The Great Medical Saint novel Chapter 12

Tessa gave Randall a thumbs-up. "Impressive! You got it done in 20 minutes."

Randall smirked, feeling a hint of pride. "What's a challenge for others is a piece of cake for me."

In reality, he didn't even know Larry personally. He had reached out to Larry through a friend. Being wealthy, Randall had given Larry a lighter worth 4,000 dollars, which had sealed the deal.

Placing a finger to his lips, Randall whispered, "Shh, let me talk to Larry. Stay quiet."

Tessa nodded and sipped her coffee quietly.

Randall answered the call and switched to speaker mode so Tessa could hear everything clearly.

"Hello?" Larry's voice came through the phone.

"Hi, did you confirm the meeting time with Ms. Carter?" Randall asked with a smile.

Larry's voice crackled with anger. "I got fired! How the heck am I supposed to arrange a meeting? Randall, you've wrecked my career!"

Randall's expression changed. "What happened? You seemed fine when I left."

Larry shouted furiously, "It was all because of you! You told me to mess with that Matthew guy, and now I've lost my job. Do you have any idea who he is?"

Still clueless, Randall shrugged nonchalantly. "Isn't he just an ex-convict and a divorced loser with a kid?"

Larry's fury intensified. "You're still full of lies! I believed you, and now I'm paying for it. Matthew is our president's boyfriend! I got fired because of your damn schemes. What are you going to do about this?"

"What?" Randall and Tessa gasped in disbelief.

Matthew was Rachel's boyfriend? How could that be true? It seemed more absurd than the idea of the sun rising in the west.

Randall coughed, trying to regain composure. "Come on, Mr. Scott, you must be kidding. Matthew just got out of prison. It's hard to imagine him dating anyone, let alone your gorgeous president."

Tessa chimed in, "Yeah! I divorced him because he wasn't good enough. How could someone like Ms. Carter possibly be interested in an ex-convict?"

Tessa would rather believe the sun rose at night than accept that Matthew could be with Rachel. The difference in their social standing was too vast.

Rachel, whom Tessa had seen before, was breathtakingly beautiful, like an angelic presence. On top of that, she was the president of a company worth billions of dollars.

Even standing next to Rachel made Tessa feel utterly insignificant. She was convinced that a woman of Rachel's caliber could never be with someone like Matthew.

Larry was fuming, with nowhere to vent his anger. "I saw it all with my own eyes! Why would I lie to you?

"I didn't do anything wrong, did I? Why did you guys tell me to provoke Matthew for no reason? Now I'm out of a job. What now?"

Tessa, still in disbelief, asked, "Are you absolutely sure? You saw this yourself? Could there have been a mistake?"

Larry almost exploded with frustration. He snapped, "I got fired, along with the head of security and two guards. How could I have made a mistake?"

Tessa and Randall were stunned into silence.

Larry's frustration grew when he didn't get a response. He raised his voice and demanded compensation before hanging up angrily.

Tessa's face had turned ashen by now. "This is disastrous. If Matthew is really dating Ms. Carter, our deal is gone, and Evergreen Group won't survive in Lambda City.

"How did this happen? How did that worthless scoundrel manage to rise so high?"

Randall's expression darkened as he glanced at Tessa, with uncertainty clouding his eyes.

If Matthew was indeed with Rachel now, it would be risky for Randall to marry Tessa. He couldn't afford to antagonize Matthew; the Young family couldn't handle such an enemy.

Suddenly, Tessa's eyes lit up with an idea. "What if Matthew is deceiving Ms. Carter? Otherwise, there's no way he could be connected with the Carter family."