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“Dad, are you willing to allow Mandy to be Winston’s mistress? She doesn’t have a legitimate status. And people are talking behind her back. Despite all these, you’re still unwilling to fulfill my wishes?”
Joseph’s face was pale and frigid. He looked like a block of ice that was about to crack. “Is it because I am an adopted child? Is that why you think I am not good enough for your daughter?”
Suddenly, an urgent knocking sounded at the door.
“Come in,” Joseph said.
Aidan rushed into the room. He was frantic. “Dad! I… I have bad news! Julien jumped out of the window and escaped!”
Joseph’s eyes widened.
He rushed to Julien’s room with the butler and secretary in tow.
The balcony window was wide open. The chilling wind was blowing into the room. It sent a chill down their spines.
“Have you looked around for him?” Joseph’s voice was shaky. He was terrified.
“Yes, I have!”
Aidan was so fearful that his speech became incoherent. “Julien was nowhere to be seen. Downstairs, in the back garden. He’s not there!”
He was nowhere to be seen.
That meant that he hadn’t died. He had indeed escaped. What a relief!
“This is the fifth floor. How did he jump down?” Joseph peered out at the surroundings from the balcony.
The butler explained, “Mr. Joseph, I’ve got some men to look into this. Mr. Julien likely leaped over to the tree opposite. Then, he slid down along the tree trunk. There are quite a number of broken branches at the bottom of the tree.”
“That crazy man! Did he want to fall to his death?” Joseph’s fear had now turned into anger. A sharp pain shot through his palm as he slammed his hand on the railing.
This son of his was a stubborn mule.
He was locked up behind a grill door. He was being oppressed. Yet, he feared nothing.
After that day when Jameson came to taunt them with Winston’s medication, Jeremy traveled to Mosgravia with Xavier as his company. He went there to purchase that elusive medication for Winston.
Alyssa had wanted to go with him. But he didn’t want her to tire herself out from the travel. Hence, he convinced her to stay back at Heightsnew Villa to accompany Winston.
On his private plane en route to Mosgravia, Jeremy used his laptop to look into the detailed information about the drug.
Xavier brought a cup of coffee and placed it in front of him. “Mr. Walsh, you’ve kept busy since the moment you boarded the plane. You’ve approved documents and researched for information. It’s time for a rest. Your eyes are turning red.”
“Go ahead and rest if you’re tired.” Jeremy lowered his eyes. He picked up the cup of coffee and took a sip.
Xavier sighed, “Actually, you could have just sent me to get this done. Then, you could have spent more time with Madam. Why do you have to take this arduous journey yourself?”
“Jameson is as sly as a viper. He is a pack of lies. But he said that this was a drug that was researched and patented in Mosgravia. He also claimed that it was only meant for royalty and the privileged. These were all true.”
Jeremy leaned his tired body backward, highlighting the muscles on his neck.
“Thus, I cannot take this matter lightly. I must tend to it personally. Perhaps that will give us a better chance.”
“Even a scumbag like Jamiper can get his hands on the medicine. You can surely get it, too.” Xavier had a lot of confidence in Jeremy.
Jeremy frowned, neither confirming nor denying.
Upon arriving in Mosgravia, Jeremy wasted no time. He exhausted all his connections, even personally meeting with officials responsible for the pharmaceutical industry.
However, the responses he received were all the same¡ªthey couldn’t get it.
“Mr. Walsh, this special medicine for treating strokes is in short supply. The quantity produced each year is limited and must be reported accurately. I’m sorry that you’ve come all this way only to go back empty-handed, but there’s nothing I can do.”
After hanging up the phone, Jeremy tightly gripped his phone, almost crushing the screen.
“Damn it! There are restrictions everywhere abroad,” Xavier complained indignantly. “Mr. Walsh, even your handsome face doesn’t work here.”
Jeremy didn’t know what to say. His face was now cold and stern.
“What do we do now, Mr. Walsh?”
Frowning, Xavier pondered for a moment before suddenly exclaiming, “Oh, I have an idea!”
Jeremy’s eyes lit up. “What is it?”
“You’re quite close with Madam’s fourth brother, Axel, right? You two go way back, and you’re both from the same school. He’s still a top-notch secret agent with extraordinary skills. Why not have him infiltrate the pharmaceutical research facility and steal a set for you?”
After saying that, Xavier looked smug, feeling quite pleased with himself. He thought he was really clever.
“You want my woman’s brother to risk being caught and executed for stealing medicine for me?” Jeremy stared at Xavier, his eyes radiating coldness. “Do you think he’s Batman?”
Xavier broke out in a cold sweat. “T-That’s not what I meant.”
“I’m doing this for Lyse, and yet you want me to drag her family into danger? Do you think I’m naive or stupid?”
But to be honest, Axel might really have the ability to pull it off.
Sweating, Xavier smiled awkwardly and tried to apologize. “I’m sorry, Mr. Walsh. Just pretend I was talking nonsense. Forget I ever mentioned it.”
A silence fell over the cabin.
After a moment, Jeremy took a deep breath, as if making a monumental decision. “There’s only one last resort.”
Xavier read his expression, then suddenly exclaimed in shock, “A-Are you going to ask Mr. Justin for help?”
Jeremy’s eyes remained calm, but his heart wrenched. “That day, when I see Mr. Taylor, his condition is temporarily stable but not very optimistic. If we can’t get the miracle drug soon, he’ll definitely relapse shortly, and that will become a time bomb waiting to explode.
“Another relapse will be a heavy blow to both the KS Group and Lyse. Justin is familiar with everything here, and he has a close relationship with the Jesseltons. Perhaps he has even more connections than we know of. Asking him for help is our only hope now.”
Xavier exclaimed indignantly, “You didn’t see through his schemes before. If you ask him for help now, won’t you be giving him leverage over you? Won’t he be even more arrogant?”
Jeremy shook his head. “It doesn’t matter. There’s nothing more important now than saving Lyse’s father.”
With that, he dialed Justin’s number.
After a few rings, the call connected.
“Jeremy, I’m really surprised and pleased that you’d call me.” Justin’s voice was as gentle and warm as ever but with a hint of weakness.
“Justin, how are you doing?”
Jeremy, who was typically straightforward, wanted to get straight to the point. But since he needed something from Justin, he had to start with some small talk.
“The same as usual, hanging on to life with medication every day. It’s causing me to lose my hair,” Justin joked. “Jeremy, do you think I’ll turn bald next time we meet?”
“I’m in Mosgravia right now,” Jeremy said seriously, no longer in the mood for jokes.
“Oh? Really? When did you arrive?”
“The night before last.”
Jeremy took a deep breath and said in a low voice, “Justin, I have something urgent to discuss with you. Can we meet?”
That evening, Jeremy and Xavier went to the address provided by Justin together.
Along the way, Jeremy’s jaw remained tense.
He and Justin were blood-related brothers and got along well in their youth. Even though they were not born of the same mother, Justin had taken care of him a lot as an older brother.
However, Jeremy hadn’t seen Justin for over a decade. Apart from occasional holiday greetings, they had little contact, so Justin wasn’t particularly close to him anymore. What he felt more for him was respect.
“Mr. Walsh, we’re here.”
Jeremy snapped out of his thoughts and raised his head slowly.
In front of them stood an impressive Wictorian mansion, exuding an atmosphere of seclusion and tranquility.