2025-05-14 03:36:12“I'm sorry to ask, mother, but is all well?” He asks as meekly as possible.
“Yes, yes,” she waves off, trying to hide her excitement. She is about to speak, but she suddenly stops herself and frowns. “How is that any of your concern, Leon? Just mind your business and take care of my daughter tomorrow! I forbid you to be outside of this room tomorrow! Else, your mother will have to die when I cut her medical allowance!” Leon heaves under his breath. He doesn't know why his mother-in-law is being very defensive, he would have loved to give Damien Shankly a piece of his mind for abandoning a sick Selina Xavier, but his mother in-law obviously doesn't want him there. Loen is not too bothered by her strange order, it's her house and rules after all, but he has something very important… “Please, Mrs Xavier.” He holds his hands together in plea. “I will obey your order, but I should leave very early in the morning and go to see my mother. She needs help to go to the hospital tomorrow.” Victoria snarls. “Are you deaf? Did I not tell you that you can't leave?” “I just need one hour, please –” “You want to disobey me? Do it! Just don't act like a victim once I cut off my donation to help your mother get her medicines! Then you will say I am wicked!” Leon bits down his lips, even though he wants to beg some more. She won't change her mind, he knows Victoria too well. “Stupid boy. Ungrateful boy.” She murmurs as she walks away. “Let me see you even leave this room tomorrow!” She bangs the door so hard that Leon jilts. He thinks into the ground, he grabs his hair in frustration. How can he not see his mother? Her treatment is very hectic, she has to take like a dozen injections at the same time, and it's so hard for her. He has to be by her side, he has to hold her hand while she goes through the pain. But his mother-in-law has forbidden him from seeing her. What is he going to do? He looks across the room, his comatosed wife is still as still as a log, she has been like this for years now. He goes over to her and runs his fingers through her hair. “I am sorry my dear wife, but I have to leave to see my mother.” He whispers to her. “Don't worry, I will make sure that you are comfortable. I will be back very early in the morning, I promise.” ***** Leon sneaks out through the window, and then climbs over a section of the wall, where no one notices him. By the time he gets a taxi to the hospital, his mother is already standing by the door. Beverly Smith is Leon's adoptive mother. She is a very beautiful woman, but age and grief has drastically aged her. She is so sick that she is leaning over a walking stick, but she manages to rush to hug him. Leon is exhausted working for the Xavier family, but he manages to smile. “Hello, mum. Tell me that you are feeling a little better.” “Last night was terrible, but I am glad that I will be getting injections today. Remember, they make me feel very much better.” “Great.” Leon smiles, as he leads her in. Just as they walk through the door, Leon is so focused on his mother that he doesn't notice when he bumps into a very rich looking woman and throws her bag to the floor. “Oh, my bad!” Leon goes down quickly to grab her stuff for her, even before she could react. “I'm sorry, I should have been paying more attention…” He raises his eyes to look at her, but his jaw slacks to the ground. She has the face of an angel, and she seems to be smitten by him. “I'm sorry about your bag, Miss. I can't afford–” “Leon?” She asks in a shaky voice. “Is this really you, Leon?” Leon almost drops her things back in fright. How is it possible that she knows his name? He has never seen her in his life! “I'm sorry, miss, do I know you?” She quickly smiles and shakes her head. “My name is Helen Shankly.” Leon feels like someone wacks him in the face. He is standing in front of Helen Shankly?! The most gifted medical doctor in the whole country?! “Doctor Shankly, it's an honour to meet you, i don't think that I have ever met you before. Even though you know my name…” She laughs and waves it off. “I'm sorry, I think this is just mere coincidence. You just look like someone I knew long ago.” Leon finds it strange, but he smiles and hands her bag to her, before he leaves. Helena Shankly can't help but stare at him as he walks into the hospital. She has to call her sisters. She thinks that she has found their long lost biological brother!!
