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Chapter 339

Author: Paola Yu
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The chaotic shuffle of medical staff filled my father's room, mingling with the sound of Richard's quiet sobs as he clung to the side of the bed. Julian stood beside him, murmuring words of comfort, one hand resting on his shoulder. But none of that could drown out the piercing cries of Victoria.

"What are you doing?! Keep him alive!" she shrieked, her voice frantic and grating.

The team wasn't idle—they were doing everything they could, yet nothing was working. The doctor hovered over my father's frail body, administering chest compressions with the precision of a machine. The defibrillator was deployed again, but even with its jolts, the results were the same.

"If he dies, every single one of you is fired!" Victoria yelled, her voice breaking as sweat dripped down her face.

I stood there, an empty shell, too worn out to engage in the chaos unfolding around me. My gaze drifted to my father's skeletal figure, a man who had once been a giant in the room, now reduced to this pitiful
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    I glanced briefly toward my brothers. One was drowning in tears, and the other stared blankly into the distance, looking more lost than I'd ever seen him. They were like children, paralyzed, waiting for a call from their father that would never come."Richard and Julian are here too," I informed him softly.Lawrence's lips moved faintly, his voice a strained whisper I could barely catch. I leaned in closer, bracing myself to hear his words."They're not mine... those boys... they're not mine," he murmured, his breath hitching. "You... you're my only son."I froze. My chest tightened, my mind racing to make sense of what I'd just heard. His fragile voice had the weight of a hammer, breaking through years of buried suspicions.But before I could react, his body convulsed in a violent fit of coughing, the sound rattling through the room. His face twisted as though he were choking, and suddenly, Richard and Julian sprang into action, rushing to his bedside with panicked cries. Victori

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    "Is that the future where you win the election?" I asked."With your support—and your funding—I'll make it happen.""And what if that's not enough?" I countered."Oh, trust me, it will be more than enough. With you on my side, it'll suffice. As long as you honor our agreement..."I caught a chance to twist his words into something amusing."Do you mean the agreement you had with a dead man? Because my father is lying in that casket, waiting to be buried... and his widow is over there, crying over her loss." I couldn't help the slight smile that curled on my lips as I said it.He looked at me, and his smile mirrored mine in a way that sent shivers down my spine."Agreements with women are insignificant. As insignificant as they are, let's not bring up your mother in our negotiations from now on. Do I have your word?""Mark!" Victoria approached us, playing the role of the grieving widow. "He left me! Lawrence has abandoned me!""He's in a place without suffering now, Victoria..

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    Sara had been right. If that will placed me above even Victoria, I wouldn't have to bow to anyone anymore—not even her. It would mark a clear before and after in the power Victoria wielded over my life.If that happened, her threats against Sara would lose all their weight."A-and... how's Emma? Is her stomach any better?" Sara asked suddenly, feigning casual indifference. She let go of me as she spoke, clearly changing the subject.I frowned, confused. How did Sara even know about Emma's health? How much did she know about her bulimia? And why bring it up now?"How do you know about that?" I asked, my voice sharp with suspicion.Sara looked at me with a mix of fear and pain in her expression."So... it's true?" she whispered softly."True? What are you talking about? That she—""Did you get her pregnant?" Sara interrupted, her voice trembling.I blinked slowly, replaying her words in my head. The confusion hit me like a wall. Ridiculous confusion. Yet, underneath it all, I fe

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