Russell was equally flustered.
For fear that Jordan would misunderstand that he had done the dirty work, he hurriedly explained, "Jordan, although there's a conflict between us, it's entirely because of Victoria Clarke. In fact, I admire you very much purely from the perspective of a man. I even take my hat off to you! The words you said on Bill Gates' luxury yacht shocked me.
"Indeed, I don't deny that I was jealous of you but I never tried to harm you! While I admit I may have done so if you were still dating Victoria, now that you two are already separated, why should I continue to harm you?"
Russell had specially come to the hospital to explain things to Jordan because he was afraid of facing Jordan's retaliation and getting attacked by Arthur.
Jordan also felt that Houston was Russell's territory while the money and wine for the celebration were all paid for by him too. Since Russell was a smart person, he wouldn't have tried to harm Jordan so brazenly even if he wanted to.
After hearing the man's confession, Jordan chose to believe Russell!
"Russell Miller, I will trust you for now."
Immediately after that, he asked, "Let me ask you, could this matter have been done by the Huxleys?"
Russell froze when he heard Jordan's question.
"The Huxleys?"
"Yes, Cayden, Shane, and Arthur Huxley all have reasons to do such a thing to me."
Given that Russell and Arthur were sworn brothers, Jordan wanted to ask Russell what he thought.
Russell thought for a moment before responding. "Nah, they wouldn't. Ever since your assets were frozen and you stepped down from your duties as the president of Perry Express, the Huxleys have been focusing on Breezy Express.
"As far as I know, their family has been focusing on their business 24 hours a day to recoup their losses in the last two months. They don't have the time to think about anything else now, and they already know the consequences of messing with you. I doubt they would repeat the same mistake."
Jordan was also pondering that question. If neither the Huxleys nor Russell was the culprit, who could it be?
Russell said, "Jordan, you're going back to DC for treatment, right? I have a private jet that you can use."
Salvatore hurriedly said, "Would you be so kind as to let us use your private jet? Could you have planted a bomb on the plane and tried to make us crash and die?"
Russell said helplessly, "What are you talking about? I'll be boarding the same jet back to DC with you!
Something has happened to Jordan on my territory and I'm afraid Mr. Howard Sr. will suspect that I was the culprit so I have to go explain it to him personally."
With that, Jordan extended his hand and gestured to Salvatore. He said, "Let's go."
Jordan knew that Russell didn't have the guts to harm him.
After boarding Russell's private jet, Russell originally wanted to sit with Jordan and the others but Salvatore shooed him elsewhere.
Salvatore and Tim were crying incessantly. "Mr. Steele, your eyes must be cured. Otherwise, Mr. Dalton will gouge my eyes out if he finds out that I failed to protect you well when he's released from prison. Arghhh!"
Tim glanced at Jordan, who was seated quietly in front of him and said softly, "Salvatore, look at Mr. Jordan. His mood seems to have been rather stable even after losing his eyesight."
Salvatore replied, "It's more than just stable. He's so composed. I've already cried eight times but it doesn't seem like a big deal to Mr. Jordan."
Tim said, "I feel that Mr. Jordan is so calm because he's very confident in restoring his vision. The Steeles are such a mysterious family. It's impossible that they can't find a cure for his eyes."
Salvatore sighed and lamented, "I hope so."
At this moment, Jordan called out to Salvatore.
"Coming."
Salvatore walked over and asked, "Mr. Jordan, what is it?"
Jordan took out a box from his pocket and handed it to Salvatore. He instructed, "There's a pink pill in here, take it out and give it to me."
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