However, Jennifer's eyes dimmed swiftly."But Lily will never let me get close to Anthony now that she knows I've overheard what she said. Besides, it'll take some time to undo the hypnotization effect," she said with a frown. "He's been hypnotized since he was young, so I imagine it'd be very hard to undo it.""I did some research on hypnotization before," drawled Harvey. "It will be quite hard to undo the effects when he had been hypnotized for so long. In fact, I'd reckon it'd take at least a year or so if the hypnotist is a very good one. And there's one other thing…"Anthony won't be that easily hypnotized now as compared to when he was younger. What Lily is doing now is just driving in the message she planted in his head. In other words, she's not trying to plant new ideas. It'll be hard to undo the effects."Harvey looked at Jennifer. "I suggest you team up with Anthony's parents on this to have a higher chance of succeeding. Make sure he's not spending time with Lily while
Vicky continued, "My parents wanted to marry me off to another family to gain business favors. So, instead of letting them decide my life, I thought I'd be better off marrying—""Marrying someone you like?" interrupted Tyler.After a few seconds of silence, Vicky sighed and said, "No. Harvey was trying to chase Gloria at that time. I knew he didn't like me, nor would he ever. My family had a lot of business dealings with his family back then, so to cement their business relationship, my family and his family persistently tried to set up Harvey and Gloria together. However, Gloria put up a fierce struggle, and the two of them never ended up together."I went to find Harvey to put forth my proposal." Vicky glanced at Tyler. "By the way, did you decide to chase Gloria after finding out she turned down so many excellent men for you? Were you moved by her gesture?"Tyler was speechless. It would take them more than three days and three nights to talk about who wronged who if they insist
A familiar voice was heard from the voice recorder."Even though Tyler is using memory loss to cover his real problem, it won't be that hard for those who meant him harm to find out the truth soon enough. Plus, if word gets out about this, they'll find ways to test or trigger him, so it'll be easy to expose him."The alluring deep voice belonged to a man, and it took Tyler no time to recognize it as Harvey's.Next, came a woman's hesitant albeit familiar voice."How did you…" It sounded like she was unsure whether she should ask her question."The medicines you've asked me to look into," came Harvey's voice again. "I can't think of anyone other than Tyler using it.""You based your guess on this point alone?""Vicky, do you even know how long you've been accompanying him to work? No normal couple does that. Let me put this another way: Why did he suddenly need you to go to work with him when he didn't used to in the past?""So you were aware of what was happening all along.""
"I don't have the full picture of what happened in the past, but Vicky told Harvey everything when he asked about your memory loss. This just proves how much she trusts him. Moreover, they seem to think you're sick in some other way and have been feeding you other kinds of medicine without you knowing it."If you ask me, these are just excuses for Vicky to poison you. She won't stop until you're dead, Tyler! I even heard from your mother that Vicky tried to poison you five years ago. She would've gotten her way if your family didn't bring you home and give you the antidote."Now, she's trying to do the same thing again! As revenge for putting Harvey behind bars and to get all your fortunes so she could be happy with Harvey! She'll kill you if this continues!"Tyler heard everything Avery said. However, as a shrewd man, he would never fall for her trap.That was until he remembered Vicky put something into his soup before serving it to him that one morning. He was suspicious of her
"Then why didn't you answer any of my calls?" Vicky asked worriedly. "I thought something bad happened to you. Do you even know how worried sick I was?""You were worried sick about me…?""Of course!""But why? It's not like I'm sick. I just came back a little late, that's all."Tyler's response sounded off to Vicky. "Any wife would be worried if her husband went missing for an hour…" Her tone got softer. "Not to mention, the food has gone cold now.""Did you cook the food yourself?""Yeah. I thought I told you I was going to cook for you this afternoon."Tyler fell silent.Vicky frowned. 'He's been acting a bit off since coming home.'"Tyler, are you okay? Did something…upset you?" she asked cautiously."Work isn't going all that great. That's all," he answered indifferently.Vicky decided not to pursue the matter after that. "Why don't you change into something more comfortable while I heat the food?""Okay."…10 minutes later, Tyler came down with a change of clothing
After that, Tyler returned to the bedroom as usual to shower and sleep.Vicky had already placed the medicine in the dinner, so there was no need to place anything in the milk. Still, she served him a glass of milk out of fear that he would suspect something.Tyler glanced at the glass and drank the milk in silence.Having not seen anything odd with his expression, Vicky concluded that she might have overthought things....The next day, Vicky suggested going to the company with Tyler, but he unusually declined."I have meetings all day," he said casually. "You've been busy with your studio lately, so you should work there. You don't need to come just to keep me company."Vicky was a bit surprised. Whenever she proposed going to the studio, Tyler, while never refusing, would show a slight reluctance. Vicky found it hard to believe that he had suddenly overcome it. "You...really don't want me to accompany you to Hart Corporation?""Yeah." Tyler lightly stroked her hair. "You hav
Tyler did not say much and simply asked, "Have you eaten?""I came after having lunch."Tyler set the documents in his hand on the desk and asked casually, "Are you going back in the afternoon?""Yeah. There are still some things to take care of at the studio, so I'll need to head back later," she replied, "but I'm not in a rush."After a few moments of silence, Vicky whispered, "Am I getting in the way?""No." Tyler glanced at the clock. "My next meeting is scheduled at two. I'm free until then.""That's good, then."Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Harry stepped in with a pile of documents. "Mister Hart, here are the documents related to the buyout of Johnson Corporation..."He spotted Vicky sitting on the couch and paused in his sentence. Nonetheless, he swiftly smiled and said, "Welcome, Missus Hart."He regained his composure swiftly, but Vicky still caught the peculiar fleeting look in Harry's eyes.She nodded, and Harry simply handed the file he held to Ty
"You could've just called me over when you finished making the tea. You didn't need to bring it over," said Tyler as he took an empty teacup, filled it from the teapot, and poured himself a cup. The way he elegantly moved was a truly pleasing sight."As it happens, I'm a bit thirsty," he said, his voice clear as he finished the cup of tea in one gulp. He then made an internal call and instructed his secretary, "Come in and clean the office."The secretary swiftly came in and tidied the broken fragments from the floor.Not long after the secretary left, Tyler received a call. In about a minute, he said, "I'll be right over."Hanging up, Tyler turned to Vicky, saying, "I need to step out for a moment. I'll be back soon."Vicky nodded. "Alright."Once Tyler left, Vicky started to feel bored as she sat alone in the office. It was then her gaze landed on the stack of documents on Tyler's desk.When Harry entered earlier, he mentioned a plan for acquiring Johnson Corporation. Harvey's