Herbert went along and snickered. "Mr. Lynch, it's not worth it to offend Mr. Lockhart over that loser, Liam. If I were you, I would apologize to Mr. Lockhart right away. If not, you'll be the one who gets fired!"Malcolm remained calm. He stood in the same spot and snickered. There was not an ounce of panic in his gaze. He said icily, "Clayton, Herbert! I have always done things openly. I have never done anything against my conscience. Don't you dream of intimidating me!"Clayton snickered and said mockingly, "Haha. You've done things openly? Don't forget, you fired me as the head of the medical association because of Liam. Remember, you're offending the Norton family and Rhett Lockhart! Do you think you're untouchable? You think that just because you're in a high position you don't have to worry?"Malcolm's gaze darkened. He naturally understood that if he fired Clayton that day, he was offending the Norton family and Rhett at the same time. They will surely come after him in the
Clayton went limp. His legs turned to jelly and he slumped onto the ground. He could barely form his words. "I-Impossible! How could this have happened? Mr. Lockhart!"After Herbert and Jaxton saw the news, their faces ashened in despair. They were just smug a moment ago. They kneeled on the ground and looked at Clayton, whose face was as equally ashened as theirs. They felt their world spinning."Mr. Lindberg! Mr. Lockhart h-has b-been fired. W-What should we do? Mr. Lockhart is done for. We—" Herbert stuttered. He looked terrified.Clayton was equally horrified. He looked at Liam with widened eyes filled with disbelief. He pointed at him with trembling fingers and asked, "W-Was it you? D-Did you do it? This was you, right? Impossible! Impossible! You're just a nobody who's remaining from the Cole family. How could you get Mr. Lockhart fired?"Liam looked at Clayton going mad. He snickered. "Clayton, you have people backing you up, don't you? You also have the Norton family. Why
Clayton still refused to believe that Rhett being dismissed was not Liam's doing. He thought for a bit and continued, "Mr. Norton, could it be that, Mr. Lockhart offended the higher-ups, so he just happened to be let go? And Liam probably got hold of this news earlier on, so he was putting on an act for us today?"Riley was deep in thought. He felt that what Clayton said made sense. Liam was nothing more than a leftover from his family that was destroyed. He did not have such abilities. Rhett must have offended higher ups which resulted in his dismissal.Having a clearer expectation, he finally said, "Alright, be quiet! Pass the phone to Liam. I want to speak to him!" After all, he was the head of the Norton family of Hamish City. On top of that, he was the most famous student of Dr. Jensen, Biskeland's legendary doctor. He had high status. Even if Liam was a powerful person, he would surely treat him with respect.Clayton instantly nodded. Having more confidence because of what R
"If there's someone who has taken ill, why should I look for you? Can't I just look directly for Dr. Jensen?" Liam continued speaking in a calm voice.His nonchalant tone made Riley's veins pop. He shouted into the phone, "You better not cross the line! Do you think Dr. Jensen is someone you can just meet as you like? Getting him to treat some illness? "Do you know who the patients he sees every day are? They're all prominent figures within the country. You're from a small city, and you're the only one left after your family has been destroyed. What right do you have to say that you can look for my mentor?" Riley was already talking through gritted teeth and with all his might.He wanted to properly negotiate with Liam, but he did not relent. He was so arrogant, and he completely did not take Riley seriously at all. "Hey man, if you're not going to do this the easy way, we'll have to do it the hard way! If you're not going to agree while I'm negotiating with you nicely, then do
Jaxton immediately came forward and lashed out at Liam, "Liam, who do you think you are? Dr. Jensen's a legendary doctor in Biskeland! He's world-famous! He's someone respected by people all around! You think you can just call him up as you like? Stop bluffing!"He was kneeling on the floor in fear for so long, and he naturally jumped at it when a chance to taunt Liam finally came. He thought that his status would be worlds apart from Liam's since seven years passed. He thought he would have the right to properly humiliate him, all to avenge himself for what he had to endure when he was with Liam back then. However, Liam's previous tactics did make Jaxton scared and suspicious. Could it be that Liam was someone important? But the fact that Liam would bluff that he could contact the legendary Dr. Jensen and get him to obey his words completely cleared Jaxton's suspicions. Eaden was also in shock! He knew that Liam had a mysterious identity, but to say that he knew the legendary Dr.
Dr. Jensen snorted and said in an extremely displeased tone, "Riley, do you know that you've screwed up?""What? Sir, I don't know what you mean. I've always followed your teachings and I haven't done anything wrong!" Riley looked puzzled. He completely did not relate this phone call to Liam because it never crossed his mind that Liam would know his mentor! Noticing that Riley was oblivious to his mistakes, Dr. Jensen scolded angrily, "How dare you! Riley, you've disrespected someone that you can't afford to offend. I don't even dare to disrespect and take him lightly. That man saved me in the past! I owe my life to him! And you think you're so clever. How dare you get in his way?"A few years back, Dr. Jensen was the main person in charge at the hospital in the military region. An accident happened, and if it were not for Liam, he would have lost his life there and then! What Dr. Jensen said struck down Riley like lightning, and he was completely stunned. A person that even
Meanwhile, at the hospital, Clayton glared at Liam and spat, "Listen, you twat! Riley Norton is the apprentice of the legendary Dr. Jensen. Riley himself is one of the most experienced and renowned doctors in his hometown, Hamish City! How naive of you to think you'd be able to get in touch with one of the best doctors this country has ever seen just because you want to?"Clayton raised his brows contemptuously and sneered. When Liam claimed that he had single-handedly caused Rhett Lockhart to be fired, he had believed him. Now that he realized what a fraud Liam was, he could not help but wonder if Liam had been lying all this while. The thought grew in Clayton's mind like weeds until eventually, it overcame every ounce of his initial rationality and equipped him with a newfound sense of arrogance. Meanwhile, Herbert and Jaxton continued insulting Liam just to butter Clayton up. When Herbert heard what Clayton said, he immediately agreed and added, "You're so right, Mr. Lindberg
To his surprise, the color drained from Riley's face the moment he heard this. His eyes lit ablaze with rage as he screamed, "How dare you, Clayton? Get on your knees right this instant?"Clayton fell to his knees without hesitation the moment he heard this. Riley was not someone he could afford to cross, and he would obey Riley's every whim and fancy without question!However, he lifted his head to stare at Riley through the phone with a puzzled look. "Why, Mr. Norton? What did I do wrong? Why do I need to get on my knees to beg for mercy?"Riley scoffed but did not even bother to answer Clayton's question. Instead, he snapped, "Hand the phone over to Mr. Cole right this instant!"As confused as Clayton was, he still did as Riley asked and handed Liam the phone.Liam took the phone from him and stared calmly at the man on the screen. "We finally met, Mr. Norton."Riley immediately fell to his knees the moment he saw Liam and said, "This is all my fault, Mr. Cole! I was unaware o