My Cold Ex-Wife Refused to Move On novel Chapter 149

Chapter 149 Ashes of an Empire

Sean had not told his parents anything about this. He bore the pressure alone.

But what am I supposed to do?

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Bernard waited in her car downstairs for a long time. No ambulance showed up, and Sean did not reappear either. He eventually drove away from the neighborhood, even circling around once, just in case someone was tailing him.

Chase asked, “How did it go?”

“Looks like intimidation,” Bernard said. “Sean did not come back down, so that means his parents are fine. My guess is the other side sent some kind of photo to scare him. Honestly, this tactic works. He’ll make sure he won’t mess up next time.”

This time, the target patient was a procurement officer on the verge of retirement. He was in for an appendectomy.

It was a simple, high–success–rate surgery. No matter what meds were used, as long as the patient was not allergic, the risk of death was low.

It really was a tough ask for Sean.

“Is this related to Harrison Group?” Chase took a guess.

། “Yeah. From what I can tell, the patient works as a procurement contact for one of Harrison Group’s large

shopping centers. I checked into his finances. He’s definitely skimmed a lot off the top.”

Since Henry had already returned to Moses Group, that meant the matter had to be handled within the Harrison family.

The person behind the scenes clearly would not allow someone from the Harrison Group to walk away with that much money. They wanted him to cough it up before he officially retired.

But the method… was revolting.

“What now? Should we just talk to Sean directly?” Bernard asked.

Chase entered the study, still holding half a glass of juice. He pulled out a chair and sat down. After a moment of thought, he shook his head. “No, Sean’s on edge right now. He’s paranoid about everything. His mental state must be a mess. If we approach him too suddenly, it could backfire. He’s not like Madeline. He can’t just walk away from everything, and he’s not someone we can easily negotiate with.”

Bernard wondered, “You think he knows about Madeline?”

He definitely did.

If Madeline could trace things back to Sean and find out he was the one who signed off on the drugs, how could the attending doctor not know?

The hospital’s pharmacy records were even easier to trace.

And now that they had Sean’s signature, who was actually dispensing the meds? Could it be that even with Madeline gone, there was someone else?