Chapter 884


    Irene had watched Stanley being delivered into the world and him growing up into the man he now was.


    That silly boy who once yed chase with his own back ten years ago had matured into an adult. She


    then slowly peeled off the thin fabric of his shirt and reached her hand underneath it to carelessly knead


    the flesh.


    After drinking the cup of water that Irene spiked, Stanley waspletely unaware of what happened


    since he was deep asleep.


    She straddled on his unconscious body, pressing her hands into his sturdy build, with a fierce and lewd


    look in her eyes. Since the men of the Fletcher Family have yed with my feelings and left me to fend


    for myself, what if I return the favor to them?


    She wondered whether Stanley would fall in love with her if she became pregnant with his child. On top


    of that, what could Michael and Joel do about it? Instead of vying for the two older men’s attention, she


    should give Stanley another five—no, ten—years as he would definitely be more splendid than his uncles


    by then!


    …


    Standing by the roadside facing the hospital building, Sean was in his formal suit and clutching a


    briefcase in one hand. He had been waiting for a long time; he nced at his watch before looking at the


    street opposite the hospital and turning to his wristwatch again. He started to be anxious because


    Stanley mentioned that he would only sit and have a talk with Irene for ten minutes. It was already half


    an hour since Stanley went up and there was still no sign of him exiting the hospital doors.


    His assistant was holding onto Judge, the big dog, so that it could have a walk while they waited outside.


    They were supposed to join Sean for a business meeting and would bete if they did not make a move


    soon.


    “President Mitchell, do you want me to head up there and inform Mr. Fletcher?” The assistant who had


    brought the dog for a walk returned and asked.


    Judge recently returned to Stanley’s ce. Although he had specially hired a nanny to look after the


    husky and apany it for walks and ys, the dog still seemed lonely. Stanley would asionally


    bring Judge to the office so that the dog could act as a bodyguard. When the humans left earlier for the


    business meeting today, Judge had insisted on tagging along.


    Sean looked at his watch for the umpteenth time and called Stanley on his cellphone, but no one


    answered. After a long while, Sean suggested, “I’ll go and take a look.”


    Stanley and Sophia maintained a close rtionship; on the other hand, her and Irene’s rtionship tore


    into pieces when the news about the film studio was exposed in the media. It was hard to say now


    whether Irene would do anything to him or not.


    On the other hand, he was an honorable gentleman who served as a soldier in the military. How could he


    honestly allow himself to suffer any losses at the hands of a woman? However, Sean was still worried


    about the situation as he led Judge into the hospital and found Irene’s ward.


    Two of Irene’s assistants stood guard at the door to her ward. When they saw Sean walking down the


    corridor toward their direction, they hastily stepped in front of him to bar him from further advancing. One


    of them said, “Miss Irene is having a discussion with Young Master Stan. She specifically informed us


    that they are not to be disturbed.”


    A discussion? Sean thought. What sort of discussion are they having that can be more important than


    the business meetingter today?


    It had already been agreed that today would be the day that they would negotiate with the Michel Group.


    Although it was safe to say that they were on good terms with Linus after burying the hatchet with him, it


    was still not like Stanley’s style to bete. Furthermore, Stanley had always been known to be highly self-


    disciplined and punctual.


    Why isn’t he picking up his phone? It’s not like Stanley to ignore his phone for no apparent reason.


    Sean wished that he could knock on the door, but Irene’s assistants were determined to stop him from


    doing so. Judge also anxiously pawed at the door when Sean suddenly realized something.


    Could it be that Stanley and Irene are… N-No, that’s impossible. Stanley, that idiot, had secretly admired


    Sophia all those years, so it was impossible for him to easily have a change of heart. He was also aware


    that the situation between her situation with Irene was in a dangerous territory. He can’t be this silly!


    As his thoughts ran amok, Sean decided that he would not waste any more time pointlessly talking with


    the assistants. He fiercely kicked the door open and released his grip on the Judge’s leash, allowing the


    dog to be the first one to rush in. Sean and his two assistants burst in, only to notice various pieces of


    clothing scattered all over the floor with an almost naked Irene on top of Stanley and in the midst of


    removing his pants. She had seen Sean rushing in and now stared at him with hatred-filled eyes. That


    look in her eyes coupled with her posture made her resemble a cannibalistic old monster, leaving him


    and his assistants with a cold feeling when they digested the scene in the room.


