A Man with Nerves of Steel (Joseph Hart) novel Chapter 785

Chapter 785

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Joseph left Emerald Mountain and made a trip to the hospital. When he returned, he handed Judy a bottle. He instructed her to add small amounts of its contents to Owen’s food or tea at regular intervals. When Judy stared at him in stunned disbelief, Joseph covered her lips with his hand.

He said, “You said you belong to me. So if I tell you to do something, you do it. As long as you follow my instructions, you won’t be in any danger. But the moment you get curious and start asking questions you shouldn’t, or learn things you were never supposed to know, you’ll be putting yourself in danger.”

Judy understood. Following Joseph’s instructions, she blinked three times. Only then did he let her go and allow

her to leave.

When she returned to Owen’s room, she waited until no one was around before sniffing the liquid Joseph had given her. The bottle contained nothing more than mineral water.

In reality, Owen’s body had developed an abnormally accelerated metabolism, something the medical sect had failed to detect. Naturally, they had never treated the underlying problem.

Joseph had deliberately said nothing about it. In fact, he even subtly steered them toward the idea of blood transfusion.

That day, Joseph was about to stay behind as usual to “care” for Owen when an elderly man stopped him. The man was in his 70s and was one of Owen’s sons, Logan Zahn.

In terms of seniority, the man was Owen’s sixth eldest son.

Logan motioned for Joseph to step aside before he said, “Henry, you’re still young. You can’t take all the profits for yourself.”

Joseph looked confused. “Just tell me what you mean. What have I taken?”

Logan said, “You’re so young, yet you’re already in charge of the medical sect. Who knows how much you’ll be able to profit from that? And Rhea is even becoming your wife, so that’s another benefit falling into your lap. Now you’re staying behind to take care of my father as well.

“Are you trying to make a good impression on him so you can get your hands on even more?”

Logan really had quite an imagination.

Joseph said, “Rhea agreed to marry me first. Only after that did I get the opportunity to take charge of the medical sect. As for staying behind to take care of him, that’s because I’m a doctor.”

Logan snapped, “You’re just a son-in-law. Why are you so eager to get involved? If he needs to be taken care of, I should be the one doing it as his son. This isn’t your job. Don’t overstep your bounds!”

Joseph immediately put on an anxious, submissive expression. “So I was doing something wrong. Thank you for reminding me. I’ll go back and rest.”

Then, he hurried away.

But inwardly, he was laughing. Since Logan was so eager to take responsibility, he’d let him take the blame.

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When Joseph returned home, he could tell from Rhea’s expression and the unusually excited look in her eyes that she had taken her “rations” again. Fortunately, she hadn’t reached the point of losing control or behaving recklessly. If her addiction progressed to the point of no return, there would be no saving her.

Yara, meanwhile, continued with her rehabilitation. The hand she could still move was gripping an exercise device, steadily working to rebuild her strength.

Joseph went into the study. Before long, she received a call from Winona. She had traveled by boat and was about to arrive in Jenton. She wanted him to pick her up.

That shameless woman really came to Jenton.

Joseph called Rhea over and discussed where Winona could be accommodated. Rhea went out for a while, and when she returned, she said they could simply arrange for her to stay at Yara’s former residence.

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