She Was the Treasure All Along novel Chapter 20

“It was me.” He tilted his head slightly, showing a flawless profile.

“I don’t need your help, but thanks anyway.” Loyce looked him over, assuming he’d come for treatment. “You look a lot better. Keep using the medication for a while to stabilize things. You don’t need to rush to see me. Your body’s still badly damaged. It’s not time for me to treat you yet.”

Lucian’s condition wasn’t something medication alone could fix. He needed nerve-repair surgery alongside her treatment, and that technique still hadn’t been fully solved.

Lucian’s eyes were deep, his voice low. “I’m not here for you. I’m here for Fernand.”

Loyce raised an eyebrow. “Funny. He used to be my advisor.”

“Very funny,” Lucian said, lifting a campus newspaper and handing it to her. “You’re the student he kicked out of his lab, and that project is funded by my money.”

So he hadn’t tracked her down on purpose. It really was a coincidence. Loyce glanced at the article and let out a short laugh. “I’m just warning you, he can’t deliver what you want. But if you want to keep burning money on Fernand, go ahead.”

The project Fernand’s group had been trying to break through involved clinical medicine and AI. But the research materials had been gathered by her, and the experimental analysis and data logs had relied on her. Without her, they wouldn’t finish the work and produce any results at all.

Lucian studied the girl in front of him, the faint mockery in her eyes, and knew she wasn’t lying. Even when pain had driven him into a violent, unstable state, she’d stayed calm enough to treat him. That alone proved how strong her mind was.

“Walsh Hospital produced a Nexo-7,” Lucian said as he handed the phone back. He didn’t let her pull away right away, their fingers touching again as he met her eyes. “I’m going to pick it up. But I’ve heard there’ve been some issues at Walsh Hospital lately. Medicine isn’t my area. Do you have time, Ms. Sampson?”

Lucian was the kind of man who could learn things from the dark web. After hearing the Walsh family had been cut off by CoreWell Pharmacy, he naturally had doubts about Walsh Hospital.

Loyce happened to be free. After telling Heath to turn around and go back, she opened the other door and got into the car. “Let’s go. I’ll come with you.”

Inside the private cabin, the air had carried only the heavy scent of medicine from Lucian. The moment Loyce got in, a faint lily fragrance slipped into his nose, and his always-tight chest eased for no reason at all.