Roxanne consumed it, all her readings returned to normal. Unfortunately, she still didn’t regain consciousness.
“Aunt Madilyn, is our antidote working?” Archie asked in a worried tone after losing his patience. Even though she was unsettled by how deep in her coma Roxanne was, Madilyn put up a strong front.
“There’s no reason it won’t. She formulated it herself. Besides, all her readings are showing improvements.”
Just as she spoke, she gave Peregrine a look of concern, hoping to seek his affirmation. When the latter nodded with conviction, Madilyn felt a little more at ease.
“But why hasn’t Mommy woken up yet?” Estella, fresh from crying hard earlier, was still sniffling as she spoke. Her cute round eyes filled with anxiety.
Feeling sorry for Estella, Madilyn leaned in to stroke her head. “Your mommy’s tired and needs to sleep a while. She’ll definitely wake up soon.”
The children were skeptical of Madilyn’s words having been waiting for a long time. Madilyn, who was flustered, steeled herself and suggested, “Why don’t you speak to your mommy? Your voices might encourage her to wake up.”
Giving the children something to do was certainly better than letting their imaginations run wild. The children nodded obediently before quickly surrounding the bed.
“Mommy, wake up. Stop sleeping. I miss you…” Estella pleaded as she grabbed Roxanne’s hand, a pitiful look on her face.
Benny lay right beside Roxanne’s ear. Wanting to speak loudly but worried that he would disturb her, he tried his best to keep his voice down. “Mommy, didn’t you say that one shouldn’t lie to kids? You said you would come home tonight. It’s going to be tomorrow soon.”
While the two children took turns urging Roxanne to wake up, Archie simply stared at Roxanne in silence. I have faith in Mommy. Her antidote will work, and she’ll definitely wake up!
All of a sudden, Archie wondered if he had willed Roxanne to wake up when he noticed a slight movement in her eyes. He hurriedly grabbed Madilyn’s hand in excitement. “Aunt Madilyn, is Mommy waking up?”
He anxiously led Madilyn to Roxanne’s side. Upon hearing the words, Peregrine walked over with a stiffened expression on his face.
Linda and Jonathan were also jolted by the news as they quickly checked on Roxanne. As silence descended upon the room, Roxanne gradually opened her eyes under everyone’s watchful gaze.
“Mommy!” the three children exclaimed in unison. Madilyn’s eyes reddened. She felt like laughing and crying at the same time as she stared at her best friend.
Thank God she’s finally awake. It took Roxanne a few seconds to fully regain her consciousness. Seeing that everyone was by her side brought a weak smile to her face. “I’m sorry to have made all of you worry.”
“All that matters is that you’re awake.” Madilyn smiled back at Roxanne as she frantically wiped away the tears that were streaming down her cheeks. The sight of her friend’s reaction warmed Roxanne’s heart.
Now that their mother had regained consciousness, the children burst into tears. “Mommy, you’re finally awake. We were really scared…”
Even Archie began to sniffle softly as tears hung from the corner of his eyes. Feeling sorry for the children, Roxanne. comforted them weakly, “I’m sorry to have given all of you a scare, but it was thanks to your calling out that I managed to wake up.”
The children’s cries subsided when they heard that. “Did you hear us just now?” Benny choked out. Roxanne’s lips pursed into a grin. “When I heard two crybabies about to cry their lungs out, I pushed myself to wake up. I didn’t expect all of you to still end up crying.
She had been drifting in and out of sleep just a while ago. Even though she was too weak to physically wake up, her mind was already conscious.
It was when she heard Benny’s and Estella’s voices that she forced herself to wake up from her coma. Little did she expect her children to cry so hard the moment she opened her eyes. It was a sight that filled Roxanne with guilt. “I’m sorry for making all of you worry. I was careless.”
Her lack of caution was what made her fall into Jack’s trap. Archie, the first to stop crying, shook his head with a frown. “No. It’s the bad guy’s fault, not yours, Mommy! You’re the best doctor in the entire world!”
Benny and Estella, who were still crying, nodded in affirmation. Although Roxanne was used to being complimented by the children, she felt embarrassed because of Peregrine’s presence.
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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