With a frown marring his forehead, Xavier took the phone and placed it beside his ear.

Before he could speak a word, Nate’s angry voice rang out. “Xavier, you and that b*tch Winnie must pay for harming Yulissa! I won’t let Yulissa die in vain. I shall make sure you and that b*tch pay for what you did to her!” His warning was so low that it was practically a growl.

“Nate!” Xavier clenched his jaw and warned, “Mind your words. Otherwise, don’t blame me for taking action.”

“Ha!” Nate sneered. “We used to be close to each other as cousins. Back then, you treated me badly to get Yulissa. Now, you and that b*tch caused Yulissa’s death. Are you going to teach me a lesson for that b*tch’s sake? You loved Yulissa dearly, but you aren’t as loyal as me. No wonder Uncle Benjamin prefers me over you. You suck, Xavier Fairchild!”

It was common knowledge in the Fairchild family that Benjamin and Xavier weren’t close to each other despite being father and son.

However, no one would say that out loud, for Benjamin and Xavier hated hearing people discussing this matter in public.

It was, in fact, a taboo in the Fairchild family. Xavier’s face would turn dark whenever the topic was mentioned.

As expected, rage ran red through Xavier’s brain after he heard Nate’s taunting words.

His eyes turned red as he snarled dangerously, “Send me your location. I’ll go find you now!”

Nate didn’t know Yulissa had injected a large dosage of a drug into Xavier’s body, causing the latter to lose a part of his memory.

He was in a foul mood, so he wanted to make Xavier and Winnie suffer worse than him.

He taunted, “Why? What’s wrong, my dear cousin? Did my words hit a sore spot? Is that why you’re angry?”

“Your address!” Xavier roared. He couldn’t control his emotions as he was under the influence of the drug.

“Dr. Houghton!” Louis’ anxiety grew when he realized Xavier’s emotions were growing unstable. He immediately asked for Josiah’s help. “Find a way to stop him! We can’t let this go on.”

Josiah knew how serious the problem was. “Calm him down. Keep an eye on him while I get the sedative,” he ordered.

“Okay!” Louis nodded and spun on his heels to offer some advice to Xavier. “Mr. Xavier, please calm down. I’ve made an appointment with Mr. Nate. It’s late, so it isn’t convenient for you to make your way over right now,” he uttered.

He then pleaded with Nate, “Mr. Nate, Mr. Xavier didn’t get to rest well these days, so he’s emotionally unstable. Can you please stop provoking him on purpose?”

Alas, all Louis got was an icy snort in response.

Ignoring Louis, Nate continued provoking Xavier. “I’ve sent the location to your phone. Xavier, I’ll be waiting for you. You’ll be a coward if you don’t show up!”

Xavier gritted his teeth and growled, “If you escape, you’re the coward!”

Tossing the phone away, Xavier whipped out his mobile phone and clicked into the location Nate had sent him.

He took one look at the address and grabbed his car keys, ready to leave.

Obviously, he wasn’t in a stable condition judging from his reddened eyes. Hence, there was no way Louis would let him leave.

Despite his efforts to stop Xavier from leaving, Louis was shorter than the former. Xavier gave him a shove, and he staggered backward unsteadily and nearly toppled to the ground.

Louis exclaimed, “Mr. Xavier, you can’t leave in this condition. It’s dangerous! Dr. Houghton, are you ready?”

As Xavier wasn’t about to listen to his advice, Louis flung his arms around Xavier’s waist so the man couldn’t move an inch.

“What are you doing? Let go of me!” Xavier seethed as an intimidating aura surrounded him. His eyes were bloodshot as he declared, “If you don’t let me go, don’t blame me for hurting you!”

“You can’t leave now!” Louis refused to let go even though Xavier was clutching his throat. “Dr. Houghton!”

Josiah had prepared the sedative. Despite hearing Louis’ screams earlier, he didn’t respond as he was afraid Xavier would realize what he was about to do.

ready, and Josiah was prepared to inject it

as though Xavier had eyes on the back of

best to be very careful, Xavier discovered his plan before

turned scarily redder when he

it was over in a flash, Josiah felt that Xavier

quickly grabbed the syringe from Josiah and

Xavier didn’t

with Josiah, he turned around and kicked Louis

the coffee table and bled on impact.

though Josiah pulled the syringe out of his neck almost immediately, a tiny amount of the sedative was already in

was bleeding, he threw the syringe aside and ran toward the

checked Louis’ wound, he asked, “Are you hurt elsewhere?

don’t worry about me. Hurry, go

temples and shook his head violently. He

I’ll faint even before I make it out of the door. Nate should be in Avenport, so we

his vision blurring, and he could barely

phone. He left his phone behind!” he

phone. I believe Mr. Xavier

was already taking effect, so Josiah felt his eyelids

out before he

the phone from

her phone was beside her when

her phone on silent mode, but both she and Jacinta saw

scowled in displeasure when she

this hour to disrupt your rest? Don’t answer it. Text him

laugh or

would he come to you for something urgent? He’s the CEO of Fairchild Corporation, so he can deal with it himself. He can get

a resigned nod. “That makes

Granny upset today, so I

rejected the call and

she could receive any reply, Jacinta took

can switch off your phone now. Look at the time. You think you can stay up late as you’re still young, but your body will deteriorate quickly. Hurry

when

up the cushion that had dropped to the floor and

want her to answer Xavier’s call, so she switched off

Winnie finally stepped

notification as her phone was switched off, but a flurry of texts from Xavier

glance, she

“Mrs. Fairchild, bad news. You

switched off

change, so Winnie put on a thin shirt and

made a noise and belatedly realized

was dark. It seemed that

of her house

was that a figure was standing in Jacinta’s room upstairs,

address Xavier received from Nate was a mansion located on the

only take around an hour for Winnie to arrive at the

an hour ago, and it would take him

calculated briefly and discovered she would arrive at around the same time as Xavier if she

He was probably taking the highway, but she had to abide by the city’s speed

and fifteen minutes later, Winnie’s car rolled to a stop before Nate’s mansion. She was the first

and noticed

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