Chapter 248 The Acquisition


    Anastasia got Alex to make the phone call. When he was done, he walked over to her and said, “Mrs. Tillman and Miss Erica are


    on their way to the hospital.”


    Anastasia nodded tiredly as a worried look etched upon her face. She wasn’t sure what would happen to Francis’pany. Elliot


    had told her before that the acquiring party had their eyes set on the profitable construction industry, and Francis’pany had


    been their target for a while now. It followed that they would have done plenty of homework and made arrangements well in


    advance. They were determined to go through with the acquisition no matter what.


    Just then, Alex sighed. “Anastasia, the whole acquisition thing hase up out of the blue, and President Tillman likely


    copsed from the shock of it all.” Frankly speaking, he didn’t want to leave thepany either. He had toiled hard to get


    promoted to financial manager, which was a position that came with a handsome paycheck.


    Out of everyone, Anastasia was perhaps the first to know about the possibility of Tillman Constructions’ acquisition. If such was


    the fate of thepany, it would have been toote regardless of whether she told Francis about it or not.


    With a sigh of resignation, she hummed in response and said, “Let''s go and see how my dad’s doing right now.” She could only


    pray that her father would pull through.


    Ten minutester, the doctor came out of the emergency room and told them that Francis’ heart problem was acting up again.


    Additionally, he would be transferred to the ICU for further observation.


    Anastasia let out a breath when she heard this. Age was catching up with Francis, and his body was no longer as tough as it


    used to be.


    Half an hour had passed before Naomi and Erica showed up at the hospital. The former’s eyes were red and puffy as she


    barreled down the hallway. Thetter, however, was seething with rage when she saw Anastasia.


    “How’s my husband? How is he?” Naomi demanded urgently as she marched up to Alex.


    “Calm down, Mrs. Tillman,” Alex said in a soothing tone. “President Tillman has only juste out of the emergency room. For


    now, it seems that his old heart problem is acting up again, and he’s been transferred to the ICU for further observation.”


    Just then, Naomi noticed Anastasia standing there and realized that she must have arrived before them. A skeptical look shed


    in her eyes as she asked, “How did you get here before us?”


    “Miss Tillman was at thepany when President Tillman copsed. She came with me to the hospital,” Alex exined.


    Naomi sneered icily, “Eyeing your father’spany, huh? What, are you here so you can hasten the handover proceedings?


    That must be the case, or you wouldn’t have beaten us to the hospital.”


    To the side, Erica scoffed. “Dad said nothing about leaving thepany to you, so what are you still badgering him for?” she


    snapped.


    Upon hearing this, Alex was stunned. He never thought that there was so much going on in the Tillman Family.


    Anastasia couldn’t care less about the mother-and-daughter duo, not while she was upied with her own thoughts. Even if


    Francis woke up, it wouldn’t change the fact that thepany was being acquired. Will the ongoing acquisition worsen his


    condition? Will he be able to pull through this and hand thepany over to the other party?


    If he couldn’t go through with the acquisition, Anastasia could very well be forced to turn to Elliot for help. No, | mustn’t. Not in


    this life. She had only just drawn the line between them and told him not to cross it. As things were, she couldn’t bring herself to


    swallow her pride and ask him for yet another favor.


    After a while, Francis woke up and was transferred to the regr ward. Without another word, Naomi rushed over to his bedside


    and began to sob dramatically, and she was nagging away at him as well. This irritated him to no end.


    “Enough,” he snapped. “I’m still alive, aren’t I? What are you crying for?”


    “Dad, you can''t just fall sick like this! What will Mom and | do if anything happens to you? How will we live?” Erica wailed as if


    ming him for suddenly having a heart attack.


    Anastasia wanted nothing more than to chase the crying pair of stooges out of the room. She red at them and pulled up a


    seat next to her father’s bed as she asked, “Dad, how are you feeling? Are you hurting anywhere?”


    When Francis heard her words of concern, his heart felt warm as he answered reassuringly, “I’m fine. There’s nothing to worry


    about.”


    Alex, on the other hand, could no longer keep his curiosity and anxiousness at bay as he piped up and asked, “President


    Tillman, is it true that thepany is being acquired?”


    “What? Thepany is being acquired?” Naomi shrieked, and even Erica jumped in shock.


    Since she knew that her father was having a hard time reconciling with this, Anastasia consoled, “Take it easy, Dad. Nothing else


    matters as much as your health right now.”This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.


    At once, Francis’ chest rose and fell rapidly as if the mention of the acquisition was like a rock crushing the air out of his lungs. In


    abored voice, he said through gritted teeth, “I built thatpany up from scratch, and | put all my best years into it. | will not


    stand to let someone else take it away from me, and | won''t have those b*stards buy it out either!”