    Sean was bbergasted when he saw what was before him. He understood that sooner orter, Stanley


    would eventually be married to a woman, but it was the first time he had witnessed his friend being


    naked and on the same bed with a woman. Sean felt that his heart was being stabbed with a thousand


    knives and that his lover had been rudely snatched from him.


    Sean stayed rooted to the grounds—as if his footsteps weighed a ton. He did not move or speak and


    was not sure whether he should leave the room or…


    Judge’s reaction, on the other hand, was much quicker than his. As he snarled, the dog lunged toward


    the bed and Irene on her exposed butt. The dog with its titanium teeth took a bite of Irene’s rotten skin,


    causing her to scream and roll off the bed. She now screamed her head off like a pig was about to be


    ughtered as the dog lunged after her again, wanting to take another bite of her flesh.


    In that instant, Sean came to his senses and immediately turned where Stanleyy on the bed. He saw


    that Stanley was shirtless and his pants were halfway down his thighs, but thetter was motionless on


    the bed. Sean realized that she could have spiked Stanley’s drink since he did not react despite the


    commotion and her incessant yells.


    With the help of an assistant, Sean hurried over and pulled Stanley from the bed. Fortunately, they were


    in a hospital as they found a doctor right outside the ward to treat Stanley.


    As Sean left the room, he turned to see that the dog had managed to corner Irene. Hatred shed in his


    eyes. Irene Weber! Since they were dealing with an emergency, he did not have the time to deal with her,


    but vowed in his heart to confront her for her actions at another time!


    In the end, she had to be rushed to the emergency department in a bloodied mess as a result of Judge’s


    multiple bite wounds. The husky was held down and given a rabies jab while Stanley was also sent to


    the emergency room after it was discovered that he had consumed the water that was spiked with a


    large amount of sleeping pills. The doctor assured that it was nothing serious and he would be alright as


    he needed sleep to recuperate from his ordeal.


    While Stanley was being examined in the emergency room, Sean waited in the hospital’s corridor where


    he sat on the floor with shaky hands. The image of Irene and Stanley sleeping together on the bed


    continued to rey in his mind—at the moment when he kicked the door to her ward open.


    The look on his young, handsome face was stony and unreadable. He had outgrown his childish


    appearance and lost some of the femininity that once signified his youthfulness in university. It was now


    reced by a deep, contemtive look.


    Judge was anxiously pacing back and forth in front of the operating theater. Not long after, Sophia and


    Linus appeared and rushed toward them.


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    “What’s wrong? What happened?”


    It was less than two days since Sophia’s return to Bayside City. After having lunch with Linus today, they


    had discussed heading for the scheduled business meeting with Stanley. However, a whileter, Sean


    phoned and mentioned that the meeting had been to be canceled. They learned that Stanley was


    admitted to the hospital and quickly rushed over to see whether he was alright.


    Sean regained hisposure and stood up to greet them. “I don’t really know. Stan will be awake soon


    and we’ll find out then. But, don’t worry, it wasn’t anything serious,” he said.


    Sophia could feel that Sean was reserved and hiding something. She looked over and saw Judge


    wearing a muzzle, pacing in front of the doorway of the operating room. If it was wearing a muzzle, that


    meant it either bit someone or ate something.


    Stanley slept until it was night time. Not wanting his parents to worry, they did not inform his family that


    he was at the hospital. Instead, Sean, Sophia, Sarah, and Linus stayed by Stanley’s bedside and


    apanied him throughout the entire afternoon as well as at night.


    When Derek got off work that evening, he was rushed to the hospital in a state of panic. He was in


    charge of thepany’s management and Cooper had made an executive decision to change the


    former’s name to Derek Mitchell. Derek’s birth name did not sound pleasing to the ears—hisst name


    had a domineering aura while his first name sounded rather in. So, Cooperbined both their


    parents’st names and decided on the name, ‘Derek Mitchell’.


    At night, Stanley finally woke up from his deep, long slumber and realized that there were many people


    huddled around his bedside. In a state of surprise, he blurted out a series of questions, “Why are you all


    here? What’s wrong with me? What time is it? Where is this ce?”