Addicted To The Genius Lady With A Thousand Faces

Chapter 528:

Aware that Burnet was growing suspicious, Marissa steered the conversation into more serious and professional waters.

“Mr. Hoffman, when your mother was carrying you, she consumed something harmful. As a result, your body suffered damage while you were in the womb, leading to your birth with congenital asthma. As a child, asthma attacks came easily to you.

You rarely ventured outside and were closely guarded by your family. Initially, your asthma seemed mild, likely mistaken by your family for a common cold.

However, as you grew, the attacks increased in frequency and severity. By the time you sought treatment from my father, your condition was nearly life-threatening.”

After pausing, Marissa asked, “Am I correct, Mr. Hoffman?”

Burnet nodded immediately. “Yes.”

Though Marissa had playfully pressed him to hurry with funeral arrangements earlier, casting doubt on her reliability, his trust was restored when she spoke these speculations with conviction.

of fiction at

have been comforting, but they rang

what medicine my father used

“I don’t,” Burnet admitted.

powerful enough to suppress congenital asthma attacks like

I’ve never heard of the Nash family marketing

the AsthmaEase Pills were still experimental. He must have diagnosed you as close to death, with

effectively managed, saving your life for the time being. Although the pills worked for you, my father knew they

didn’t commercialize the pills. Instead, he continued refining them, aiming to develop a version that could completely cure you. Sadly,

“So your father saved my life. I owe my

people is the fundamental

in slightly, her voice earnest as she continued, “I’ve shared all this to lead up to something important. Please listen carefully. I’m uncertain whether the AsthmaEase Pills were ever perfected. But fortunately, there’s another thing now that could

forward, asking

subtly shifted the conversation toward her