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.

wavered briefly with an unreadable 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 the drug from

care-I wasn't interested in anyone's opinions right now. My focus was 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

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

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

doctor's expression turned serious, and he nodded. "Of

turning to Dwayne to silently inquire if he was coming along. He shrugged and I took that as a yes. So we

Arielle's condition? The thought of the latter brought so much fury

a seat.

me take a look," he requested,

opened it and examined the contents. His

powerful aphrodisiac," he said finally, looking up at us. "And I'm afraid it's part of the cause of Arielle's

dare Sofia? But in all, I tried to force myself to calm

be done?" I inquired,

the effects of this aphrodisiac.

in relief and Dwayne and I inadvertently

it to her," we said simultaneously and exchanged yet another glance before

nodded and picked up his intercom, dialing a number. "Yes, Nurse, please fetch the relief

us. "Let's head to Arielle's room. The nurse

I instantly shot

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 lunged out of the bed the instant he saw me and threw himself

He asked, looking up at me with concerned

she will. That's why we're here," I said, ruffling

at us with questioning eyes and

tray that contained a syringe and a vial of medicine, handed it to Doctor Ramirez. He took the syringe, extracted the medicine, and then

I'll be in my office, call me if my attention is needed,"