LOGINCora hurried to the clinic. Seeing the needle tracks on her daughters' arms, she explained to Joseph. "Two or three days ago, the school organized mandatory health screenings. Blood panels were included. Is there a problem?""Nat, tell her. How many times did they draw your blood?" Joseph looked at Natalie."Three times. The teacher told me it's part of the health checkup. The last two times they drew my blood, I was so sleepy that I fell asleep."When I woke up, I found myself back in the dorm. The teacher told me I just have a low tolerance for seeing blood," Natalie murmured weakly. She could barely keep her eyes open and was about to fall asleep at any moment. Once he removed the needles, she drifted off."Why didn't you tell me?" Cora watched Natalie fall asleep. All three of her daughters were asleep, so none of them responded to her question.She turned to Joseph. "What on earth is going on?""If you spent more time caring about your children instead of fooling around in
After Richard was discharged from the clinic, he returned home to convalesce. Later that day, Jenson came in for his follow-up appointment. He was a little surprised to see how well the clinic had been renovated."Everyone simply pitched in! I didn't do much." Joseph brushed it off. He was never attached to material things. Jenson even brought Joseph another set of medical records, wanting to hear his opinion. That was the real reason he had come. The medical records belonged to Jenson's mentor, who was 50 years old. He used to be a martial arts expert, but after falling ill five years ago, he became a total weakling. Having experienced Joseph's capabilities firsthand, Jenson knew how remarkable Joseph's medical expertise was. If Joseph could somehow cure his mentor, it would be a massive win-win for everyone involved. Reviewing the charts, Joseph could instantly tell the mentor had been poisoned, though the exact toxin remained a mystery. He informed Jenson that he would ne
Joseph didn't expect Cora to show up again. She even brought along Jonas' medical records and showed them to him."Honey, could you set your personal feelings aside and go to the Traditional Medicine Center? Please save Jonas."Without a word, Joseph pointed at the door, gesturing for Cora to get out. "Look at all the patients you've saved—the Snows, the Goulds, the Croma faction, and even outsiders. They're not exactly good people either. If you can save them, why can't you save Jonas?""Then answer me this. Why do you think I saved those people?""Why?""Because I wanted to. That's why!"Seeing that Cora refused to leave, Joseph took out a bottle of perfume to scare her. As expected, Cora immediately recalled how she had thrown up nonstop because of Joseph's perfume. Terrified of being left at his mercy, she fled the office. The dynamic between a doctor and a patient was a two-way street. If the patient had treated the doctor poorly, the doctor would have been under no ob
Once Joseph was back in his office, he asked Peyton, "What happened?""Yara had some capable fighters by her side. I underestimated her. If I had sent a few more people, I could've captured her."Peyton dared not look Joseph in the eye. A failure was a failure. The more excuses she gave, the more incompetent she seemed. "We've already tipped her off. It won't be so easy to capture her next time." Joseph sighed inwardly. By now, Yara had probably already left Jenton."Joseph, what is it about Yara that draws you to her?""Nothing specific. I just have a gut feeling that she has the answers to something I want to know. I can't really explain it. I just want to bring her in so I can ask her myself."Joseph was now suspicious of everyone in the Zahn family, especially those who were close to Cora. He would never let any of them off. The fact that Yara had used a fraudulent alias just to embed herself within Nonagon Chemical proved she was running a dark agenda. But the Zahns were
It didn't take long for Cora to get back to him, but the answer was exactly what Joseph had expected. She claimed Lara had resigned from Nonagon Chemical the previous year, and that her personnel file looked completely ordinary. Joseph wasn't surprised. Whenever it came to unmasking the biological father of Natalie, Selena, and Kimberly, Cora always managed to find nothing, brushing him off at every turn. He was going to make her regret it. Losing his temper, Joseph ripped into Cora over the phone, openly mocking her incompetence. He didn't believe a word she said and had someone look into it himself.By that evening, Cora still hadn't provided any real confirmation, but a sudden crisis derailed everything. Richard was rushed into the clinic after a horrific car accident. By the time he arrived at his clinic, he was barely clinging to life. Joseph was stunned, but he did everything he could to save Richard. However, both of Richard's legs were completely crushed below the knees.
With Cora, Jonas, and their people tearing the city apart looking for Shirley, Joseph wasn't foolish enough to lay a finger on her. Besides, Shirley wasn't Grace. She wasn't capable of making him lose control and commit a crime. Once Cora was certain Shirley hadn't been assaulted and Joseph was innocent, she left the hospital too. She called Joseph to ask why Shirley had ended up with him. He said someone had dropped her off and requested that he treat her. As for who it was, he didn't say. He claimed to have received a call, telling him that Shirley was outside his office. He couldn't just stand by and let her die, so he went to save her.Cora was certain Joseph had never left the office, so she took his word for it. Still, she asked him to come home, but he turned her down, leaving her frustrated.Early the next morning, Joseph received some unexpected visitors, who pulled up in an MPV. There were five of them, including the driver—three women and two men. They worked under
Joseph met Bernard's scrutinizing gaze and said, "It's genuine. I didn't believe this was the truth, either, so I did a few more paternity tests with different labs. But the results… they didn't change."Bernard didn't speak right away. He just stared at Joseph, his eyes sharp and probing.A bitte
Joseph was prepared for this and met Cora's gaze head-on. "Cora, you're now the richest person in Jenton. Your net worth is what, 80 billion dollars? And that's even a conservative guess. I'm not going to make some ridiculous demand to split everything equally. That money isn't mine, and I didn't ea
Joseph walked into the bar and found the owner, Anne Wells. One look at her long, dark curls made him start to doubt that what the hotel front desk had told him was fake.Sure enough, when he said he wanted to repay the room fee and deposit, Anne immediately refused. She denied ever driving him to
Joseph rejected Cora's unreasonable demands without hesitation. "No way. I meant every word. The paternity test result is real, which means your cheating is real. You've already been unfaithful, so there's no point in keeping this marriage going. We have to di—""Joseph, is this the sort of attitud







