My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calicraft) novel Chapter 1880

“That just means you don’t know Fabian well. That guy has tons of tricks up his sleeve!”

Theo retrieved a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and was just about to light one when he caught sight of Hera. He stuffed the cigarettes back into his pocket.

“I’ll go get some fresh air outside. Go ahead and have a smoke if you want to!”

Hera smiled as she got to her feet.

Theo hurriedly spoke up, “Oh, we won’t smoke, Hera. It’s cold outside. I don’t want you to catch a cold!”

Hera chuckled. “Tatiana will be here soon. I’ll go take a walk with her!”

Tatiana had traveled from the Divine Strategy Squadron back to the Crictons' home in Antaria to attend Anton’s funeral.

Once Hera left, Theo immediately lit a cigarette and took a long drag.

Wilcox lit a cigarette as well.

Suddenly, Nash said, “You’ve got a tumor in your lung, Wilcox. You should cut back on smoking!”

That startled both Wilcox and Theo.

Theo’s eyes widened as he looked at Wilcox. “What’s the matter? Haven’t you gotten a body check-up yet?”

Wilcox had a confused look in his eyes. “I have one every year, and it’s been less than six months since the last time I got a physical!”

Smoking relieved stress, and he smoked as a way of relieving the stress he faced at work.

The Schmidts had a private hospital that housed dozens of the best medical professionals.

A lung tumor?

That was impossible.

Theo did not doubt what Nash said, and he said in a low voice, “If Nash said you have a tumor, that means you have a tumor. You should quit smoking!”

Wilcox snuffed out his cigarette, a dazed look on his face as he asked, “Is it a benign one?”

Nash nodded. “It’s a benign tumor, so it’s not a massive problem!”

Wilcox smiled a bitter smile. “My addiction isn’t that terrible. It takes me two to three days to work through a pack. How could I have a tumor?”

“This isn’t directly correlated to smoking. It’s more of a probability thing, and smoking only increases the probability of getting lung cancer!” Nash explained.