"Mr. Pansy is fine," Morton hurried over to Patrick and spoke up.
Upon hearing this, Patrick breathed a sigh of relief. He pursed his sexy thin lips and asked in a deep voice, "Morton, what's going on?"
"When I returned from France, everything was normal," Morton said as he thought about it. "Shortly after that, news came of your plane crash.
At the time, the news caused a sensation throughout the city. Everyone was anxious, especially Old Pansy who sent many search teams to find you.
But the next day, Old Pansy didn't show up. Winston said he had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital for treatment."
"Heart attack?" Patrick frowned slightly.
He knew his grandfather did have heart disease but had been taking medication to control it well over these years.
"Mmm," Morton nodded and continued speaking. "Winston said that because you were missing and presumed dead at that time, Old Pansy suffered from shock and fell ill after days of running around looking for you. I went to visit him at the hospital but Winston stopped me."
"Winston wouldn't let you see Grandpa?" Patrick's sexy lips tightened into a line.
"Yes," Morton replied with some coldness in his tone. "He said Old Pansy was seriously ill and needed rest so no one could disturb him."
"How do you know Grandpa is okay then?" Jane interrupted Morton's explanation.
According to Morton's persuasion tactics, Winston detained Old Pansy himself so why would he be sure that nothing happened?
"Well," Morton began explaining again as he took out a piece of paper from his western coat pocket and handed it over to Patrick. "During those few days when I had search teams looking for you at sea - which proved difficult since we couldn't determine where exactly your plane crashed - I also tried every means possible to get in touch with Grandpa at the hospital but Winston's people were guarding him very tightly so I didn't dare act recklessly lest they harm him."
"And then what happened?" Jane asked curiously.
"Just when I felt hopeless about what else could be done, I received this note from an anonymous nurse,"Morton explained further as he handed over another piece of paper containing Morse code written by hand by someone who knew how. Patrick recognized immediately that it was Grandpa's handwriting. The Morse code read: "Beware of Winston; find Patrick ASAP."
"I tried contacting that nurse but failed,"Morton concluded."On surface, Pansy Group seems calm, but since then, Winston has temporarily taken charge as CEO handling all matters big or small within our company."
"So you're saying that Winston has had his eye on the position of CEO of Pansy Group for a long time," Patrick's deep eyes flashed with understanding, and his intuition was indeed correct.
Winston has done so much deliberately, and he is afraid that it may be related to his plane crash.
"Morton continued, 'He even tried to bribe me. And that's not all, today at the board meeting, Winston suddenly announced that he will take over as the CEO of Pansy Group and there will be a press conference in two days.'"
Patrick sneered, "Winston's fox tail can finally no longer be hidden."
"I'm so afraid that something has happened to you, Mr. President. Old Pansy is missing again and I can't find anyone to talk to about it. Luckily, you and Miss North are back now," Morton sighed.
These days, he has been mentally exhausted from battling wits with Winston.
Fortunately, the CEO is fine and he rushed back just in time. Morton finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Actually, the current situation is favorable for us," Jane analyzed calmly after listening to Morton's words. "Winston is too eager for success and has already revealed his ambitious nature."
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