The atmosphere in front of the intensive care unit suddenly turned tense as doctors and nurses rushed in and out with ragged breaths. The vital sign monitor inside the room beeped loudly, signaling a drastic drop in Derek’s bodily condition.“What is actually happening to his condition? Why does that monitor keep beeping?” Fae worriedly half-shrieked, her tears nearly spilling over her eyelids.“His blood pressure has dropped drastically. There is secondary internal bleeding near the previous post-operative area pressing on his vital organs,” one of the emergency doctors answered in panic. “We must immediately perform a follow-up surgery right now, or we will lose him!”Panic immediately struck the entire hospital corridor. Fae looked extremely worried and badly shaken, but Jacob who had just arrived at the hospital after receiving the emergency news displayed a far deeper level of worry, his white-as-chalk face watching his younger brother's condition through the partition glass.Hea

“Ah, my back hurts so much,” Joe complained as he adjusted his sitting position.The atmosphere inside Joe's service car felt so quiet, accompanied only by the soft static hissing sound streaming directly from the high-tech voice-tapping device he had secretly installed beneath the driver's seat of Jordan's vehicle a few days ago.Joe, who was initially sitting casually while enjoying a pack of fast food inside his car, instantly stopped chewing. The sound of discordant laughter heard loudly from the speaker in his ear immediately drew all his attention and focus in an instant.Inside the live broadcast recording, Jordan's voice was clearly heard talking to someone through a cellular phone connection linked to the car's speakerphone.“Ha-ha-ha! You heard the news today yourself, right? That bastard finally really got what was coming to him!” Jordan's laughter sounded so free, mocking, and filled with overflowing satisfaction.The person on the other end of the line sounded hesitant be

“Isn't this a bit too much?” asked Joe, who had just stepped out of the elevator along with Victor.Victor, who glanced toward the door, saw two sturdy men standing in front of the door, then looked back straight ahead indifferently. “Nothing is too much, if the one inside is an heir of the West family.”Joe nodded his head again, still keeping his gaze fixed in the direction of the two burly men. “That's true.” He felt it was a bit too much, too tense, but yeah. It was also a form of prevention.He stared while shaking his head at the silence enveloping the VVIP room where Derek was being treated. Although his condition was beginning to improve, the presence of two armed bodyguards now standing on alert outside the bedroom door reinforced that the danger had not fully passed.Fae sat in a chair beside the bed while cutting up some fruit for Derek. The sound of the knife scraping against an apple was the only noise breaking the quiet before Derek broke the silence.“You don't need to