Richard used to go by Richard Garcia back in the day. More than <b>10 </b>years ago<b>, </b>his wife<b>, </b>Juliana Rivera<b>, </b>had followed him when <b>he </b>moved to Rodonis
Juliana <b>had </b>been seriously injured around that time and ended up in aa for several years. When she finally woke up, she couldn’t remember <b>anything </b>that had happened. But the one good thing was that Richard stayed by her side through all of it.
Richard was the only family she had left. If she lost him too, she’d probably give up on the worldpletely.
“Juliana, you came.” Richard’s weak voice instantly softened when he saw her.
Juliana sat down beside his hospital bed, her face full of worry but still managing to stay calm. “What happened? Why would someone try to assassinate you?”
Richard had only lied to Juliana once in their rtionship, and that was 14 years ago. “It’s rted to my work,” he said simply.
Juliana knew that Richard had been working for years to shut down illegal human experimentationbs. He’d destroyed countless underground facilities across multiple countries, so maybe this time he’d gone too far and made some serious enemies.
“Are you going to be in more danger?” she asked. He’d been lucky to happened.
rvive this time. There just happened to be a doctor in that dessert shop when <b>it </b>
Richard tried to reassure her. “Don’t worry. I’m not going anywhere for a while. I’ve also hired plenty of security to keep us safe.”
“That’s good.” Juliana let out a relieved breath. “What about that doctor who saved you? Did she leave already?”
“Yeah, she’s gone.”
Juliana made a disappointed sound. “Do you have her contact information? I’d really like to thank her.”
“No, we don’t. She took off right after saving me. Cam asked for her contact details, but she wouldn’t give them.” Richard shook his head.
In a world this big, meeting someone like that was pretty rare luck.
Good people wouldn’t stick around for credit. That was just how Wallingtonians were raised.
“You got incredibly lucky this time,” Juliana told him. “There happened to be a doctor right there when it happened. If not, things could’ve gone really bad.”
Richard’s breathing was still rough, and he coughed a couple times.
Juliana saw him struggling and said, “Don’t talk anymore. You need to rest.”
“Will you stay here with me?”
For someone his age, he sure does ask a lot of questions that sound like they’reing from a twenty–something,‘ Juliana thought. “I will,” she smiled.
Richard said, “Juliana, give me your hand.”
Juliana hesitated for a moment but reached out anyway. They were married, but somehow, she’d always kept her distance from Richard over the years. It wasn’t that she disliked him. There was just this weird ufortable feeling she couldn’t quite put her finger on.
That was why they’d barely touched each other in more than ten years of marriage and had always slept in separate rooms.
Richard took her hand and closed his eyes with a satisfied smile. When he thought about it, getting hurt wasn’tpletely awful. It had been forever
since he’d held Juliana’s hand like this.
The shooting made huge news in Rodunst that night because of Richard’s reputation, and Shermaine got dragged into the coverage too.
<b>Chapter </b><b>240 </b>
<b>The </b><b>next </b><b>morning</b><b>, </b>at the luxury hotel, kylle grabbed the newspaper and saw the headline about <b>famous </b>phnthropist Richard getting and <b>female </b><b>doctor </b>from the Republic of Wallington saving his life right there on the scene<b>. </b>
Kylie got so pissed off that she throw the paper across the room. ‘What kind of asshole has the nerve to mess up my n like <b>that</b><b>?</b><b>” </b><b>she </b><b>thought</b>,
Kylie had been given this assignment by the organization. She was supposed to kill Richard. Now that the job had gone sideways, <b>pulling </b>off <b>another </b>attempt was going to be a hell of a lot harder.
Her phone rang almost immediately. It was Dominic, the same guy who’d called her before. He asked, “Kylie, howe Richard isn’t dead?”
“Some doctor saved him right there on the spot,” Kylie sighed.
“Well, that’s just your luck,” Dominic said. “But don’t worry about it. The higher–ups aren’t ming you. They just said to be more careful next time. <b>This </b>job’s <b>a </b>wash anyway since the client doesn’t want to put in another order.”
<b>“</b>If that doctor hadn’t shown up, there’s no way I would’ve screwed this up,” Kylie said, her voice dripping with menace. “That doctor’s a dead woman walking.”
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