Mr billionaire's regret chasing his irresistible wife by Gabby Emmanuel

The path to recovery

JARED'S

POV)

I arrived at the office, intent on doing a little work before returning to the hospital. But concentration never felt like a Herculean task like it felt for me today. The more I tried to focus on work, the more my mind remained restless. My thoughts kept drifting back to Arielle, wondering if she was okay. And the other times, it wandered to Oliver, and if he has been able to get the drug from Sofia.

Two hours later, as I sat behind my laptop, fiddling with the keys, Oliver returned. "I got the drug," he said, his face in a smile as he walked in and closed the door behind him.

I sat up in my chair, my eyes conveying my curiosity. "That easy?" I asked, my tone skeptical.

He sighed, taking a seat in front of my desk. "Miss Sofia refused at first-wouldn't even open the door," he explained. "But then Miss Tiana intervened, spoke to her privately for a while and that did the trick because the next minute, she walked out smiling, the drug in her hand."

I frowned, my eyes dilating. Something about that felt off, but there was no time to dwell on it. I rose from my chair, grabbed my key fob, and threw it at Oliver, who caught it swiftly.

"You're driving," I told him, already heading for the door. With the way my head was running berserk, I didn't trust myself to drive. We walked out to the parking lot, the scorch of the noon sun beating down at us. I squinted, shielding my eyes with my hand as we approached the car. Oliver unlocked it, and we got in, the cool air conditioning enveloping us.

As we drove, my mind wandered a little. Why had Sofia given up the drug so easily? And what did Tiana say to her to make her change her mind? I tried to rewind my conversation with Sofia earlier, trying to recall if she had let anything slip. But nothing rang a bell. So I pushed the thoughts aside, focusing on the task at hand. I had to get to the bottom of everything, and it had to be real quick.

We soon arrived at the hospital, and I jumped out of the car, Oliver trailing closely behind. I strode into the hospital, my eyes scanning the hallway for Doctor Ramirez.

As I scanned the hallway, my eyes landed on a familiar figure, Dwayne. He was just stepping in and momentarily paused, his eyes meeting mine. And then he resumed walking, now in my direction.

"Hey, what brings you back here?" He asked, his eyes weary as he glanced at the drug sachet in my hand.

I raised the sachet, holding it up for him to see. "I got the drug from Sofia," I said, with a tinge of pride.

expression appearing-surprise, perhaps, or curiosity. He said nothing, the expression quickly dissolving. But I could tell that he was surprised that I had managed to get

solely on Arielle and making sure she was safe. I was determined to get to the root of all of these, to find out if the

Ramirez appeared, a warm smile on his face."Ah, Jared, Dwayne, good to see you two again," he said,

it, my grip firm. "Good to see you, too. Doctor, I need your help," I said, holding up the drug sachet again. "I want you to check what kind of drug this is, and if it could be responsible

"Of

I took that as a

play smart and given the wrong drug? What if she didn't, and the drug was Indeed responsible for Arielle's condition? The thought of the latter brought so much fury licking down my system. I clenched my fists until my knuckles turned

as we got to the Doctor's office. As we entered the doctor's office, he gestured for us to take a seat. I sat down, still clutching the drug, while Dwayne took the chair beside me. Doctor Ramirez settled into his chair, his eyes

a look,"

him the sachet, watching as he carefully opened it and

up at

at his words, and I gripped the chair tightly. How dare Sofia? But in all, I tried to force myself to calm down.

can be done?" I inquired,

relief medicine that can counteract the effects of this aphrodisiac. It's a specialized

and Dwayne and I inadvertently

said simultaneously and exchanged yet another

picked up his intercom, dialing a number. "Yes, Nurse, please fetch the relief medicine for aphrodisiac overdose.

up afterward and turned to us. "Let's head to Arielle's

instantly

followed the doctor out. We arrived at Arielle's room, and she was still lying in bed, with her mother sitting beside her. Maverick was huddled on the couch across from the bed, his eyes looking worried. He

be all right?" He asked, looking

why we're here," I said,

eyes and Dwayne made a gesture that

had arrived almost at the same time with us, bearing a small tray that contained a syringe and a vial of medicine, handed it to Doctor Ramirez. He took the syringe, extracted the medicine, and then approached Arielle on the bed. He carefully administered the medicine to

my office,