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.”

experiments at the side on your behalf. But if the company was to implode just like that, I fear that it may be unable to continue to serve your purposes in the

years had Thomas ever met with King, for all of their communication had been realized exclusively through encrypted

spite of this, Thomas was never in

tragic demise

children to live in seclusion in the

contravened regulations, chiefly in the form of unethical drug trials and

to coerce King, but a desire to demonstrate his own loyalty in a bid to win the latter’s

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

Thomas nodded furiously.

to abide

happens that there’s going to be a neural control experiment coming up. The request for the test

“Understood!”

hung up, Thomas could not refrain from airing his own

himself to be quite a handful, King. At this rate, Dream’s development would sooner or later surpass Dexmed