"Lake Cove, huh?"Frank nodded in disappointment, but it made sense that a secret outfit like Corpsedale would maintain secret between hierarchies.If anything, it was amazing that a pawn had a general idea of where his boss was."Go on, make it quick!"Borc clenched his teeth just then, clearly ready to die."Oh, hahaha…" Frank suddenly laughed. "But I wasn't going to. There's someone else who's really interested in meeting you."And as Borc looked on in shock, Frank struck him on the back of his head with the side of his palm, knocking him out.Then, after feeding Borc a latent poison pill, he called for members of Lanecorp's health and safety department. He instructed them to take Borc to Jade Zahn, so she could have her revenge against her daughter's killer.After dealing with Borc, Frank threw Jon's suit in a garbage can and called Helen. "Prepare a share transfer agreement.""A share transfer agreement…?"Helen was exceedingly surprised—she was being forced to leave Lan
Frank explained, "Once you have the share transfer agreement printed, go straight to Zamri Hospital. I'll have Fleur Lang transfer all the shares she owns—that way, Lanecorp's majority shareholder will be Helen, and even Yora Yimmel would have no right to demand her departure.""Eh?"Gina did a double take but was soon delighted.She really thought for a moment that her daughter would have to step down from Lanecorp's board chair, and that they had to return to humble little Riverton.They certainly did not expect that they would have a way out in Fleur… To think that Frank could produce such a splendid idea so soon!However, Helen quickly snuffed out Gina's delight. "Don't celebrate just yet, Mom," she told Gina and turned to Frank. "I don't think Madam Lang would happily hand her shares over to me." "Right…" Gina flinched in realization—asking that hag for something like that was a pipe dream, no?"Don't worry. I have an idea," Frank said confidently."Are you going to…
Frank was already waiting at the entrance of Zamri Hospital by the time Helen and Gina arrived.Seeing them, Frank nodded and did not waste his breath explaining. "Come with me."Gina remained skeptical despite his confident expression and asked as she followed, "Are you sure Fleur would sign over her shares to Helen? We've talked about it on the way here, but we had to agree Fleur wants Helen gone at all costs. Why would she give up anything to Helen?""That's right, Frank. It's just…" Helen trailed off, eventually sighing after holding her breath for a while. "Unthinkable.""It's fine."Frank grinned as he produced two bottles of pills from his pocket, waving it at them. "Right now, Fleur needs these two bottles of pills just to stay alive. She would definitely cave."Helen gaped. "You're using those pills… to blackmail her?""Why'd you have to word it so harshly?"Frank chuckled. "No, she's going to buy these pills from me… Although it's entirely up to me to decide what I'm
After all, Helen and Frank were undoubtedly the two people Fleur did not want to see at this very moment.However, Frank did not seem to care, walking up to pick an apple from the bedside table and biting a chunk as he chuckled. "Hehe… I know what you're waiting for, Fleur Lang."Fleur could not say a word aside from glaring at him, as if it might kill him—it was a pity for her that she did not have such power.Unperturbed, Frank continued, "You sent Jon Lane to get your pills, didn't you?"Fleur's whole body flinched, clearly giving her away right then.Frank sat on the edge of her bed in turn, smiling. "In that case, I will be frank—the pills Jon was supposed to fetch are beyond your reach… because I've killed the courier."Beep! Beep! Beep!Every piece of machinery began to beep all at once, indicating Fleur's agitation and rage."But…"That was when Frank's tone changed, and he produced two pill bottles out of his pocket, waving them in front of Fleur. "They're right here.
"Frank."With the document signed, Helen quickly turned toward him—Fleur's eager, miserable look actually left her feeling a pang of guilt.They were definitely exploiting Fleur's vulnerability here, but Helen had to do it to protect Lanecorp.And as soon as the agreement was signed, she gave Frank a pointed look, clearly gesturing for him to save Fleur."Alright."Frank did not drag his feet either.Naturally, he was not going to let her take more Mildron Balm since it was basically poison—it would keep her alive for a month at best.He fed her an Ichor Pill instead and infused pure vigor into her body with his finger, helping her body absorb the essence of the pill.Soon, color returned to Fleur's face, and she was not grimacing in pain—in fact, she appeared very comfortable.And with the Ichor Pill replenishing her vigor, Fleur would survive."T-Thank you…" Fleur thanked Helen earnestly, while showing no similar sentiment to Frank.After all, she would not be in this stat
Both nurses were left exasperated as Fleur yelled maniacally. "Please stop already, ma'am… Oh, and our hospital chief is actually Professor Lawrence's younger sister, so you should just stay here and rest."With those words, both nurses left with looks of sympathy, one of them sighing. "Professor Lane said that she would suffer hallucinations too… Could that be true?"Before the other nurse could answer, Fleur started shrieking hysterically, "Let me go! I'm the second matriarch of the Lane family! Release me, or I will make you pay!""Oh, give it a rest already. Professor Lawrence is divine—see? This woman is hallucinating as he said.""Shush. Just ignore her."Fleur could hear the two nurses heading off into the distance and continued to yell even as she was tied to a bed. "Frank Lawrence!!! I'll make you pay!!!"-"Achoo!"Frank, Helen, and Gina had just finished the paperwork for the shares transfer without a hitch and had just gotten into their car when Frank sneezed viol
Frank narrowed his eyes. "Dilemma? How so?""Corpsedale is one of my partners. And when it comes to betraying partners… Tut, tut…"Frank paused and said, "Well then, I won't bother you any further."Before he could hang up, Juno huffed, "Hey! Don't you have any patience? Just let me finish, honestly…""I'm very busy." Frank shrugged. "I'll listen to your troubles some other day, though I'll get someone else if you're refusing to tell me.""Come on…"Juno sighed softly. "Honestly, aren't you too eager to please Helen Lane? Have you considered that I might betray you if you pushed me too far, what with your cold and dismissive attitude?"As Frank turned silent, she giggled. "Alright, alright—I was just messing with you. Do I look like I'd betray my husband? I'm hoping that you'd help me with my… ahem, revenge. Anyway, the person you want is in the Fettle Clinic at Norsedam's Lake Cove."Frank finally spoke up at that. "Thank you, Juno Enigma.""Hey, now, you're the husband I cho
One could even say that while Gavin was supposed to be the head of the family, he conceded it to Helen.That was not just because of Helen's personal abilities, but because Helen had a character with her who could bring the family to new heights.And the truth was undeniable—just months after Helen took over both as head of the family and became the chairwoman of Lanecorp, both the family and the company were improving from the inside out.In fact, they seemed to find a motivation to do better like never before, and Mark Lane was personally approving of Helen's strength.But despite improving like clockwork, Yora suddenly came throwing accusations, and Mark had to fall sick at this time.And worst of all, his condition was serious, and he never regained consciousness despite retaining stable vitals.Now, Gavin had to suspect that someone had a hand in his father's illness—to seize power.Naturally, his chief suspect was Fleur. After all, as Mark's second wife, she was most displ