Returning with Triple Treasures: My CEO Husband Is Obsessed novel Chapter 5

Xavier didn't speak. He stood by his brother's bedside for several long minutes before turning silently and leaving the room.

Harry followed him back to his private office.

"I heard you're looking for that specialist... Aletta," Harry ventured.

"Yes." The reply was terse.

Over the past five years, a medical virtuoso operating under the alias Aletta had gained a near-mythical reputation for secretly treating and allegedly curing hundreds of patients with rare, terminal hematological disorders.

The international medical community was abuzz, yet her true identity remained a ghost. Even top research institutions hoping to collaborate or understand her methods had hit dead ends.

While Harry was skeptical of such folklore, he was also running out of conventional options.

He sighed. "It's baffling. Five years ago, Noah's readings had stabilized significantly. He was on the verge of entering full remission. How his condition regressed this drastically in the intervening years is..."

Five years ago.

That was when Isabella had been Noah's regular, living blood donor at the hospital.

Xavier's eyes darkened, the image of the woman from the school hallway sharp in his mind.

"Do you believe two people can look exactly the same?" he asked abruptly, his voice low.

Harry was taken aback. "Identical twins, perhaps. But even then, there are usually subtle differences."

Xavier's gaze turned to ice. Exactly. That face—the one had haunted him for five more—was etched into his memory. There was no mistake.

"Thud!"

Xavier's fist came down hard on Harry's polished mahogany desk. The sudden violence made Harry jolt back in his chair.

The tense silence was shattered by the vibration of Xavier's phone on the desktop. He didn't even glance at the screen. He simply picked it up and pressed the side button to silence it. When it lit up again a moment later, he powered it off completely.

Harry had seen the caller ID flash—Linda.

The gossip mills never stopped: they were childhood sweethearts, the perfect match. If not for Isabella's intervention, Xavier would have married Linda years ago. What puzzled Harry, though, was Xavier's profound, consistent indifference toward Linda.

Over the years, the Allen family had leveraged their daughter's connection relentlessly to curry favor with Moore Group. Even Xavier's own grandfather had intervened multiple times, pressing for a marriage to solidify the alliance. It had never happened.

The next morning, Isabella was pulled from sleep by the insistent ring of her phone. Hannah's name flashed on the screen.

"Bella, we have a problem." Hannah's voice was tense. "You... you can't purchase the house."

Isabella was instantly awake. "What? Why?"

"The real estate attorney ran a preliminary check. Your records here show you as legally married and already listed as a property owner. With the local regulations restricting multiple property ownership for non-residents under certain visas... it flags the transaction."

Xavier, you've gone too far.

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