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“It’s probably because she experienced great psychological distress which caused somatization. Other than that, she was too agitated, anxious, and terrified.
“These resulted in her experiencing a tightness in her chest and shortness of breath. Hence, she showed signs of respiratory alkalosis. That’s why she ended up convulsing and passing out.”
The doctor had a concerned look on his face. “What you need now is to pay more attention to your wife’s psychological condition. I am not a psychiatrist, but I can tell that her condition doesn’t look very optimistic. You should transfer her to a psychiatric hospital and get her checked as soon as possible.” There was a quiver in Landon’s pupils as his heart dropped.
Preston didn’t hurt Lauren.
No, from the very beginning, he never intended to harm her physically. Instead, he wanted to break her mentally.
He knew about Lauren’s autism. Hence, he took an evil approach to cause her to have a complete breakdown.
“Mr. Landon!” Jordan rushed to Landon’s side and wiped off the sweat on his forehead. “We found Ms. Angelina!”
“Where is she?” Landon asked in a trembling voice. His heart was racing.
His mind was extremely tense. He was afraid that Jordan was about to tell him yet another devastating news.
Jordan tried to catch his breath. He said, “It’s quite complicated. I think… you should just wait for her to come over and explain to you in person.”
“So. Angie is still alive.” Landon felt like he could breathe a little better now.
In his life, Lauren surpassed everything. And, Angelina was his most trusted subordinate. She was his comrade and someone closer to him than family. If anything happened to Angelina.
“Mr. Landon.”
A voice, raspy and weak, sliced through the air behind Landon and Jordan.
They both turned around immediately. To their surprise, they saw Angelina on crutches a distance away from them. She was limping toward them with much difficulty.
Landon’s pupils constricted.
“Ms. Angie! What happened to you?” Jordan’s face ran pale in fright. He rushed forward to support her.
Angelina tried her best to bear with the pain. She shook her head slightly. “I’m fine…”
“What do you mean you’re fine? Your leg is badly injured. How can you bandage it up so simply? What if your wound gets infected? You might become handicapped!” Jordan’s heart ached for her. He was on the brink of tears.
When they were young, Jordan and Angelina met at training camp. No explanation was needed for how close they were.
“That’s not important. The most important thing is that Madam Lauren. Madam.” Angelina felt so terrible that she couldn’t string her sentences together.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she stared at Landon’s pale face.
“Lauren is physically fine. It’s just that. she was in huge distress, so she’s still unconscious at the moment,” Jordan explained in a low voice. He looked glum.
In an instant, Angelina started crying her eyes out. She had been by Lauren’s side for so long. How could she not know what mental distress could do to Lauren?
Landon slowly approached her. In a hoarse voice, he questioned, “What happened to your leg?”
“It’s nothing.”
“Tell me the truth!”
“I’m sorry, Mr. Landon.”
Angelina refused to share more with him. She hung her head low. “I didn’t protect Madam Lauren well. I’m useless. It’s better if you. set up tighter security and hire an even better bodyguard for Madam Lauren. I’m not competent enough for this.”
“What are you saying, Ms. Angie? Out of the entire Harper Group and all the security companies in the entire country, how many female bodyguards are there who are better than you? Even male bodyguards might not possess the same skills as you do!”
With a few phrases, Jordan hit the nail on the head.
Other than Jeremy and Axel who graduated from the military academy, it was difficult to think of another person who had such formidable skills to cause such harm to Angelina.
Nothing would have changed even if Landon had swapped a few different bodyguards.
“The attacker was not someone under Mr. Cornelius or Preston. I can recognize their men. Even if I couldn’t recognize them, I believe that they do not possess such skill.”
Angelina broke out in a cold sweat as she gave it some careful thought. “I think the man was a hitman.”
Landon’s gaze turned frigid. He clasped his hands together tightly.
“But the weird thing is that he didn’t do anything to Madam Lauren or me. He stabbed me in the leg only to prevent me from stopping him from taking Madam Lauren away…”
Angelina knitted her brows tightly. “After that, I was blindfolded. I’m not sure where I was transported to. Then, they abandoned me by the roadside. They did everything you can think of to me.”
Landon’s mind raced. Even though his chest hurt, his thoughts became clearer. “Even if that man wasn’t Preston’s subordinate, I’m sure that he still acted under Preston’s instruction.
“Otherwise, there’s no way that he could have entered Harper Group so easily. He even brought Lauren into that room before leaving without anyone knowing.”
He also recalled how there was a huge screen in that room. All of a sudden, his chest tightened.
Perhaps, through the screen, Lauren had watched the scene where Angelina was being kidnapped. That would explain why she lost control of her emotions and had a mental breakdown.
However, what was Preston’s motive for putting in so much effort? Was it for the sole purpose of dissing him at the board meeting?
Suddenly, Landon’s phone rang. It was Jeremy calling.
“Hey, Jeremy,” Landon answered in an exhausted voice as he put his palm to his head.
“Landon, the Harper Group gave Lauren a huge present, didn’t they?”
As he was consumed by anger, Jeremy’s voice became raspy and icy. “Is that the proposal gift from the Harpers?”
Landon’s mind was muddled. He didn’t understand what Jeremy was saying at that moment. “I don’t get you, Jeremy.”
“Mr. Harper! I have bad news!”
Jordan handed his phone to Landon in terror. His hands were shaking. “Someone… Someone exposed the video of Madam Lauren having a meltdown. It’s spreading like wildfire on the internet. It has already been reshared 200,000 times!”
In an instant, all the blood drained from Angelina’s face. She dropped her crutches onto the floor.
Landon stared straight at the screen. His eyes widened before they turned red in trepidation. The muscles in his entire body tensed up and he started trembling.
Jeremy’s angry voice sounded once again. Landon, however, only felt like Jeremy’s voice was coming from a faraway place.
“Why did Lauren have a meltdown? Who filmed that video and put it up on the internet? Didn’t you say that you would take good care of my sister? Didn’t you assign people to protect her?
“What’s going on with you, Landon? Have you been consumed by the power that your so-called ‘most important woman’ is now secondary to you?”
Landon felt like he had a lump stuck in his throat. All he could taste was bitterness at the back of his tongue.
“Say something! Are you trying to feign ignorance now?” Jeremy growled.
Although Jeremy was enraged that such a major incident had happened, he couldn’t bring himself to suggest something as cruel as separation.
Jeremy had experienced it himself. He believed that Landon was in love with Lauren. Landon loved Lauren just like how Jeremy himself loved Alyssa.
He knew the pain of separation all too well. Without a doubt, the feeling was like having one’s flesh cut over and over without giving it time to heal.
However, Jeremy was also at a loss now.
Lauren and Alyssa were different. Alyssa was a fighter who could fight alongside him. She also had a strong background and a loving family. She could afford to fight the fight and was not afraid of losing.
Lauren, on the other hand. What did she have? She was no match for them.
Nevertheless, was the current version of Landon capable of protecting her? Being in love didn’t guarantee happiness!
“I will handle this, Jeremy. Please believe me. I know who it was who exposed it. I know who the mastermind is. I will deal with them.”
Landon’s eyes were quivering and the tears in his eyes blurred his vision. Even his breathing was uneven. “Whoever… Whoever harms Lauren… deserves to die!”
“Landon, what’s the point of that?”
Jeremy’s deep voice sounded bitter. “The mastermind has achieved their goal. That video has spread across the internet and everyone in the country has found out that Lauren isn’t a typical woman.”
The video had been reshared a few hundred thousand times. Soon, the number of reshares would exceed a million, and tens of millions of people would have seen the clip.