A crisp, cold and harsh sound.
It seemed like a violent thunder blasting in the hallway.
Everyone was frightened.
Mr. Ward hid his face and wept bitterly.
At the same time, Jack squatted on the ground staring blankly as if in a trance.
On one side, there was his wife, on the other side there was his child.
Both Lyndall Long and Lone Wolf’s faces were extremely pale.
Choosing his wife or child like a multiple-choice question, anyone would be absolutely heart wrenching!
The air in the hallway seemed to become sticky and suffocating.
Director Lansing looked at Jack coldly.
Suddenly.
Bang. He kicked Jack so violently that Jack fell directly to the ground.
“Young Master!”
“Mr. Hughes!”
“Director Lansing!”
Lyndall and Lone Wolf immediately went up to help Jack, while Mr. Ward stared at Director Lansing in amazement.
Director Lansing ignored him and, pointing at Jack, shouted, “As you are a real man, is it so difficult for you to make a decision? Amber is inside now, lying on the operating table, and she’s close to death. What are you doing? Should we wait until you slowly think about the pros and cons and consider your priorities?”
While scolding, Director Lansing’s eyes were red with tears.
His voice trembled and he said with a crying voice, “You just need to make a decision. I’m Amber’s uncle and I also have to go back to the operating room and follow your decision!”
“I want both!”
Jack squeezed his throat hard and made a very hoarse voice.
“Director Lansing, could you buy some time? I will issue an order right now and I will ask immediately my father to issue the ‘Head Doctor’s Summoning Order’. I can also ask the Dragon Cavalry to issue the ‘Emergency order’ and the Grand Freemasons to issue a summoning order.”
Jack’s voice trembled, his crying made his voice very hoarse and while tears were flowing down his cheeks, his whole body felt like if it was cut by a knife.
When it came to save Yael Quinn, he could mobilize a group of head doctors.
When saving Amber, he could do the same!
As long as Amber and the baby could be saved, he would not hesitate even if it meant to give his own life!
“That’s how Yael was saved. Countless head doctors rescued him. It will definitely work, right Director Lansing?”
However, Director Lansing shook his head, “We don’t have enough time. Yael’s situation at that time allowed us to buy for time, but now Amber doesn’t have the conditions to stall for time. Who do you want to save?”
That last sentence contained anger and coercion.
Jack was paralyzed instantly.
Time was passing slowly.
Mr. Ward and the others three were all staring at Jack.
Only one could be saved!
Who to save, it was up to Jack!
Especially Director Lansing was staring at Jack and his eyes revealed mixed feelings. As Amber’s uncle and Steve Knight’s best friend, he felt even more anxious at that time.
Finally, Jack took a deep breathe, trying to calm down.
His eyes became very resolute.
He clenched his teeth and spit out a word, “I want my wife!”
“Okay!”
Director Lansing’s eyes lit up, and he immediately turned and entered the operating room.
The door of the operating room closed.
The slight “bang” of the door closed sounded like a heavy hammer and slammed into Jack’s heart.
He staggered back, he instantly felt drained of all his strength, his eyes turned black, and he felt faint and dizzy.
If it weren’t for Lyndall and Lone Wolf who supported him, Jack would have fallen to the ground.
Jack looked at the door of the operating room with teary eyes and whispered softly, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry… baby.”
Jack felt remorseful and guilty, as if the sky collapsed and completely swallowed him.
That feeling was hard to describe.
But who could have imagined that, although he tried all his best, it would have eventually lead to the current grief?
“Right now, you only care about your personal family affair? How could your character be so weak? “ the mysterious man said coldly.
As soon as the words came out, Jack, who was dejected and grieving, exploded in an instant.
The anger suddenly filled his chest and went straight to his head.
He glared at the mysterious man with his scarlet eyes, “Is your heart solid as a rock? Be regardless of the lives of your wife and child and showing no sadness or joy, is it different from a beast?”
He didn’t wait for the mysterious man to speak.
Jack said sternly, “You said in a high-sounding voice that you would protect secretly me and my family, but did you? Last time when my wife was kidnapped, it was Yael who risked his own life for her. Now he’s still in the ICU.”
“This time, my wife was wounded and kidnapped. Where were you? What you call protection is to persuade me not to care about my personal family affair and blame me for being weak?”
His words were sharp-tongued and he was raging with anger.
In an instant, the hallway became tense.
Mr. Ward, Ms. Hill, Lyndall and Lone Wolf looked solemn, they didn’t dissuade Jack but they stared at the mysterious man.
Also for them, what the mysterious man just said was too much.
Not only Jack was furious, but also so were they.
“Oh! Who do you think I had blocked?”
The mysterious man raised his finger, pointed at the gauze wrapped around his chest and said coldly, “Do you think that if I hadn’t been this wound now and hadn’t blocked that person, you would be here now grieving for your wife and children, instead of going home and pick up their corpses?”
While talking, the mysterious man raised his finger at Mr. Ward and Ms. Hill.
Jack looked stunned.
Mr. Ward and Ms. Hill’s expression also changed greatly.
Especially Mr. Ward, his heart twitched suddenly.
Following Jack, he soon understood the strength of the mysterious man very clearly.
Even Brent was far away from him.
However, in the villa, he was injured in that way during a fight.
If the mysterious man didn’t take action at that moment and left the rival go into the villa, the consequences…would have been even more tragic than now!
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