"Is that so?" Alice asked, raising an eyebrow. She cared for her son a lot, but she was also not that easy to be fooled. The higher the status one was, the more cautious one became because one did not want someone to make use of them.Sharon's heart skipped a beat. She stroked the hair around her ear, pretending to speak casually. "Molly recruited a team from somewhere and took over the research, while I can only stare at a pile of data on the computer every day.""When it comes to conventional medicine, I'm just as good as the team. I can do research, too." She pouted, looking a little disgruntled, but it sounded like she was just whining, not worthy of being taken seriously.At first, Alice did not believe that Sharon, at her age and with her temperament, was completely innocent. Only after hearing this that she completely put her guard down and started to ponder what Sharon had said.'She is given a sinecure? It's my son who founded the research laboratory, and Anderson Corporat
She had been too busy to notice anything amiss with Sharon, let alone worry about her secret plan.At around 8:00 p.m., Molly was still in the research laboratory, discussing her research with other researchers, who were not the kind of people who would think of slacking off and clocking out as soon as the clock hit the off-working hour. Especially when they saw Molly as the director working so hard, they felt motivated and more energetic than ever.Molly was listening to a researcher analyzing the drug when she suddenly felt her cell phone vibrating in her pocket. She fished it out and glanced at it. 'Why is he calling?'"Excuse me. You go on. I have got to answer a call." Molly took the phone and walked out to answer the call."What's wrong?" She asked.Brycen saw that she finally picked up and immediately said, "Claudia looks like she has a fever. Hurry back." He glanced at Claudia, who was being held in Sawyer's arms. Her face looked as though she lacked her usual energy and v
Alex and Ben were not complacent, and their expression was grave. "It's our duty as brothers to take care of our sister.""Not only do we have to take care of Claudia, but we also have to take care of Mommy."Claudia falling sick caused Brycen to blame himself. He felt even worse when he saw everyone shuffle back and forth busily while he could do nothing to help. "Chastise me, Molly. I feel bad as an adult for not taking good care of Claudia." He thought he should have noticed Claudia's condition earlier, yet he turned out to be not as good as Alex and Ben."Are you serious? Why should I chastise you?" Molly laughed helplessly and looked at the self-condemned Brycen. "It's common for children to get sick. It's not your fault. Claudia is fine. All of you just go do what you need to do. No need to stay on guard here."After the words of admonition, Molly drove everyone away, as one patient in the family was enough. Brycen and Sawyer had not recovered, so Molly would not let them hel
"Mommy, let us stay. Claudia will be upset if she wakes up without seeing us." Ben was afraid that his mother would ask him to leave. Ben's dark eyes were covered with a layer of mist as if he would cry if Molly refused his request.Molly understood how close these three children were to each other, so she could not bear to ask them to sleep in another room. She got up to help tuck the quilt on the bed and whispered to the two stubborn children, "You two can stay. But, you can't stay up all night. Come lie down next to your sister and go to sleep. Staying up late will make you sick, and if Claudia gets well tomorrow, she won't be happy to see you two sick."After Molly said that, Alex and Ben gave in and obediently lay down next to Claudia. Their idea was that they had to take care of themselves, not let themselves get sick. Hence, they had to sleep well so that they would have the strength to take care of their sister tomorrow. Everyone was exhausted today. The two children took the
When Molly returned with freshly made warm water, she saw Claudia, who was feeling terrible earlier, had magically calmed down and was asleep again under Sean's patient reassurance."Shh!" Sean put his finger to his lips as a gesture to Molly to keep the noise down to avoid waking up Claudia.Molly, of course, knew that Claudia would feel better when she was asleep. She nodded in acknowledgment. But, she was worried that Claudia's fever would come back, so she stayed by Claudia's side, not daring to leave. It was not until four in the morning that the fever left Claudia. Molly was completely exhausted. She had been working in the research lab all day, and she was worried about Claudia's condition when she got home. Now, she was finally relieved but exhausted. She leaned back on the couch and dozed off in just a few minutes.Sean had put Claudia to sleep. Because the fever had gone down, she was sleeping soundly without waking up again. So, he put her to bed and covered her with a
Molly gasped, as she had not been aware all this time that she had slept on Sean's lap for so long.Even though the two of them had more interactions and had some physical contact that was no longer as awkward as before, he was still a patient.Molly felt bad for that. She came closer and asked with concern, "Is your leg okay?" 'If you feel tired, you should've woken me up. Why didn't you? It's not like you're that stupid.'Sean looked at her with bated breath and froze for half a minute as she came close. He saw the concern in her eyes, which was very unadulterated like a clear lake, reflecting his own face.As they looked at each other, Sean lost control of himself. His heart was racing. "It's only a little trouble." Her scent filled the surrounding air, and he found her smell indescribably good and even alluring. He stared at Molly, speaking very slowly as he tried to get the scent deep into his bones and engraved it in his soul. "But, it's okay. I can't walk anyway."Molly had
"You're going to get it if you don't stop spitting," Sawyer spoke and warned him coldly. He clearly felt very uncomfortable with all that saliva on his hand.That was the hand he used to draw! Molly did not let what happened to bother her as she massaged Sean for a while. After she was done with it, she stood up and said, "I'm going upstairs to take a look at Claudia. Her fever should be getting better by now.""I'll go with you."Claudia was feeling thirsty. She looked at the cup of water, and she was about to reach for it.Suddenly, a hand as white as snow appeared and gave her that cup of water.Claudia looked over, and her eyes brightened. "Mommy!"Claudia did not even want to drink the water anymore as she threw herself into Molly's arms. She said while snugging up to Molly, "Mommy, why did you wake up so early?"Molly embraced Claudia and hugged her as she gently said, "Have some water first."Molly thought that Claudia was getting better after seeing how active she w
Molly stayed at home to accompany Claudia. She looked at Claudia and said, "You have to tell me right away if you're not feeling well, okay?"Claudia was drawing while holding her head down. She nodded obediently. "Okay, mommy."After lunch.Molly tested Claudia's body temperature again. She wanted to make sure that Claudia was fine before she left the house. Then, she went to the research laboratory.Molly parked her car before pressing her car key. "Beep-beep." She locked her car and walked toward the research laboratory. Then, she heard some noises coming from inside.She looked at the screen at the door and went inside after going through the facial recognition scanner. Molly could distinctly recognize Sharon's voice among the noisy crowd.She lifted her brows and walked forward. She calmly went to the location where the noise was coming from. Then, she asked while looking at the people circling around, "What happened?"Most of the people stopped talking after hearing Moll