Talented Heiress A Rose with Thorns (Yvette and Wilson) novel Chapter 753

"Mr. Wick, what brings you here?"

The second Sheldon saw Joseph Wick at the door, his arrogance melted away, replaced by wide-eyed shock and instant humility before the vice president of the International Medical Congress.

Joseph, still catching his breath from rushing over, wiped the sweat from his brow. He said sternly, "If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have known that you were throwing your weight around here."

Sheldon hurriedly explained, "You've got it all wrong! I wasn't abusing my power. Yvette made a serious mistake, leaving me with no choice but to pull her from the competition."

“Oh, really?" Joseph scoffed, narrowing his gaze. "Funny, that's not what I heard."

A sinking feeling settled in Sheldon's stomach. He could tell that Joseph had already learned the truth.

Leaning in close, Sheldon tried to reason in a hushed tone. "Yvette dared to strike the president's daughter. I had to do something! She's just an ordinary student—no influence, no connections.

"The last thing we need is to offend someone as powerful as the president. I was only protecting the International Medical Congress' reputation!"

"You fool!" Joseph's anger flared, and he struck Sheldon across the face.

"The Medical Congress has always prided itself on fairness, yet here you are, betraying that legacy. Your actions are a disgrace to everything we stand for!"

Sheldon was caught completely off-guard by the sudden, hard slap. He was stunned as he hadn't expected that Joseph would rather offend the president's daughter than let Yvette face injustice.