âAre you planning to call your groupâs security team for a hospital fight to make headlines? Are you expecting reporters to come and discover that you allowed your own son to jump off a car, and it took you a while to realize it?
âOr perhaps you intend to clarify why you took Felix forcefully? Not because you wanted to use him to threaten Esther, but because you genuinely got him back?â
Jasperâs inquisitive tone left Bradleyâs hands hanging limply at his sides.
âIf it werenât for you, Jasper-
âIf it werenât for me, Felix would be dead.â Jasper sent a video to Bradley, his voice dripping with sarcasm. âThis is a video of my people saving Felix. Take a good look. It was me who saved your son.
âYes, I admit I hid the fact that Felix was alive from you, but you need to understand that your son would be at the bottom of the sea if it werenât for me. Is this how you treat the person who saved your sonâs life?â
âJasper, donât think I donât know what youâre up to! Youâre trying to take advantage of this situation to steal Esther from me! Let me tell you, unless I die, Esther will be mine for the rest of her life!â
Compared to Bradleyâs agitated state, Jasper was calm, like a gentle breeze that made people comfortable and at ease.
âBradley, Esther isnât yours. Sheâs her own person.
âUnlike you, who hold onto her with resentment, possession, and torment, I guard her. If you treat her well, I can forever remain a silent guardian. But if you treat her poorly, I wonât stay silent anymore. I will protect her, just as she protected me back then.
âBradley, you are truly pitiful for losing a woman who loved you the most.
âYou know, reuniting after a separation might sound good, but just like a broken mirror thatâs glued back together, there will always be cracks that can never be erased. Love is the same.
âIf you really have the energy, you should pray that Felix, who is on the brink of death according to the doctor, pulls through. Otherwise, youâll carry the guilt of causing your sonâs death for the rest of your life. That sense of guilt will haunt you forever.â
Jasperâs mention of the doctorâs words consumed all of Bradleyâs focus.
He weakly grabbed onto Jasper, who was about to turn away, and asked urgently, âJasper, donât go yet.
What did the doctor say?â
âMr. Quill brought experts from Capitus. The surgery isnât over yet. Iâm not sure.â Jasper sized up Bradley and added with a hint of mockery, âSo, are you still going to make a scene here at a time like this?â
Bradleyâs hands hung limply by his side.
âIf⦠If Felix comes out of the operating room safely, send me a message.â
Jasper replied coldly, âWeâll see how you behave.â
After Jasper left, Bradley weakly sat down on a bench. He looked at the bodyguards surrounding him and said wearily, âYou can leave. I wonât try to rush in again.â
The bodyguards did not move.
A hint of derision colored Bradleyâs eyes. Did they no longer believe his words?
Bradley played the video Jasper had sent. It showed the doctors saving Felix when he was rescued from the sea.
He watched as Felix coughed up water multiple times.
He watched as the doctors performed CPR on Felix over and over again.
There were even moments when the doctors declared Felix dead, but others refused to give up and continued resuscitation efforts.
Bradley watched his son in the video and suddenly sobbed in pain.
Would his son be lucky enough this time?