A Man with Nerves of Steel (Joseph Hart) novel Chapter 550

Chapter 550

Joseph sighed. “Well, I’m nothing compared to you. You’ve already gone this far. If I kept refusing, I’d just be asking for trouble. I’ve already been bullied enough, so promise me you won’t bully me too.”

He spread his arms wide, clearly asking for a hug.

Yara tapped him on the forehead instead. “Don’t even think about taking advantage of me. If you want to hug woman, go hug Jenna.”

He was just too ugly for her to hug.

Joseph rubbed his forehead and muttered under his breath before breaking into a grin. “You’re so fierce. You’re not nearly as gentle as a real big sister.”

Yara couldn’t help but think that he was ridiculously easy to appease. It was just too bad he was so unbelievably ugly.

For some reason, a weight was lifted from her heart. It felt as though a misunderstanding between them had quietly dissolved.

Since when did she start caring about Henry’s feelings?

Not long ago, she had told him to get lost, and he really did. Later, she’d asked her housekeeper to find him, but he was nowhere to be found. She’d asked doctors and nurses to track him down, but no one could reach him.

Without Henry interpreting her medical reports, talking her through her condition, and keeping her spirits up, her illness had steadily worsened. The familiar despair and helplessness had crept back into her life.

Eyen when he’d called her a bitch just moments ago, she had been furious, but her heart ached even more. When she turned back in the corridor, she’d been worried about losing him.

Yara was far too intelligent not to recognize what that meant. She knew it meant she might have developed some feelings for Joseph.

That ugly freak only got under her skin because she was at her weakest. He took advantage of the timing. Otherwise, she’d never have fallen for someone like him. Not in a million years.

The thought made her smile to herself. When Joseph casually pulled the IV from his arm, climbed off the hospital bed, and stepped behind her wheelchair to push her himself, the warmth in her smile deepened almost imperceptibly.

Meanwhile, Fiona returned to Cora and reported everything that had happened. Cora felt that if the situation wasn’t handled carefully, a minor dispute could snowball into a public relations disaster. But if she gave in too easily, it would trample on her pride. So, the situation was uncertain.

Natalie, however, was livid. When the hospital called the police, she’d been taken to the police station. It had taken considerable influence from both Cora and the Zahn family to secure her release.

And now, Joseph refused to settle privately. If he insisted on pressing charges for assault, she could face anything from detention to actual jail time.

Natalie spat, “That ugly freak. Who does he think he is? Where does he get the nerve to challenge me? Does he have a death wish?”

Fiona quickly tried to calm her down. “Natalie, please don’t do anything reckless. That doctor has both the law and public opinion on his side. If this gets online and blows up, it’ll seriously damage your parents’ reputation. Plenty

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of people in Jenton are just waiting for a chance to bring them down.”

Cora tried to call Yara, but there was no answer. Whether it was because Yara was receiving treatment or simply refusing to answer, Cora didn’t get any updates. But the silence also meant that even Yara couldn’t control Henry

anymore.

Cora sighed. “Since he brought up how a child reflects their parents, I suppose I can’t avoid this anymore. I’ll go see Henry myself and see how much money he wants.”

Fiona nodded. At this point, paying Henry off would be the only way to avoid disaster.

Natalie scoffed. “If that bastard tries to fleece us, I’ll make sure he regrets it. I’ll make sure he coughs whatever he takes from us back up. Does he seriously think I’m easy to push around?”

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