The Promise of Happiness novel Atalie and Samuel

Chapter 468 The Mysterious King

The call took quite a while to connect, and when it finally did, a modified male voice came through the receiving end. “Hello—”

“Sorry for disturbing you so late, King.” As much as Thomas was someone who had been around, he nonetheless remained exceptionally cautious when dealing with the one who he was on the phone with. “It’s me, Thomas Nichols. I’ve something that I would like to ask for your help with.”

The man hailed as “King” did not respond immediately and, instead, quietly waited for Thomas to state his business.

“I lost over one billion to stone-gambling today.”

“And?” King asked nonchalantly.

Thomas gasped, and could only fess up. “Recently, I’ve also acquired a piece of property and exhausted Dexmed Pharmaceutical’s liquidity in the process. Dexmed may face cash flow issues should this situation remain unchanged and may become insolvent as a result.”

“Are you compelling me to intervene by using threats here, Thomas?”

“You’ve misunderstood, King! How would I dare think about doing such a thing?” Thomas’ wizened face was mired in a cold sweat while he fawned, “If not for your help some twenty years ago, Dexmed Pharmaceutical would have remained in the hands of the Bayer family, so I’ve always kept your generosity close to my heart.”

conducting all kinds of experiments at the side on your behalf. But if the company

in these twenty years had Thomas ever met with King, for all of their communication had

in any

his own father-in-law met his tragic demise in an “accident” for refusing to perform trials on the human

the most ideal replacement after Arnold’s passing, but seeing her go off with the children to live in seclusion in the countryside led Thomas to set his own sights on Dexmed Pharmaceutical once more. That was when he

for King that contravened regulations, chiefly

to coerce King, but a desire to demonstrate his own loyalty in a bid to

you cannot claim much credit, you do deserve some recognition for your efforts,” said King with general indifference. “I’ll help plug the hole in your finances, but know that this would be

Thomas nodded furiously.

continue to abide

control experiment coming up. The request for the test sample will be sent to your inbox shortly, and

“Understood!”

could not

proven himself to be quite a handful, King. At this rate, Dream’s development would