A Replacement Bride

Chapter 398

Chapter 397 Three Kinds of Poison

"Do you have any idea how much you've embarrassed us over the years? Scandal after scandal gets out! You're already an adult, for Pete's sake. Can't you settle down?"

Despite his father's lectures, Emmanuel was unfazed and unrepentant. He sat down languidly and took out a cigar only to fiddle with it. A smirk curled his lips. "Calm down, Dad. I'm doing this for the family. Look at the Olsens. They used to be so powerful. More powerful than we were, but so what? They fell. Their descendants are few, and all of them are useless. Now, they are nothing. Nobody remembers them anymore."

He narrowed his eyes. "Katherine is an exception, although she's not an Olsen. She's decent to say. And she's the owner of W Co. A talented woman, but not even she can revive the Olsens. Now we're the strongest family around. So what if they're illegitimate? They're all successful. We can do without Corey."

"Why you little…" Philip almost blacked out because of fury. "You are his father! How could you say that?" He slammed his hand down on the couch's armrest and gnashed his teeth. "If anything happens to him, I will kill you! I know Sharon will do it too, but I'm doing it first!"

Emmanuel shrugged. "Do what you like." He left for the company and entered his office. Then he summoned his assistant. "How's the Petite Town going?"

His assistant fell silent for a while and answered, "It's going well, but…"

"But what?" Emmanuel looked at him and narrowed his eyes.

The assistant felt a chill run down his spine, and he said, "Universe Group has just announced a permanent partnership with W Co."

Emmanuel frowned, and his face fell. Petite Town was a joint collaboration between Gray Corporation and Universe Group. Now they're working with W Co.? Something's off. Emmanuel knew that. He tensed up, his eyes twinkling. A while later, he said, "Keep an eye on W Co. and Universe. Tell me if anything happens."

"Yes, sir."

"What about Katherine?" asked Emmanuel.

The assistant said, "She never came back out after she took Master Corey back."

Emmanuel sneered. "She can't think she can save him herself, can she? That's just arrogance. She'll pay for that arrogance."

He was sure Katherine was behind the Universe and W's partnership, but he didn't care. W Co. might be powerful, but they hadn't established themselves well here. The Grays still ruled this city. She thinks she can topple us with her company? What a fool. Even though he knew Katherine was behind this, he thought nothing of it. Unbeknownst to him, this arrogance of his would cost him dearly.

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Two days went by, and David had gotten news of Corey's condition. He came straight over. "So, is he alright? Is his poison cleared?" He couldn't calm down when his longtime friend was dying.

Katherine got some tissues and wiped the sweat off her forehead, then she sat down on the couch. Exhausted, she leaned on the couch's back.

David was worried, but he didn't want to push Katherine, so he sat down, still fidgeting.

A while later, Katherine heaved a long sigh. "He's fine for now. I treat him once every three hours, and he's taken some medications. The poison has weakened."

David's eyes shone with hope. "So, he can be saved?"

Still looking solemn, Katherine said coldly, "Not necessarily. The poison is powerful, and Emmanuel probably poisoned him the night before he came to me. It's gotten to his organs. He won't come out of this unscathed. All I can do now is weaken the poison and keep his innards safe. Holding down the poison's spread is all I can do. Whether he can survive depends on him now."

David froze. "What do you mean? There's no cure?"

An icy smile curled Katherine's lip. "Well, Emmanuel said there is. He'll give it to me if I give him my grandfather's research." Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

"Um…" He opened his mouth, looking a little fidgety. "So, what are you going to do?"

She didn't answer right away. A moment of silence later, she asked, "Do you trust me?"

Without hesitation, David said, "Of course." They were longtime friends, and he trusted Katherine.

Katherine heaved a sigh and organized her words, then she said, "From what I've seen, there are three kinds of poison in his body. Each keeps the other in check, and the cure works that way as well."

David didn't really understand what she meant. "What are you saying?"

"Emmanuel does have a cure. He might not care about Corey, but he wouldn't leave him for dead, but he hid an important piece of information. Even if Corey is cured, he will never go back to his old self. He'll be a shadow of his former self."

David shot up. "You mean he's going to end up with a crippling condition?"

Katherine shook her head. "No. I mean he'll have to rely on the meds from now on, and the med is also a kind of poison. A weak poison, but taking it long-term will change him. He'll never be normal again."

He finally understood what she was trying to say. "So, you mean he'll develop an addiction?"