NovelEnglishJustin kept to his word. Jasper received the drugs after one week.
Jasper, who was hosting an important meeting in the Beckett Group, was on edge.
When the meeting ended, he sprung up from his seat and darted out the doors like lightning.
The management was left at their seats, exchanging glances.
"What is wrong with Mr. Beckett?"
"Haha! I think he had to relieve himself. The meeting was so long. | wouldn't have held it in if | were him. His
kidneys are such champions!"
"Not to mention his bladder too!"
Today, the KS Group had an important board meeting that required Winston to attend.
However, Jameson's drugs ran out, and Julien was taken away by the Lovelace family. So, Winston grew more
helpless.
The effects of the drugs had worn off. He started feeling his body weakening. He couldn't stop yawning. His nose
was runny, his head was spinning, and his vision was blurry. He didn't even manage to eat dinner last night
because he had fallen into a deep slumber.
He considered his physical condition and was afraid he couldn't get up in the morning. So, he pushed this
meeting to the afternoon.
Even so, the consecutive alarms were useless. Winston only forced himself to wake up after Neil, Alyssa, and the
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"Mr. Winston?"
"Dad!"
"Winston!"
Winston opened his eyes with difficulty and saw Alyssa, Mandy, and Neil looking at him by his bedside.
"W-What tis it now?"
Alyssa's heart wrenched when she heard her father's frail voice. She held his icy hand firmly.
"It's almost noon. Winston, you haven't eaten breakfast, so you shouldn't skip lunch either. Your body will not be
able to take it." Mandy looked at Winston's gaunt face painfully.
When Winston got up, his head was suddenly spinning. He collapsed to the ground.
"Winston!"
Sweat filled Alyssa's head. She quickly held his father's wrist, looking for a pulse.
She could sense her father's restlessness.
However, she wasn't Julien nor a neurologist.
She was skilled medically, but she specialized in surgical procedures. At this point, her hands were tied.
"Dad, you must go to the hospital now!" Alyssa frowned. Her voice was hoarse from the panic.
"I'm not going," Winston declined firmly.
"Then, cancel your board meeting!"
"No!" Winston pulled his hand away suddenly. He gritted his teeth, unwilling to resign. "I would crawl to that
meeting if | have to!"
"Winston, listen to me!" Alyssa couldn't take it anymore. She reprimanded him like a mother would to her son,
"Sitting up is laborious enough for you. Why are you still forcing yourself? Is it that important to show up at that
crappy meeting?
"Is it more important than your health? Is it more important than your life?"
That aggressive reprimand shocked Mandy and Neil.
Alyssa was the only one in the whole of Belbanks who dared to address Winston this way.
"You brat! What do you know?"
Winston gathered his strength, but he broke into a sweat as he struggled. "The KS Group was in utter chaos
when | was hospitalized the last time. The rumors were hard to take in.
"If | get hospitalized again, the KS Group wouldn't only be affected internally. All our competitors in the market
would take this opportunity to snatch the resources that belonged to us, Taylors. It might cause more trouble
than we can handle!"
"So, what? Let them take the resources if they want them. You can never make enough money."
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Alyssa firmly grabbed his shoulder with her shaky hands. She looked at him with a burning gaze. "Dad, please
take care of your health and recuperate. Enjoy your golden years. This is more important than anything else.
"KS Group won't fall. As long as I'm here, no one will ever have the chance to snatch even a strand of hair from
us. They can dream on!"
"You silly girl... Do you think you are that capable?" Winston was nagging, but his eyes were reddened. "I will
never retire this early. If you're askingto stay at hand be useless, | would rather kick the bucket."
He wasn't obsessed with power. He wanted to work a few more years to lessen the burden on his children, so
they were free to do whatever they wanted.
If he collapsed one day, every one of his children would need to bear the heavy responsibility of the KS Group,
especially his eldest son, Jonah, and the successor he had in mind, Alyssa.
Then, they would never get back the carefree life they have now.
Alyssa was outraged.
Everyone said that it was a delight to have an elderly at home. However, Alyssa didn't think so.
It would be outrageous if she said it to Winston, too.
Mandy had a heavy and doubtful look on her face.
She had a hunch that Jameson's drugs were the cause of the changes in Winston's body.
However, Julien tested the drugs and confirmed that the drugs weren't poison.
So, were Winston's cold, headache, and lethargy side effects of the drug?
At this moment, there was a knock at the door.
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