Previous Chapter
Latest Chapter
126
The first thing that Leon does when he sees Damien at the hospital, in his office, is to punch him in his face. Damien did not see that coming at all, and now he has a bloody nose. “What the hell, Leon?! Do you want me to beat you up again?!” He yells, wiping the blood before it stains his perfectly white shirt. “Alex Kane, really?! You would have been better off making a deal with the devil himself!” Leon fumes. “And what has that got to do with you?!” Damien slams him. “Helen doesn't deserve this! She worked so hard and you are going to ruin everything for her!” “You see, that's my problem with you, Leon. You don't know when to stop. I am an ambitious man, and your darling Helen and I have different visions, so it's not a surprise that we are taking different routes and trying to do our things. If you still want that head surgeon position, you better keep quiet and behave yourself.” Leon folds his hands. “Don't be so patronizing, Damien. You already promised Alex that you a
125
Leon doesn't know how he was able to get back to the house in one piece. It's so late, and he is still in shock that he goes straight to the bedroom. He doesn't even bother turning on the light, he just takes off his shoes and jacket, before getting into bed. Immediately, he feels a warm body next to him, and he almost screams. He jumps out of the bed and turns on the light. “MJ?” He holds his hand over his forehead. “What– how did you get into here?” Only heaven knows how many hours she has been in his bed, because she seems so heavy with sleep. She must have been in here for hours. “Where have you been?” She whines as she rubs her eyes. “Work was exhausting today, and I missed you. You weren't picking up, so I came by to check on you, but you weren't here.” Of course the staff knows all of the Jones children and they probably didn't know that MJ never left. But the staff is not who Leon is worried about. He goes over to her and holds her chin in his hands. “Did Helen see you
124
Alex pulls a chair and sits back down. His legs are crossed with ease, and there is a twinkle of interest in his eyes. “I have to tell you, this has got to be the most captivating thing to have come out of your rotten mouth.” He says. “And it's the truth, I swear to you.” Damien insists. Alex turns to look at Mister Jones. “Jonathan, you care to explain what this is?” Mister Jones steps forward and clears his throat. “I don't know.” “You don't know?” Alex huffs. “Your father instructed me to get rid of the Shankly son, and I did! I made him disappear, and it's not my fault that Helen thought of getting a replacement. She kept away from my family for years, and I never noticed that Damien was… adopted.” It's true, except there is a small white lie in that story. Mister Jones didn't kill the Shankly son. He took him and dumped in a lonely place, because he couldn't kill him. His adoptive parents (the Smith couple) adopted him, and they raised Leon. Alex just heaves and lets h
123
Damien gets pushed into the wall, and several guns are pointed at him. “Alex, you can't do this! I'm sorry, man, but I need you to see things from my perspective!” He begs. “I didn't know that my sister stole my shares! This is not me trying to cheat you!” “Stop moving around like a worm, Damien. It would make cleaning up harder for my men.” “Please, Alex, just let go of him. He is just a kid, a stupid one, but he is harmless.” Mister Jones surprises everyone when he begs on Damien's behalf. “He is stupidly dangerous. He tried to sell a hospital that that girl worked so hard for. I will be doing her a favor by taking out this liability that is her brother.” Alex snorts. “But he has a wife and children on the way, Alex. Please, show him mercy and I assure you that he won't try this nonsense again.” Mister Jones press. He knows that there is a limit he could push this to, but he can only attempt to change Alex's mind. The last thing Helen needs is to mourn her adoptive brother.
122
Damien turns into a coward immediately when he sees that Duke Scales has been killed in front of him. No wonder Helen has always maintained that Alex Kane is a very dangerous man. He immediately starts to sweat and his legs give way, so that he falls to the ground after a stagger. “Get a grip of yourself, Shankly, what's with this girlish behavior?” Alex Kane laughs with mockery. “Get up, son, this is not the time to get weak in the knees.” Mister Jones speaks. But Damien can't help it. One of Alex's men has to go and pull him up by the collar. “Don't shoot me, I was going to sell it to you anyways.” Damien raises his hands in surrender. “Duke Scales wasn't even offering that much money.” “Again, we will have to talk about this as proper business men. This is not the right place, so come with me.” Damien takes one look at the pooling blood and Duke's lifeless body. That's when it dawns on him that Alex doesn't care if one is from a very rich family. He has the connections a
121
“You can't do that!” Damien frowns. “Who are you to tell me what I can and cannot do?!” Do you realize that you are going to destroy the entire empire?! The shares might get into the wrong hands!” Damien snorts. “Then I will just go and start my own empire! How hard can it be?!”Leon bites the inside of his cheek, he wishes that he could slap Damien right now. “You would be a fool to think that I would allow you to do something stupid like that! Not only are you destroying yourself, you are also going to harm Helen and the twins!” “Well, if she had just stepped down, all of this wouldn't have happened. It's going to be mine either way, and not even you can stop me. I am the one who is going to make you the head Doctor, remember? You will keep your mouth shut if you still want that position.” Leon looks down and sighs. “Who are you selling to?” Damien snorts as he walks out. “Like I am going to tell you.” Leon wants to immediately go and tell Helen about this stupid plan of Da
You may also like
Rise Of The Disrespected Trillionaire Heir
Blaq79.3K viewsRise of the Student Trillionaire
Ty Writes147.2K viewsTrillionaire Ex husband's Revenge
Jericho Chase85.9K viewsThe Rise of the Son-in-law After Divorce
Enigma Stone128.5K viewsJeremy Waltz: A Billionaire Incognito
Grim550 viewsRise Of The Legendary Goldmaster.
Blaq135 viewsTHE APOCALYPTIC RISE OF ADAM
Kabirat Aleem5.2K viewsThe return of the underestimated imperial master
Unique 685 views