Chapter 321
Chapter 321
“Are you defending her too?” Harrington fumed, his voice rising with each word. “Do you think we’re worth any respect at all? You’ve been treating me like dirt again and again! Do you think we’re pushovers? If you’re so determined to protect this woman, then don’t blame me for turning against you!”
Jennifer responded calmly, “I admit I was at fault with what happened between Curtis and Suzan, and I’ve always felt apologetic towards your family. But I can honestly say, in this matter, I’ve not wronged you.”
“If you think that gives you the right to push the Richardsons around, you’re sorely mistaken.”
“Leanne is Curtis’ wife, and she’s part of our family too. Maddox and I will not stand by and let anyone bully her.”
The Wrights’ business empire depended on a steady flow of capital, and they had just secured a billion-dollar loan from Vector Vista Bank. A feud with the Richardsons could
jeopardize everything…
Harrington had hoped to intimidate Jennifer into submission, but instead, he found himself backed into a corner, his face darkening.
Curtis, seeing Harrington’s discomfort, smirked slightly and said lazily, “Harrington, cool off a bit. There’s been some developments these last few days that you’re unaware of. Maybe you should hear them out first.”
His cryptic hint left Harrington simmering in frustration. “What do you mean by that?” he demanded, his face stern.
Curtis nodded towards the door. “Let Olivia come in.”
The person who entered was familiar to Harrington; she was the nurse who had been taking care of him recently.
The nurse, appearing demure as ever, came in and recounted what she had witnessed outside his ward days earlier. She then produced a bottle labeled “Tropicamide Eye Drops” and a lab report.
“I switched the medication when Ms. Wright wasn’t looking. This bottle has been tested by Mr. Curtis, and it doesn’t contain tropicamide-it’s atropine.”
Harrington’s face turned ashen as he stared at the report, his expression dark and stormy. Suzan, who had been lying in the hospital bed, sprang up and snatched the bottle from the
nurse.
No wonder there had been no reaction after administering the drops.
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Her face ghostly pale, she shook her head and exclaimed, “Dad, it wasn’t me. Leanne set me up.”
It finally made sense to Leanne why Curtis had been so protective, even arranging for a personal caretaker for Harrington.
Fortunately, he had taken precautions.
Otherwise, if Suzan had succeeded, Harrington might have gone blind, and as his primary physician, she would have been held accountable.
“You’re insane,” she said.
“Olivia is one of your people. You’ve bribed her…”
Suzan tried to frame Leanne, but Claudine, who knew her daughter better than anyone else, came to a grim realization. She exploded in hysterical fury, “He’s your father! How could you do this? We’ve raised you with so much care, and you’d hurt your own parents!” “I didn’t…” Suzan stubbornly denied.
Harrington, though scheming, was not a fool as the head of a major corporation.
“Bitch!” In a fit of rage, he slapped Suzan hard across the face. The force of the slap sent her crashing into a nearby table.
A kettle on the table toppled over, but Curtis, quick as a flash, pulled Leanne into his arms. Her world went dark as she was engulfed by Curtis’ scent, and he firmly covered her ears, sparing her from hearing the horrific screams.
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