Chapter 428

If Mrs. White were to see Sophia, she would certainly suspect something was going on, and if that happened, Ms. White’s plan would be exposed.

However, if he refused to do so, it would be obvious that he was hiding something.

He was at a loss for what to do!

“Dr. Hemingway?” Seeing that he had gone quiet, Nicole called out to him. His silence only further confirmed her decision of checking out the hospital room.

Victor had no choice but to accept her request. With a reluctant frown, he said, “Since Mrs. White is still doubtful, let’s go and have a look.”

The only fortunate thing about Sophia’s injuries was that her face was as disfigured as the corpse’s. It was almost impossible to determine which was which by just judging from the face alone.

Even if Nicole saw Sophia’s body in the room, as long as he denied her allegations, there was no way for her to confirm her suspicions and she could only continue suspecting him.

The two of them were occupied with their thoughts as they made their way to the room Sophia was hiding.

When they arrived at the door of the room, Victor stopped Nicole just as she was about to push the door open and enter the room.

“Dr. Hemingway?” Nicole turned to him. She was even more certain now that her instincts were right and something fishy was going on.

Victor averted her gaze unnaturally. “Mrs. White, what if you enter the room and not see what you wanted to see?”

“Dr. Hemingway, how would you have any idea of what I want to see in the room?” Nicole paid particular attention to every word he used and refuted his question.

Victor looked at her straight in the eyes this time and said in a cool tone, “Mrs. White, I don’t know where this hostility you have toward me came from but I have never done anything to Ms. White. You have questioned me relentlessly and doubted my integrity, what if my innocence is proven in the end and I have never done anything that you’re suspecting me of?”

“Dr. Hemingway, you’re overthinking the situation. I’m just curious as to what’s in this hospital room and I wanted to satisfy my curiosity by checking it out. I’m sorry if I made you uncomfortable in any way.”

Nicole was determined to go into the room. As soon as she finished her sentence, she opened the door before he could stop her again.

Seeing this, Victor froze as his eyes widened.

She saw it... did she not?

“Mrs. White...” He was just about to explain that this was just another burn patient when Nicole walked right into the room.

The words that hung by Victor’s throat were swallowed back as he followed her.

The room was empty. The bed was well made with not a single wrinkle in sight, bearing no sign of anyone who was just lying on it. Aside from the bed, there was a huge blue storage box on the floor.

... Where did she go?

Was Sophia hiding in the storage box?

Nicole shared the same confusion as him. Thinking that since she had already offended the doctor, she simply went forward and opened the storage box.

However, the storage box was empty.

She crouched down and checked beneath the bed. Still, there was no one.

Just as she checked the room, Victor glanced around the room and frowned. Sophia was just here moments ago, where did she go? The injuries she suffered were extremely serious so she should not be moving around...

“I’m sorry Dr. Hemingway, I admit I overstepped.” Nicole should feel disappointed, not having found what she intended to, but somehow, she should have expected this.

Soph was not alive anymore, what would Dr. Hemingway possibly want with her dead body?

She had clearly let her imagination get the better of her, thinking that Soph was still here.

-

Downstairs in the hospital ward, tension hung in the air.

The doctor and nurses were standing in a corner, their eyes darting between Sylvia and Jax on one side, and Charles and Sterling on the other. They did not know whether to attend to Jax yet.

“I’ll say it again, bandage him up and call Dr. Victor Hemingway over this instant!” Sylvia had always been very concerned with her public image, but right then, she was so furious that she longer bothered to hold her composure.

Charles’ expression was as cold as a glacier. “Sure, have the doctor treat him. I’ll just break his arm when the doctor’s here and this time, I’ll make sure that it’s not treatable.”

His voice was so cold and threatening that it almost pierced through their bones like a sharp blade.

“How dare you?!” Sylvia shrieked. She was so mad that her chest rose and fell heavily.

There was no change in Charles’ expression as he replied in an indifferent tone, “You can try me and see.”

Sylvia glared at him for a while before turning to the doctor and nurses. “Did you hear that? Treat my husband right now or I’ll make sure that you won’t have a job anymore!”

One was a retired actress while the other was the heir of the famous and influential Harris family. Technically, they should be more inclined to listen to Charles.

However, the kidnapping case that occurred when Charles was fifteen years old was a well-known story in the city, and everyone knew that even Master Harris was unable to hold this old actress responsible for what she did as he paid the ransom obediently to get his grandson back. Could this young man possibly be more powerful than his grandfather?

The doctor sneaked a glance at Charles before grabbing the first aid kit, ready to treat Jax.

“Don’t you dare touch him!” Sterling did not know who Jax was but seeing how this evil witch was protecting him, he knew that this man was nobody worth saving!

Sterling’s face was flushed with anger and the menacing look in his eyes frightened the doctor, and he immediately froze in his tracks.

“Do you think I’m just joking around?” Charles cast a brief look at Sylvia, and before she replied, he picked up a fruit knife left on the table and walked to Jax.

Sylvia’s face instantly paled when she saw this. “Charles, what are you doing? Don’t mess around!”

Charles merely ignored him, nor did he bother to respond. He restrained Jax easily, and before anyone else in the room could react, he drove the fruit knife into Jax’s arms, and then stabbed both his legs.

Blood dyed Jax’s clothes blood-red within seconds as he curled up on the floor in pain. His face was as pale as a sheet of white paper at this point due to the excess blood he had lost.

Everyone was completely stunned by the scene before them, including Sterling. He never thought someone could be so... ruthless.

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The fruit knife fell to the floor with a crisp sound as everyone winced involuntarily.

“Go treat him, don’t let him die,” Charles said lightly, his tone as casual as if he was just talking about what he had for breakfast this morning.

Everyone in the room was terrified from the tip of their hair to the marrow of their very bones. The doctor and nurses dared not disobey him at all.

They quickly nodded and hurried over to help Jax up to the bed before they began to stop the bleeding.

Sylvia was stunned for a moment, and when she finally came around, she screamed at Charles angrily, “Come at me if you have something against me, why do you have to hurt...”

The remaining word was stuck in her throat and she could not finish her sentence.

Charles had stopped in front of her, his right hand wrapped around her throat tightly. “One by one, what’s the rush?”

He would not forgive them for killing Sophia!

The force exerted on her neck was so strong that she felt as if he was about to crush her neck. Sylvia had never felt so close to death and she could not help but try to struggle free from his grasp.

“Char... Charles, don’t... Don’t act so rashly!”

He was too strong and he barely flinched at her great efforts of struggling free. When she spoke, her throat felt so tightly stuck together and it hurt incredibly much.

However, the more he acted out like this, the more reassured she felt for doing the right thing.

Sophia would always be his weakness if she was still alive, and having her as his weakness would only hold him back!