Chapter 177 The Wife Behaves Strangely Around Us

• Jared said not a word. He got up and walked to the balcony, leaning against it to look downstairs with his fingers gently rubbing on the white-marble windowsill. “Long time, no see, Michael. You seem to be putting on airs now,” Jared said. Michael wiped the sweat from his forehead and apologized repeatedly. “I was on an inspection round downstairs. When I heard you were coming, I immediately came back.” Constantly staying under Jared’s shadow, Michael became resentful of him. But he dared not show it in front of Jared. Instead, he smiled and said, “But an emergent patient was suddenly brought in. I had to attend to it. Otherwise, I’d never dare to make you wait, Mr. Johnston.”
• … Jared looked at his chubby body and said coldly, “You’d better be.” He then let out a faint smile. “Let’s talk business now.” He turned to look at Michael with an obscure expression in his eyes. Michael was intimidated and almost immediately lowered his head. Despite that, he was flattering. “At your service, Mr. Johnston Jared looked at him with an icy expression on his smiling face. “You must have known Benjamin’s condition,” he said. Mr. Riddle Sr. was the titular figure of the Riddle family. Michael was startled for two seconds before replying, “Yes, I’ve examined him as soon as he was brought in. His condition isn’t looking good. The surgery is risky with many uncontrollable variables.”
• “Get your best doctor. How are the chances?” Jared asked with no emotion in his eyes. The best doctor under his command was now studying in Yamenia, and it took him a day to travel back. Besides, he would have to interrupt his study. As reluctant as Michael was, he had no choice but to call the doctor back. “There is a sixty percent chance,” he said. Jared frowned thoughtfully, as the sixty-percent chance was too low. “So much for the best doctor in your hospital. You are keeping a bunch of useless people in the hospital. How about you retire early?” Michael’s expression changed abruptly.