Sierra was hoping to hear Lewis' answer. Instead, he just pulled out his phone and dialed Gerald's number.
"Call an ambulance right now."
As time passed, Sierra's vision started becoming more and more blurry. Her eyelids became heavier as well. Even when she was dying, she still couldn't see any expressions on the man's face.
Would he continue to look unaffected when she would be dying soon?
Sierra knew that the so-called affection and concern Lewis displayed in front of her in the past was nothing but a hallucination.
It was her fault for taking him seriously.
The woman could no longer withstand the exhaustion anymore. She slowly closed her eyes, letting a tear slide down her cheek.
At first, Gerald thought something had happened to Josephine again, so he quickly called for an ambulance and summoned a doctor to the suite. By the time he reached the suite, he realized that another woman happened to be lying on the couch.
Gerald wasn't the only one looking surprised. The doctor who followed him there was equally flabbergasted.
That woman didn't look like the woman whom he treated yesterday.
The shock faded away instantly. After all, saving her life was their top priority right now. They had plenty of time to gossip about what happened after making sure that she was alright.
Sierra's wrist was still leaking blood at that time. Even though Lewis had already bandaged it with his tie, it wasn't effective at all. Fresh blood continued to trail down the tie's outline and drip to the floor.
Truthfully, Sierra was willing to be cruel to herself. She was ready to hurt herself to this degree just to get Lewis to stay with her.
After the doctor administered emergency treatment for Sierra's injury, he quickly took her to the ambulance. Finally, she was sent to the hospital.
Gerald stood at the hotel entrance while wiping the sweat off his forehead. He had dabbled in the business world for many years and connected with countless clients, but this was his first time encountering such an incident.
The moment he turned around, he noticed Seth leaning against the doorframe with a smile on his face. He was still staring at the ambulance, which slowly disappeared into the horizon.
"Since when are you here, Mr. Fairchild?"
Seth looked away to glance at Gerald. The smile was still curled on his lips as he replied, "I've always been here. Perhaps you didn't notice me, Mr. Harris."
"I see." Gerald nodded in response. He was in a hurry just now, not to mention he was focusing on Sierra the whole time.
Gerald thought for a moment. Suddenly, he asked, "By the way, Mr. Fairchild, what's up with those three?"
Seth just shot a faint smile at him. "Do you really want to know?"
The other man smiled in embarrassment. "I'm just curious, that's all. You told me that Chairman Alvarez was here to discuss a business deal, yet he brought two women with him. Weirdly enough, something happened to both of them."
Gerald wondered if Lewis was truly a man who loved playing twisted games. Either that or Gerald had yet to reach the level of success where he could join in on the fun, which was generally preferred by the rich.
Suddenly, Seth straightened up and walked toward the plump man before him. Then, he patted him on the shoulder. "It's best not to be curious about certain things, Mr. Harris. Also, are you a local?"
Gerald thought for a moment before nodding in response. "Yep, I've lived here since I was a kid."
He was over 40 years old this year and was at least 12 years older than Seth. The reason why he looked so young was because of his plump appearance.
Seth asked, "I seem to recall this family with the Nelson surname inhabiting Hardington in the past."
"The Nelson family? That name sounds familiar."
Gerald thought for some time. He seemed to have recalled something based on how he excitedly slapped his thigh. "I remember that family! The Nelsons used to be the richest family in Hardington!"
He started recounting what he remembered to Seth.
The Nelson family was a legacy in Hardington that existed for 20 years. Those who ran businesses would quake in their boots whenever they heard of the Nelsons being mentioned. However, that had nothing to do with Gerald back then. That was because he was a restaurant owner at that time.
Gerald seemed to have remembered something else. "There was another family—the Vance family, I believe. These two families used to dominate both the lawful society and the lawless underworld. I heard that their combined assets were equivalent to that of a nation's."
Seth continued listening to the tale with a smile on his face. He nodded and gestured for Gerald to move to a seating area so that they could continue the conversation comfortably.
"They monopolized a lot of businesses back then. There was also the Alvarez family who was as powerful as them—"
Gerald had to rack his brain to remember more details of the past while recounting the tale to Seth.
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