Sorry Too Late (by J.J. Twelve) novel Chapter 105

Chapter 105 A Surprise for the Leightons

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Evan had never been deeply involved with the Leighton family. After Roxanne had secretly taken the family’s only life–saving drug, she had been branded a sinner by her own relatives and had nearly been expelled outright.

It was only because her parents fought tooth and nail for her that she avoided that fate, though she was still effectively sidelined and frozen out.

Roxanne rarely returned home because of that, and the Leighton family had made it very clear she wasn’t welcome.

If the price she’d paid had been worth it, that might’ve been one thing–but the problem was that she regretted it now. Deeply.

She believed she never should have used her family’s only life–saving drug on Evan. It would’ve been so much better if she’d saved it for Zeke instead.

The sentence Roxanne repeated to herself most often was, “If I hadn’t given the drug to Evan back then, and had given it to Zeke instead, would everything be different now?”

Whenever she said it, she would sink into quiet grief. Compared to Anya’s blunt, outspoken personality, her silence was far more deafening.

“Hello? Mr. Norwood? Are you still there?” Artemisia finally asked, unable to help herself when Evan stayed silent for too long.

Only then did Evan snap back to his senses. His face remained expressionless as he answered, “It’s not a big deal. You can make a decision without consulting me. It was your prescription to begin with.”

“But…” She trailed off, still looking troubled.

She couldn’t help but feel she’d be walking on thin ice if she did make the decision without asking for his opinion. After all, she

hadn’t restored the ancient formula–Evan did.

“Oh, by the way,” Evan added coldly. “You can tell the Leightons that a surprise is coming their way soon.”

He had never been one to mince words, but that line left Artemisia completely flabbergasted. Her mind reeled as it whirled a mile a minute. ‘What did Mr. Norwood just say? The Leightons will get a surprise?‘

Of course, Evan knew exactly why the Leighton family wanted this collaboration. They were doing this because Roxanne had stolen the family’s only life–saving drug three years ago.

Now that they were left bereft of the drug, the very foundation that kept the Leighton family at the top of the pharmaceutical world had collapsed.

He’d often heard rumors of the Leighton family searching everywhere for valuable ancient formulas over the past few years, all in an attempt to fill the void left by that missing drug.

Unfortunately, ancient formulas weren’t something one could just stumble across. They hadn’t even caught a whiff of one after turning the world upside down for three whole years.

So, it was only natural for them to do everything in their power to purchase the ancient formula in Artemisia’s possession when they finally learned of it.

“Mr. Norwood… what exactly is the surprise?” Artemisia asked cautiously.

“Just tell the Leightons it’s exactly what they’ve been wanting all along,” Evan said impatiently before hanging up on her.

He didn’t know why, but his chest felt tight. He felt as if he was drowning in air.

‘Debts of gratitude are always harder to repay than money.‘

Chapter 105 A Surprise for the Leightons

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Was he supposed to live his life in debt just because Hazel, Roxanne, and Anya had saved him back then? Was he really going to allow them to control him just because they had that leverage over him?

Evan had already decided to leave the three heiresses behind.

However, he wanted to ensure that there would be no more ties between them. He wanted no loose ends and didn’t want to owe them a single thing lest they continued to lord it over his head.

As for the hundred blood transfusions… He couldn’t pin it on them because that was all Zeke. Hazel and the others had never known about it, so it didn’t count.

His expression turned grim.

He had to settle the Leighton family’s debt of gratitude quickly, or it would remain a thorn lodged in his heart. Then, there was the matter with the Golden family.

He immediately called Hugo, who agreed without hesitation. “I’ve got something urgent to deal with first,” he said quickly.” But I’ll head straight to the Golden family once I’ve wrapped things up!”

Evan noticed the panic in Hugo’s voice. It sounded like something major was about to go down.

Meanwhile, Hugo was speeding toward Silveraberg at full throttle. “Faster… Faster… Hurry!”

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