Filed to story: Mia Bowen and Timothy Barrett Novel
Sage was already waiting in the vacuum chamber.
If she couldn’t deliver the bone marrow in time, there was only one ending awaiting him—
death.
And she could never accept that!
Holding Mia’s shoulders, Timothy promised, “I’ll ask someone to look into this immediately. Calm down. If someone stole it away, they surely would have left some traces behind. This is Bern City. There’s nothing that I can’t find out.”
Hearing that, she finally managed to calm down a little.
She inhaled deeply. “My men are requesting surveillance footage from the hospital. But who else could it be if it wasn’t you? Why would someone steal a useless bone marrow?”
Bone marrow wasn’t worth much money. Besides, only the person with the matching bone marrow would need it.
The average person wouldn’t steal it without any solid reason! 1
Strange.
Mia suddenly thought of something and said, “Could it be your mother?”
If it wasn’t Timothy, the only other suspect would be Sharon.
Timothy had the same guess. “That’s possible. But there’s no reason for her to do this. I’ve donated the bone marrow today. No matter what she does, it’s already over.”
Mia paced back and forth, frustration painting her expression.
She knew that Sharon didn’t have a reason to steal the bone marrow. It was true that Sharon didn’t wish for Timothy to undergo the surgery of donating his bone marrow.
However, the surgery was done and Mia had kept up her end of the promise and broken up with him in front of Sharon.
Mia did as Sharon requested. Thus, Sharon had no solid reasons to steal the bone marrow.
Soon, Mia and Timothy received a phone call at the same time.
Someone informed her, “Based on the surveillance footage, two people entered the room that stored the bone marrow. I’ve asked someone to look for them.”
She said sternly, “Send every man we have. I don’t care how much money it’ll take, just find them!”
On the other hand, Timothy hung up the call. He didn’t look great.
He gazed at her guiltily. “I’m sorry, I think this might have something to do with my mother. One of the people that entered the office was her doctor. But I promise I’ll retrieve the bone marrow back for you.”,
“Call your mother now. Ask her where it is. As long as I can get the bone marrow back, I’ll pretend that none of this has happened. I can agree to any of her conditions.”
He pursed his lips. “I’ll ask her to apologize to you. What she did was wrong.”
“I don’t need an apology from her. As I said, I will pretend none of this happened as long as I can get the bone marrow. Can’t you hear me? Finding the bone marrow is our priority right now. The kid is already in the vacuum chamber. We can’t wait any longer!” Mia was almost losing it.
Timothy frowned. “In the vacuum chamber? That soon?”
According to his knowledge, Ginger had just returned to Nord City. How could she be in a vacuum chamber that soon?
Mia froze as she realized she made a slip of the tongue due to anxiety.
Quickly, she explained, “We’ve already made preparations to place her in the vacuum chamber a long time ago.
there, and we don’t have much time to waste. If she asks me
She’s what’s going on, how am I supposed to answer her?”
“Got it. I’ll call my mother right now,” Timothy said without hesitation as he fished out his phone.
Mla observed him. After making sure he didn’t realize her mistake, she heaved a sigh of relief.
Timothy dialed Sharon, but no one picked up the call.
Frowning, he called the landline at home.
Kaleb answered the call, “Mrs. Barrett went on a trip today. She’ll be back in a few days”
Timothy hung up the call and instructed Heath, “I don’t care if my mother’s on a trip, find her and bring her back.”
Mia was baffled. “She’s on a trip? Why a trip now? You’ve been discharged from the hospital only this morning. Why would she go on a trip before you fully recover? She was so concerned about you.”
With that information, Mia was confident that Sharon was involved in this.
Timothy calmed her down. “Let’s go to the hospital now. If things don’t go well, I can donate for the second time. It’s no big deal.”
His remark took her by surprise.
Having mixed feelings, she said, “Then, I’ll ask someone to bring over the reishi mushrooms.”
“Mia Bowen, do you think I’m doing this for those reishi mushrooms?” Sometimes, he wished he could pry open her head to see what was on her mind.
“Enough, now’s not the time for that. I was going to give you the reishi mushrooms after I return to Nord City anyway.” Mia intentionally avoided his question. She wasn’t in the right state of mind to process that.
Timothy loosened his tie. Knowing that it was an untimely moment to talk about that, he said, “Let’s go to the hospital.”
Mia followed him out of the office silently. She realized that many people were watching her.
Perhaps, news of her slapping Timothy had spread within the company.
She pretended not to notice anything. After all, she wasn’t the one who was slapped.
Timothy wore a stoic expression, completely unbothered by the curious stares.
The duo waited in front of the personal elevator.
The opposite elevator door opened and Luna walked out of it. “Tim, this woman suddenly barged into the building. I already told her that you don’t like to be bothered by outsiders at work.”
Timothy responded coldly, “She’s not an outsider to me.”
That earned Mia’s attention as she looked at him, flustered.
Luna couldn’t mask her feelings upon hearing that. She just couldn’t understand why Timothy, a man of principle, would treat this woman so well. Was it because of her looks that resembled his ex¨Cwife?
Mia and Timothy entered the personal elevator. Luna stood outside, watching them with hatred in her eyes.
Timothy looked at Luna, his tone indifferent. “This is the top floor. According to the company rule, you don’t have the authority to come here. Hand in your resignation letter to HR immediately.”
In the face of embarrassment, she didn’t have enough control to manage her expression anymore.
She barked, “But according to the rules, she’s an intruder as well! She even hurt the security guards! Why aren’t you holding her responsible?”
“Because she’s my wife!” Timothy shot back.
Mia chuckled. “So, you’re just an average employee here, and a busybody one at that. Instead of thinking about how to become a mistress, why don’t you spend more time honing your working skills?”
The elevator door closed as soon as she finished.
Luna stood there all alone, almost losing her sanity to fury.
But a smirk played on her lips. She knew why Mia was so eager to see Timothy.
Luna would be waiting for Mia to beg for mercy on her knees.
As an afterthought, she took her phone out. “Mrs. Barrett, I think the woman knows what happened to the bone marrow. She’s looking for you everywhere.”
“I know. I’ll keep myself under the radar so that they can’t find me. Luckily, I had Plan B. Otherwise, she would’ve gotten ahead of me. I’ll make her learn her lesson the hard way this time.”
“That’s right, Mrs. Barrett. You have to show them who’s in charge. Tell her who will wield the most power in the Barrett family in the future.” 1
Luna terminated the call. She felt much better after talking to Sharon.
Although she was just a mere employee in Barrett Group, she wasn’t the least bit worried because Barrett Group would belong to her son in the future.
When that happened, no one would look down upon her anymore!
Mia and Timothy left Barrett Group together, rushing to the hospital.
Both of them were silent throughout the journey.
Mia’s phone suddenly rang. With her heart in her throat, she looked at the caller’s ID. It was Nicholas calling.
Worried that something happened to Sage, she turned sideways and answered the call. ” Hello?”
“How’s it going?”
“We have new leads. I’ll settle it as soon as possible.”
“He knows it already,” Nicholas blurted out.
She bit her lip, her heart wretched upon hearing that. “Calm the kid down. I’ll bring the bone marrow back, don’t worry.” She hung up the call and felt Timothy’s gaze on her.