The Great Medical Saint (Matthew)

Chapter 12

Tessa gave Randall a thumbs-up. "Impressive! You got it done in 20 minutes."

Randall smirked, feeling a hint of pride. "What's a challenge for others is a piece of cake for me."

In reality, he didn't even know Larry personally. He had reached out to Larry through a friend. Being wealthy, Randall had given Larry a lighter worth 4,000 dollars, which had sealed the deal. Placing a finger to his lips, Randall whispered, "Shh, let me talk to Larry. Stay quiet."

Tessa nodded and sipped her coffee quietly.

Randall answered the call and switched to speaker mode so Tessa could hear everything clearly.

"Hello?" Larry's voice came through the phone.

"Hi, did you confirm the meeting time with Ms. Carter?" Randall asked with a smile.

Larry's voice crackled with anger. "I got fired! How the heck am I supposed to arrange a meeting? Randall, you've wrecked my career!"

Randall's expression changed. "What happened? You seemed fine when I left."

Larry shouted furiously, "It was all because of you! You told me to mess with that Matthew guy, and now I've lost my job. Do you have any idea who he is?"

Still clueless, Randall shrugged nonchalantly. "Isn't he just an ex-convict and a divorced loser with a kid?"

Larry's fury intensified. "You're still full of lies! I believed you, and now I'm paying for it. Matthew is our president's boyfriend! I got fired because of your damn schemes. What are you going to do about this?" "What?" Randall and Tessa gasped in disbelief.

Matthew was Rachel's boyfriend? How could that be true? It seemed more absurd than the idea of the sun rising in the west.

Randall coughed, trying to regain composure. "Come on, Mr. Scott, you must be kidding. Matthew just got out of prison. It's hard to imagine him dating anyone, let alone your gorgeous president."

Tessa chimed in, "Yeah! I divorced him because he wasn't good enough. How could someone like Ms. Carter possibly be interested in an ex-convict?"

accept that Matthew

Tessa had seen before, was breathtakingly beautiful, like an angelic presence. On top of that,

made Tessa feel utterly insignificant. She was convinced that a woman of Rachel's caliber

was fuming, with nowhere to vent his anger. "I saw it all with my own eyes!

wrong, did I? Why did you guys tell me to provoke Matthew for no reason? Now I'm out of

disbelief, asked, "Are you absolutely sure? You saw

snapped, "I got fired, along with the head of security and

and Randall were stunned

he didn't get a response. He raised

ashen by now. "This is disastrous. If Matthew is really dating Ms. Carter, our deal is gone, and Evergreen

did this happen? How did that worthless scoundrel manage

as he glanced at Tessa,

to marry Tessa. He

deceiving Ms. Carter? Otherwise, there's no way he could be connected with the Carter

realization, and he slammed

be it! He's probably hiding his past as an ex-convict and his previous marriage. He must've come up with a false identity. Maybe he's pretending to be a wealthy heir or a political elite!" Tessa nodded eagerly. "Yes, let's go expose

"Let's go now. We can't let that

...

at

was Rachel calling. "Where

swallowing the food, he asked, mindful of his role as her

lunch. We had a misunderstanding the first

him better. If he turned out to be a good match, she might as well follow Fred's wishes. Matthew felt

taken aback by the rejection. She was beyond frustrated.

facing rejection again, Rachel offered another option besides coffee. Matthew

She had never been turned down before, and this

a while, she struggled