The runaway groom novel (Irene and Isaac) novel Chapter 855

Yolanda blurted, "Then what killed him?"

"Poison," Irene replied.

The room was suddenly silent, but they were skeptical.

Poison? That was simply unbelievable!

"What poison?" Yolanda asked with a clearly skeptical tone, and even her reaction was basically asking if Irene was trying to avoid responsibility.

After all, they knew that Irene had insisted on performing the surgery on Dennis, and she must bear responsibility for his death.

Still, Irene patiently explained, "I hope everything I say here will stay in this room. We're gathering evidence, but we don't have everything yet, which is why I must ask for your silence. If we make too much noise, we'd alert the culprits—right now, no one knows that I've already discovered that Dennis was poisoned."

Pausing, she continued, "I know you won't believe me, and you'd think that I'm trying to excuse myself from this responsibility. So, I'm obliged to tell you that I'm not—everyone must know that we had technical issues during our research, and we only entered the test phase thanks to Professor Lane joining our ranks. Before he did, New Suns Pharma tried to recruit him, and even blackmailed him to do it. But Professor Lane joined us in the end."

"I should also explain that the market potential for artificial hearts is immense, but while our research center is funded by our government, News Suns Pharma is a private enterprise. All they want is the money, and poaching Professor Lane from them was no different from poaching their golden goose. That is why they must at least prevent our research from succeeding, while they make something marketable in the meantime… I've even heard that they were continuing their development despite losing Professor Lane. So, if we announce our success now, we'd capture the market even if they succeed later. This is the reason they were willing to resort to murder."

The room was silent as they thought about Irene's words.

Finn was the first to break the silence. "None of you believe Director Spencer, do you? She insisted on the surgery, and you all know that she's doing it to save Director Turner. We've been working together for so long, and none of you trust her character—"

"Shut up, Finn. Who says we don't believe her?" someone snapped, cutting him short. "You think you're the only nice guy in the hospital, that the rest of us are unreasonable?"

"That's right," someone else echoed. "If someone is so despicable that they want our years of research to go to waste, we need to show solidarity and stand against them."