The Promise of Happiness (Natalie and Samuel) novel Chapter 468

Chapter 468 The Mysterious King

The call took quite a while to connect, and when it finally did, a modified male voice came through the receiving end. “Hello—”

“Sorry for disturbing you so late, King.” As much as Thomas was someone who had been around, he nonetheless remained exceptionally cautious when dealing with the one who he was on the phone with. “It’s me, Thomas Nichols. I’ve something that I would like to ask for your help with.”

The man hailed as “King” did not respond immediately and, instead, quietly waited for Thomas to state his business.

“I lost over one billion to stone-gambling today.”

“And?” King asked nonchalantly.

Thomas gasped, and could only fess up. “Recently, I’ve also acquired a piece of property and exhausted Dexmed Pharmaceutical’s liquidity in the process. Dexmed may face cash flow issues should this situation remain unchanged and may become insolvent as a result.”

“Are you compelling me to intervene by using threats here, Thomas?”

“You’ve misunderstood, King! How would I dare think about doing such a thing?” Thomas’ wizened face was mired in a cold sweat while he fawned, “If not for your help some twenty years ago, Dexmed Pharmaceutical would have remained in the hands of the Bayer family, so I’ve always kept your generosity close to my heart.”

He continued, “All these years, I’ve kept Dexmed Pharmaceutical’s enduring traditions going while secretly conducting all kinds of experiments at the side on your behalf. But if the company was to implode just like that, I fear that it may be unable to continue to serve your purposes in the future.”

Not once in these twenty years had Thomas ever met with King, for all of their communication had been realized exclusively through encrypted voice calls.

In spite of this, Thomas was never in any doubt of the tremendous influence King wielded.

Back in the day, he had seen for himself how his own father-in-law met his tragic demise in an “accident” for refusing to perform trials on the human body for King.

Jennie should have been the most ideal replacement after Arnold’s passing, but seeing her go off with the children to live in seclusion in the countryside led Thomas to set his own sights on Dexmed Pharmaceutical once more. That was when he fell headlong into working for King.

Over the years, he had done many things for King that contravened regulations, chiefly in the form of unethical drug trials and human experimentation.

Thomas’ intentions for mentioning these were not out of an attempt to coerce King, but a desire to demonstrate his own loyalty in a bid to win the latter’s support.