Chapter 359
Thankfully, the middle-aged doctor was used to Aaron''s antics and took things in his stride.
Otherwise, he would have been cowed by Cayden''s menacing aura.
Cayden carefully rolled up Avery''s sleeves to reveal her snow-white skin.
The middle-aged doctor was stunned at the sight.
He had treated countlessdies from prestigious families with superior skin quality throughout his
medical career. However, Avery''s was exceptionally wless.
It would not be an exaggeration topare her skin to be as supple as a baby''s.
Apart from that, it was so mesmerizingly fair that...
“Do you still value your eyeballs?” Cayden''s stony voice rang out starkly, pulling the doctor from his
reverie.
The middle-aged doctor avoided meeting Cayden''s horrifically murderous gaze and hastily looked
down to focus on his task.
It wasmon for men to be possessive, especially those from affluent backgrounds who held
positions of power.
The middle-aged doctor extracted a needle from his white medical kit and attached it to a syringe. His
hands trembled slightly under the cial re of Cayden.
“If you don''t stop your quivering right this instant, I swear you''ll never be able to practice as a doctor
again!” Cayden''s threat was like a p of thunder that sounded without any forewarning.
The middle-aged doctor shut his eyes and took several deep breaths in an attempt to steady himself.
“Stop acting like this.” Avery''s thickshes fluttered as she observed the doctor''s pallor. She tugged on
Cayden''s sleeves, hinting at him not to go overboard.
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It was only then that Cayden decided to rein in his overpowering aura as his gaze swept across the
doctor coolly.
The doctor''s jitters finally abated.
He raised the syringe and injected the vine into Avery''s arm precisely.
Once it was done, the doctor took out an antiseptic and bandages. He uttered nervously, “Miss, you''d
need to treat the wound on your neck timely. Otherwise, it might leave a scar.”
Avery nodded obediently.
With that, he began cleaning the wound.
The cotton bud infused with antiseptic irritated Avery''s skin, making the process ridiculously
excruciating.
Avery gritted her teeth and struggled to keep from crying out in pain.
The doctor was under enough stress from Cayden''s intimidating supervision, and she had no intention
to add to it.
s, her pain tolerance as a woman was too low. In the end, she sumbed to the pain by letting out
an unintentional yelp.
Cayden''s perfectly sculpted features darkened like an iing storm at the sight of Avery''s pain-
twisted features.
His eyes froze over with ayer of inky ice, and his stare bore a hole in the doctor''s face that started to
bead with cold sweat.
“Doctor, I hope you''d be gentler.” Cayden''s tone was rife with repressed fury.
The doctor desperately wanted to retort and swear by his name that he was being gentle enough.
However, he simply couldn''t bring himself to utter any words out of his mouth.
It wasn''t that the doctor was too faint of heart. Cayden simply had such an unnerving effect on others.
Xander wished to roll his eyes at Cayden. “You can''t behave in such a way even if your heart aches for
Avery. Would you rather there be hideous scars on her neck instead of allowing the antiseptic to work
its magic?”
Cayden had always been rational and intelligent. How was it then that his intelligence seemed to take a
backseat whenever he was with women?
“The incident today happened at your ce, Xander. I demand an exnation.” Cayden''s sharp re
pierced through Xander.
“Rest assured. I promise to sniff out the culprit in no time. How unfortunate it is for Avery to go through
all this.”
As the eldest son of the Gibson family, he had seen plenty of dark things even Cayden was not privy to.
He knew at a nce that the incident was a product of careful scheming. Only a fool would believe that
the cat''s sudden aggressive streak was merely an ident.
I wonder who the f*ck was it that dared to disturb the peace of my territory?
Xander''s gaze turned cial at that thought. Since whoever was behind this was courting death, he
would dly bestow it upon them.
“Take this cat to thebs! I want it tested!” Xander raised his chin and signaled at the dying white cat
that was being held in Stephanie''s arms.
Stephanie''s eyes welled with tears as she stared at Xander pleadingly. “Boss, it''s my fault for bringing
my cat to work. I''m willing to ept any form of punishment by thepany andpensate Ms.
Rumpley fully for her loss. But could you please save this cat? This cat means the world to me.”
For some reason, Jacob couldn''t stand Stephanie beseeching another man for help and voiced, “Let it
rest, Xander. It''s just a cat, anyway. What''s the point of troubling a mere employee? We''ll try saving it
once theb results are out.”
Xander regarded Jacob with interest.
It''s unusual for him to speak up for a woman. What exactly is the reason behind his sudden change in
behavior?
He then directed his attention at Stephanie and took to observing her closely.
Well, she does look quite pretty. I''m surprised that she''s one of the attendants of Azure Royal.
Xander smirked. “Well, since you''ve made your intentions clear, Jacob, I guess I''ve got no choice but to
save the cat.”
Stephanie gave Jacob a look of gratitude before thanking Xander profusely, “Thank you so much,
Boss!”
Meanwhile, in another private room, Nicole presented wads of cash worth a hundred thousand to her
assistant.
This female assistant had been working under her for a considerable amount of time.
Nicole would normally gift her branded clothes and scarves at times.
“I''m touched that you''ve stood by me all this while unlike many of your predecessors. I heard that
you''re in need of money at the moment, so take this. Consider it an extra bonus. After all, I''m quite
happy with your performance.”
The assistant epted the money once she heard that Nicole offered it to her as a work bonus.
Her eyes were brimming with gratitude. “Thank you, Ms. Lambert. You''re far too kind!”
Back in the VIP reception room of Azure Royal, the doctor had finished bandaging Avery''s neck. The
two children stood before their mother and called out remorsefully, “Mommy...”
The two almost identically beautiful faces were tinged with regret. They wrung their hands nervously
and couldn''t bring themselves to meet their mother''s eyes as they held back their tears.
Zachary forced himself to put on a brave front as the “man of the family” by suppressing his urge to cry.
Yet his moist coal-ck eyes betrayed the state of his emotions and made him appear all the more
pitiful.
Rory had no such concerns as she burst into tears and clung tightly to Avery''s arm.
The little girl sobbed, “Mommy, I''m sorry. This is all my fault. If I had not insisted on chasing after the
cat, you wouldn''t have been scratched to protect me. I promise never to y with cats ever again,
Mommy. Will you forgive me?”
Rory''s crestfallen state tugged at one''s heartstrings as her delicate doll-like features were stained with
tears and snot.
Avery was absolutely crushed by the sorrow of her daughter.
She hugged Rory and wiped her tears away. “Of course I forgive you. It was just an ident. None of it
had to do with you. Besides, that cat would not have attacked me if it hadn''t been sick. You shouldn''t
hate all cats just because one hurt me, all right? Pets are still lovable creatures.”
Avery did not want this incident to traumatize her children.
After all, Rory was still a child and had always been caring toward animals.
“Mommy, if I were to have cats in the future, would they go crazy like the cat just now?” Rory''s doe-like
eyes were still shiny with tears as she queried.
Avery nted a kiss on the little girl''s cheek andforted her assuredly, “No, my dear. This was an
ident. It won''t happen again.”
Just then, the doctor approached with theb results in hand. He handed it over to Xander and
reported, “Mr. Gibson, the results show that a virus known to cause rabies was injected into the cat''s
bloodstream. This virus can cause a healthy cat to be rabid within ten minutes and make it ten
times more dangerous!”