“Ma’am…” The two doctors were about to say something when someone opened the door. Fred announced as he held his cane, “You wanted to see me?”
The doctors saw him and stepped back to make way for him. Then Lily glanced at him and placidly lay back down while adjusting her posture. “Not you.”
“Oh, yeah? But you said just now…” Fred raised his brow and dug his ear. “I must’ve misheard.”
“You didn’t. I said I wanted to see their boss, but you’re not the one!” Lily stared straight at the ceiling, unblinking. After staying here for a while, she had developed an ability to fix her gaze on the ceiling for hours.
With a shrug, Fred turned to look at one of the doctors, who hastily wiped the blood off Lily and tried to lift the blanket to check the surgical wound on her belly.
However, Lily held the blanket down and mechanically repeated, “I want to see your boss.”
“Do not push your luck!” Fred’s expression turned grim. “You should count yourself lucky that I’ve come to see you.”
“Oh, yeah?” Lily chuckled coldly and slowly turned her head to him. “You guys know better than I do what’s the most important step in activating R10’s full potency. If I don’t see your boss, I’ll kill myself.”
She added with a cunning smile, “Staying here is worse than death, and I might as well kill myself than trouble others. Furthermore, I’ll be able to ruin your plan!”
Fred narrowed his eyes and said, “Don’t forget we have your children. Don’t you care about them anymore?”
“Of course I do.” Lily gazed at her children gently, then stared coldly at Fred. “Still, it’s a different story if you drive me up the wall!
“Besides, you can still hurt them even if I stay alive, right?” she snorted and continued, “I’m not that naive, and I know you don’t want me dead after all the effort you guys put in to get me here.
“If you don’t know what to do, why don’t you ask your boss? Perhaps he can make the right decision,” she said mockingly, trying to provoke Fred.
What she said upset Fred, and he glared fiercely at Lily, saying, “Do you think you can threaten us now? Do you think it has to be you? You know there’s nothing our organization can’t accomplish, and it’s not a challenge to get someone else to replace you!”
He looked confident, as if everything was under his control.
“Oh? There’s nothing you guys can’t accomplish, huh?” Lily chuckled and shook her head. “You seem to have forgotten that I was the one who made R10 work. Could you guys have done that without me?
“Besides, I know R10 better than anyone. How do you know I’ve not kept its weakness from you? Are you sure the drug will achieve its maximum potency after activation?
“If your research team is so competent, why couldn’t they make it work in the first place? There are many herbal ingredients in R10. Does your team understand them? If you use the drug on your boss and it backfires, no one can save him!”
Lily’s words made Fred feel unsettled.
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