Suddenly There Are Three (Bailey and Artemis) novel Chapter 140

Chapter 140

Bailey shook her head and said with a smile, “Had it not been for your grandpa, my mom and granny would've frozen to death on the streets back then. I wouldn't even exist. Edmund, I understand that I need to repay your grandpa for saving them, so will you give me a week to overcome my trauma?”

“Is Cadence really unable to perform this surgery?” Edmund asked after a brief pause.

“That's right. I know full well just how capable he is. A complicated surgery like this is simply too much for him,” Bailey replied without any hesitation.

“All right, I trust your judgment. I know you're the only one who won't try to harm my grandpa. A week it is, then. I'll do my best to stall the surgery, but I need you to promise me you won't force yourself too much. It'd be great if you could overcome your trauma, but it'll also be fine if you can't. Whatever the outcome may be, I shall accept it as Grandpa's fate.”

Bailey forced a smile at him in response. “I know. Don't worry. If all else fails, I'll have a hypnotist temporarily erase my memories of the incident from three years ago.”

Edmund glared at her sternly as he shouted, “No way! Hypnosis is incredibly damaging to the brain, so don't even think about doing that! I'll call off the surgery if you dare attempt such a crazy stunt, you hear?”

Bailey was so taken aback by his sudden outburst that she froze for a few seconds. Whoa... I didn't think a gentle and soft-spoken guy like Edmund was capable of being so aggressive...

“It's just a suggestion... I wasn't actually planning on going through with it. What are you getting so worked up for?”

“Bailey...” Edmund muttered her name through clenched teeth.

Bailey had no choice but to give in. “All right, all right! I won't even think about it anymore, okay?”

“Do you need me to provide you with a laboratory?” Edmund asked.

Bailey shook her head. “That won't be necessary. Vero's laboratory is pretty big and well-equipped. It'd take too much time for you to import all those equipment.”

Just like that, Bailey spent the next six days trying to overcome her fear of the operating table in Veronique's laboratory.

Unfortunately, the outcome remained the same each time.

The gory scene from three years ago would replay in her head whenever she picked up the scalpel, which resulted in her losing her cool.

Her hand trembled like crazy as she cut at the animal's flesh with the scalpel, and she broke down the moment she saw the blood oozing out of the carcass.

There were a few times when she either threw up violently at the scent of blood or fainted on the spot.

Veronique described her actions as a form of self-harm.

It was true that her repeatedly forcing herself to face her trauma seemed like self-harm, but she didn't have much of a choice in that matter.

“Ms. Bailey has gone missing for six days now, and none of my calls are getting through. Mr. Luther, the launch of our new product cannot be delayed any longer. LG Corporation has called us many times demanding that we give them the sample so they can come up with a promotion plan as soon as possible,” Dwayne said as he entered the CEO's office of Luther Group.

Artemis looked up at him from a stack of documents and replied coldly, “Bailey took two weeks off, so she won't be coming back to work for a while. You can have Victoria take care of the launch of our new product instead. Bailey was halfway done with the project before she left, so I don't want to let anyone else handle it. Victoria is a good friend of hers, so I believe she won't pull dirty tricks to stab her in the back.”

Hmm... That does seem to be the only viable option right now...

With that in mind, Dwayne said, “All right. I'll go look for Victoria in the HR department and have her come see you.”

“Oh, and have Ken come in as well while you're at it. There's something I need to talk to him about.”

“Noted.”