Chapter 425


    “I…” Nichs looked troubled and hesitant.


    Zephyr gave him a harsh pat. “How am I supposed to help you if you’re not honest with me!?”


    After a stretched moment of silence, Nichs said softly, “I’ve only met Mona a few times, and she’s


    always pestering me. I don’t know how she got into this grand event, and I got weak after drinking a


    ss of drink she passed me.”


    Zephyr rolled his eyes several times, unable to believe how gullible Nichs was.


    “I was just weak!” Nichs raised his voice in exining, “Not unconscious, you know?


    “So how would I not know if I’ve done it or not?


    “Besides, there’s another reason…” His voice went low again as he spoke slower. “After I drink, I… I


    can’t…”


    “What?” Zephyr was shocked.


    Nichs pursed his lips and red at him.


    This had been a secret of his that he had never told anyone. He was usually fine, but a drop of


    alcohol, and he could not get anything up.


    Zephyr frowned, not knowing what to say.


    Nichs stood leaning against the wall sullenly with both hands over his face.


    He could exin this reason, but it was a huge blow to a man’s pride to admit this in public.


    A long timeter, the doctor came out of the operation ward.


    “Mr. Thompson…” The doctor took off his sweaty mask and said with much difficulty, “The baby


    couldn’t be saved.”


    “What?”


    Nichs felt like his heart was clenched by a hand, and it hurt so bad that he found it hard to


    breathe.


    Cordelia jolted, and her tears fell involuntarily.


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    Zephyr put an arm over her and patted her back softly.


    “Why…” Nichs gasped with reddened eyes. “How!?”


    “Mr. Thompson, the fetus is already formed, so it’s supposed to be when it’s the most stable… But


    Mrs. Thompson was too emotional and fell from such a high staircase, so…”


    “She fell?” Cordelia rushed to Nichs. “Why did she fall!?”


    Nichs looked like he was done with life. “I was in a hurry to discuss strategy solutions with the


    PR after what happened. Linda insisted on going out with me, but I didn’t allow her to, so she


    chased after me. I didn’t expect it. She slipped and fell from the stairs… That’s how we ended up in


    the hospital.


    “It’s all my fault!” Nichs sobbed in regret. “I knew she had a short temper. I should have taken my


    time to talk to her! But I was hurrying to leave and didn’t watch out for her…”


    Cordelia’s hands and feet went ice cold as she trembled.


    “He can’t be med. It was a coincidence,” Zephyr said grimly.


    He then turned to Nichs. “How’s your PR managing this now? Is the scandal just allowed to


    brew?”


    Nichs closed his eyes and shook his head with a pained expression.


    With Linda getting into the ident, he could care less about thepany. Despite that, he was


    usually the decision maker of thepany affairs, so the PR department did not dare call the shots


    rashly.


    That was how things got dragged to this extent, and Mona managed to take advantage of it.


    Zephyr glowered, an icy gleam in his deep eyes.


    “Nichs Thompson, you better pull up your socks!” he growled, “Someone’s harming your wife and


    child now, and you’re just letting her go like this?”


    Nichs balled his hands up, fingernails stabbing into his flesh.


    “Leave the PR and media to me.” Zephyr looked at him. “You don’t need me to teach you the rest,


    right?”


    Nichs took a deep breath. His chiseled face brimmed with the savage and killing intent it once


    had.