The Impervious Courier

Chapter 7.

Cory stopped when he got to the doctor. The doctor's hand was still shaking from the shock that came with the interruption.

When a sudden voice had yelled, "Enough!", the doctor had thought that it was Theo. But now, seeing this scrawny youth standing in front of him, the doctor flared up in utmost rage.

"Who is this wayward lad, and when he did walk into the ward?" The doctor bellowed, glaring at Cory.

Cory was not bothered. His face looked unusually calm. It was as though he was a new person. It was hard to tell what had gotten over him.

"Where did you come from, and how the hell did you find yourself here? Did you know what you just caused? You just made me cut Miss Anna with the needle." The doctor yelled even harder at Cory.

The more the doctor yelled at Cory, the more he wished that Theo would say something. The doctor had intentionally mentioned the cut on Anna's arm to further infuriate Theo and get him to act.

It worked. Theo's eyes kindled rage when he saw the scratch on the arm of his only daughter. There was a tiny lace of blood on Anna's arm.

At the sight of blood, Theo almost lost his mind.

"Bring him here!!!" Theo ordered at once.

The henchmen hurried towards Cory to forcefully take him to their master.

"Hold on!" Cory lifted one of his hands to stop the henchmen.

The henchmen stopped in their tracks. Not because Cory had asked them to, but because of the boldness and guts of Cory.

Cory, this scrawny lad was standing in the presence of the great and mighty Theo. Yet he doesn't feel any sense of fear. Instead, he was standing with his head high in the cloud, commanding the henchmen to stop coming at him!

Theo himself was intrigued by the effontery of this strange lad. He couldn't react at once per se, so he just stared at Cory.

"It would be unwise to do this now. We should all be worried about the well-being of Anna." Cory answered casually, not a string of worry or stress found on his face.

"How dare you little shit curse at the lord?! Did you just say unwise?!!" One of the henchmen lost his cool at once.

He stomped towards Cory.

"Enough." Theo suddenly snapped at the man.

Theo got up from where he was seated and took two bold steps forward.

"Let's see what he has to offer." Theo decided to indulge Cory.

When Cory heard this, he sighed in relief, but he didn't let any of them notice. Although he felt confident on the surface, deep inside, he couldn't tell why he was willingly pushing himself into a pool of lava.

"What do you say is wrong with my daughter?" Theo asked, staring keenly at Cory.

Cory cleared his throat and moved even closer to the lady in bed.

"She has been poisoned." Cory said softly yet with less emphasis. He sounded very confident.

"What!!!" Anna exclaimed, sitting up.

She had been quiet all along, trying to figure out what Cory was up to.

"What the hell are you talking about?" The head doctor suddenly snapped at Cory.

The head doctor was trying to protect his status. He was one of the best doctors in the field who had bagged a PhD. and won several other medically inclined awards. He wouldn't let himself be outshined by this scrawny and mischievous lad that came from God knows where.

"What did you say happen to her? Poison? What do you think we are? Jokes, to you? Have I not diagnosed my patient and concluded that she is suffering from asthma? Where do you think you are that you can let your intrusive thoughts win?" The doctor looked really offended as he scolded Cory.

The doctor turned to look at Theo.

"I think I know what the problem of this mischievous lad is. He is one of the admirers of Miss Anna, so he is doing all his best to impress her." The doctor explained to Theo.

Theo's gaze shifted from the doctor to Cory.

"Is that so?" Theo directly asked Cory.

Cory should answer the question, but he didn't. Instead, he walked to the bedhead and took the small plastic bowl where Anna had spat the black substance after the violent cough.

Everyone was stunned by how brazen this lad is! How dare he ignore the word of their lord and casually walk around?

"You are a prestigious doctor who swore to live by the oath of the medical system. Answer me in all sincerity. Have you ever had an asthmatic patient who coughed such substance before?" Cory asked the doctor.

The doctor felt cornered by Cory's question. He couldn't have imagined that this hopeless lad would ask him such a challenging question.

"This crazy lad! Why should I answer your question?" The doctor put up a defense.

Then the doctor realised that Theo, Anna, and the rest of the people were now staring at him. They wanted an explanation for what Cory had just asked him.

"Lord Theo. You are not taking this lad seriously, are you? He is only trying to sound intelligent. He is doing this to avoid death. Kick him out right now and let me save Miss Anna. We can't afford to let her health get complicated because of a nonentity." The doctor pleaded evenly.

When the doctor stopped talking, the whole room was silent. Everyone was expecting what Theo would say, yet none of them was bold enough to look at him directly.

Theo's gaze shifted from the doctor was about to piss his pants from the long stare. He stared at his daughter for a while.

Then he looked straight to Cory, who still looked quite unbothered.

"Get to work." Theo said to Cory.

The doctor gasped when he heard this. Even Anna was a little shocked to see her father take such a decision. But since she had seen Cory fight off so many men without breaking a sweat, she thought perhaps he was a mysterious powerful man living low-key.

So she wanted to give him a try, too.

"Lord Thoe, you will let this opportunist take advantage of our lovely Miss Anna, will y--"

"Shut your mouth before I break your jaws into pieces!!!" One of the henchmen snapped at the doctor, and the latter cowered.

Without giving any response, Cory walked closer to the bed.

"Sleep on your back, your face to the ceiling." Cory instructed Anna.

Anna did just as told. Theo and the doctor followed the scene carefully with their hunting eyes.

Then Cory stood up tall again after inspecting the eyes of Anna. He looked directly at Theo first but then changed his mind and gazed at Anna. Their eyes met.

"Close your eyes." He told her. Anna slowly shut her eyes.

After she closed her eyes, Cory slowly looked down at her chest. He saw the cleavages heaving. The swell of her breasts made he gulp.

Then he slowly brought his hand down on her breast.