The CEO Gets What He Wants novel Chapter 359

Thankfully, the middle-aged doctor was used to Aaron's antics and took things in his stride.

Otherwise, he would have been cowed by Cayden's menacing aura.

Cayden carefully rolled up Avery's sleeves to reveal her snow-white skin.

The middle-aged doctor was stunned at the sight.

He had treated countless ladies from prestigious families with superior skin quality throughout his medical career. However, Avery's was exceptionally flawless.

It would not be an exaggeration to compare her skin to be as supple as a baby's.

Apart from that, it was so mesmerizingly fair that...

“Do you still value your eyeballs?” Cayden's stony voice rang out starkly, pulling the doctor from his reverie.

The middle-aged doctor avoided meeting Cayden's horrifically murderous gaze and hastily looked down to focus on his task.

It was common for men to be possessive, especially those from affluent backgrounds who held positions of power.

The middle-aged doctor extracted a needle from his white medical kit and attached it to a syringe. His hands trembled slightly under the glacial glare of Cayden.

“If you don't stop your quivering right this instant, I swear you'll never be able to practice as a doctor again!” Cayden's threat was like a clap of thunder that sounded without any forewarning.

The middle-aged doctor shut his eyes and took several deep breaths in an attempt to steady himself.

“Stop acting like this.” Avery's thick lashes fluttered as she observed the doctor's pallor. She tugged on Cayden's sleeves, hinting at him not to go overboard.

It was only then that Cayden decided to rein in his overpowering aura as his gaze swept across the doctor coolly.

The doctor's jitters finally abated.

He raised the syringe and injected the vaccine into Avery's arm precisely.

Once it was done, the doctor took out an antiseptic and bandages. He uttered nervously, “Miss, you'd need to treat the wound on your neck timely. Otherwise, it might leave a scar.”

Avery nodded obediently.

With that, he began cleaning the wound.

The cotton bud infused with antiseptic irritated Avery's skin, making the process ridiculously excruciating.

Avery gritted her teeth and struggled to keep from crying out in pain.

The doctor was under enough stress from Cayden's intimidating supervision, and she had no intention to add to it.

Alas, her pain tolerance as a woman was too low. In the end, she succumbed to the pain by letting out an unintentional yelp.

Cayden's perfectly sculpted features darkened like an incoming storm at the sight of Avery's pain-twisted features.

His eyes froze over with a layer of inky ice, and his stare bore a hole in the doctor's face that started to bead with cold sweat.

“Doctor, I hope you'd be gentler.” Cayden's tone was rife with repressed fury.

The doctor desperately wanted to retort and swear by his name that he was being gentle enough. However, he simply couldn't bring himself to utter any words out of his mouth.

It wasn't that the doctor was too faint of heart. Cayden simply had such an unnerving effect on others.

Xander wished to roll his eyes at Cayden. “You can't behave in such a way even if your heart aches for Avery. Would you rather there be hideous scars on her neck instead of allowing the antiseptic to work its magic?”

Cayden had always been rational and intelligent. How was it then that his intelligence seemed to take a backseat whenever he was with women?

“The incident today happened at your place, Xander. I demand an explanation.” Cayden's sharp glare pierced through Xander.

“Rest assured. I promise to sniff out the culprit in no time. How unfortunate it is for Avery to go through all this.”

As the eldest son of the Gibson family, he had seen plenty of dark things even Cayden was not privy to.

He knew at a glance that the incident was a product of careful scheming. Only a fool would believe that the cat's sudden aggressive streak was merely an accident.

I wonder who the f*ck was it that dared to disturb the peace of my territory?

Xander's gaze turned glacial at that thought. Since whoever was behind this was courting death, he would gladly bestow it upon them.

“Take this cat to the labs! I want it tested!” Xander raised his chin and signaled at the dying white cat that was being held in Stephanie's arms.

Stephanie's eyes welled with tears as she stared at Xander pleadingly. “Boss, it's my fault for bringing my cat to work. I'm willing to accept any form of punishment by the company and compensate Ms. Rumpley fully for her loss. But could you please save this cat? This cat means the world to me.”

For some reason, Jacob couldn't stand Stephanie beseeching another man for help and voiced, “Let it rest, Xander. It's just a cat, anyway. What's the point of troubling a mere employee? We'll try saving it once the lab results are out.”

Xander regarded Jacob with interest.

It's unusual for him to speak up for a woman. What exactly is the reason behind his sudden change in behavior?

He then directed his attention at Stephanie and took to observing her closely.

Well, she does look quite pretty. I'm surprised that she's one of the attendants of Azure Royal.

Xander smirked. “Well, since you've made your intentions clear, Jacob, I guess I've got no choice but to save the cat.”

Stephanie gave Jacob a look of gratitude before thanking Xander profusely, “Thank you so much, Boss!”

Meanwhile, in another private room, Nicole presented wads of cash worth a hundred thousand to her assistant.

This female assistant had been working under her for a considerable amount of time.

Nicole would normally gift her branded clothes and scarves at times.

“I'm touched that you've stood by me all this while unlike many of your predecessors. I heard that you're in need of money at the moment, so take this. Consider it an extra bonus. After all, I'm quite happy with your performance.”

The assistant accepted the money once she heard that Nicole offered it to her as a work bonus.

Her eyes were brimming with gratitude. “Thank you, Ms. Lambert. You're far too kind!”

Back in the VIP reception room of Azure Royal, the doctor had finished bandaging Avery's neck. The two children stood before their mother and called out remorsefully, “Mommy...”

The two almost identically beautiful faces were tinged with regret. They wrung their hands nervously and couldn't bring themselves to meet their mother's eyes as they held back their tears.

Zachary forced himself to put on a brave front as the “man of the family” by suppressing his urge to cry. Yet his moist coal-black eyes betrayed the state of his emotions and made him appear all the more pitiful.

Rory had no such concerns as she burst into tears and clung tightly to Avery's arm.

The little girl sobbed, “Mommy, I'm sorry. This is all my fault. If I had not insisted on chasing after the cat, you wouldn't have been scratched to protect me. I promise never to play with cats ever again, Mommy. Will you forgive me?”

Rory's crestfallen state tugged at one's heartstrings as her delicate doll-like features were stained with tears and snot.

Avery was absolutely crushed by the sorrow of her daughter.

She hugged Rory and wiped her tears away. “Of course I forgive you. It was just an accident. None of it had to do with you. Besides, that cat would not have attacked me if it hadn't been sick. You shouldn't hate all cats just because one hurt me, all right? Pets are still lovable creatures.”

Avery did not want this incident to traumatize her children.

After all, Rory was still a child and had always been caring toward animals.

“Mommy, if I were to have cats in the future, would they go crazy like the cat just now?” Rory's doe-like eyes were still shiny with tears as she queried.

Avery planted a kiss on the little girl's cheek and comforted her assuredly, “No, my dear. This was an accident. It won't happen again.”

Just then, the doctor approached with the lab results in hand. He handed it over to Xander and reported, “Mr. Gibson, the results show that a virus known to cause rabies was injected into the cat's bloodstream. This virus can cause a healthy cat to become rabid within ten minutes and make it ten times more dangerous!”