?


    Leo? Theo?


    Byron suddenly recalled that there was once when Maeve called the little guy "Theo" instead of "Leo".


    Later on, she changed and never called him "Theo" again.


    Therefore, Byron thought that he had misheard her.


    From the looks of it, that kiddo''s initial nickname wasn''t the actual one.


    Byron narrowed his eyes in disdain. He took the phone from the butler and answered the call.


    Before he could speak, Theo''s panicked voice sounded. "Will, can youe over now? Mommy fell into aa again just now, and her condition is even worse than yesterday. Jaylen said that her condition might worsen this time-"


    "What did you say happened to Maeve?" Byron suddenly got all tensed up as he interrupted Theo. "Why is she in aa? What do you mean by her condition may worsen?"


    Theo stopped talking abruptly and hung up the phone immediately.


    Byron returned to Will''s room with a cold expression and said in a low voice, "William Mcdaniel, open the door now. Something happened to your mother."


    The next second, the door opened.


    Will saw that his father was holding his phone in his hand. He didn''t think too much and asked anxiously, "What''s wrong with Mommy?"


    Byron looked at him with a deep gaze. "You already knew that your mother was sick. Why didn''t you tell me?"


    Will knew that he was in the wrong. "I''m sorry, Daddy."


    "What happened to her? Is it serious?" Byron''s throat tightened. He still had a strand of hope in his heart.


    However, Will''s reddened eyes shattered thisst sliver of hope.


    He pounced over, hugged Byron, and buried his little face in thetter''s suit jacket.


    "Daddy, Mommy isn''t sick. She''s infected with a virus. Jaylen said that if there''s no antidote, it''s very likely that..." Will sobbed and sobbed.


    No matter how calm and steady Will was, he was still a child.


    He didn''t dare to appear too sad in front of Theo because he was the elder brother. He had to be calm so that his younger brother would be at ease.


    But he was also afraid.


    It wasn''t easy for Will to reunite with his mother, and he hadn''t had the chance to enjoy his time with her. He couldn''t ept the possibility of losing his mother. ''Infected with the virus...'' Will''s statement echoed in Byron''s head.


    Byron asked Will in a hoarse voice, "When did this happen?"


    Will whispered a date.


    Upon hearing this, Byron became furious in less than a millisecond. His blood surged.


    He remembered how he hung up Maeve''s call because of a designer''s meeting that day.


    When he called again, the person who picked up was Jaylen.


    Moreover, because of what Jaylen said, he didn''t take the initiative to contact Maeve after that.


    The ck Spyker sped all the way and arrived at Jaylen''s vi in less than fifteen minutes.


    In theboratory, Jaylen frowned when he saw the gloom-ridden Byron standing beside Will. Byron looked as if he had just crawled out of hell.


    ''What is he doing here?'' Jaylen was confused.


    Theo had long received Will''s message and had painted his face darker by a few tones in advance.


    Byron didn''t look at Theo and walked straight to the ss window and stared at Maeve, who was lying on the bed with multiple tubes attached to her body.


    It had only been a few days since theyst met, but she had lost so much weight that she was almost beyond recognition.


    Her ck hair was piled up by her ears, making her lean face look even paler.


    Byron suddenly clenched his hands, which were hanging by his side. The darkness in his eyes was so grim that it seemed to be able to swallow everything in front of him like a ck hole, spreading a terrifying and vicious aura.


    It was as if an eerie cold gust had blown through the room.


    Jaylen reminded him, "Mr. Mcdaniel, please leave. Don''t disturb my fiancée''s rest."


    "How can a man who can''t even protect hisdy dare to call himself her fiancé?" Byron nced sideways, belittling Jaylen.


    These words pierced Jaylen''s heart and he fell silent.


    "I want to take Maeve away," Byron said coldly.


    "No!" Jaylen immediately refused. "With her current situation, taking her away from here is practically sending her to her grave."


    "This s not a negotiation. Eric will bring his team to Kleymond tomorrow at thetest. That''s when I''m going to take her." Byron was as firm as a rock.Property of N?)(velDr(a)ma.Org.


    Jaylen found it unbelievable when he heard that. "You actually got them to say yes?" he asked.


    ''Eric''s wife had lost her life to Xasia. After the virus stopped spreading, he left Erancia''s research center and went on a trip. He would be thest person who woulde back to resume the study of the virus. How did Byron convince him?'' Jaylen found it hard to believe. Byron had no intention of exining to him. His gaze was fixed on Maeve''s face.


    He would not let anything happen to her.


    Will tugged at Byron''s sleeve. "Daddy, it''s all thanks to Jaylen for taking care of Mommy these few days. Moreover, his antidote is only a few steps away frompletion. With the help from Eric and the others, they will definitely be able to develop it faster." "That''s Jaylen''s responsibility," Byron said coldly. "Not everyone can carry the responsibilities of a fiancé."


    Jaylen sneered. "Mr. Mcdaniel, are you envious of me or jealous of me?"


    He was about to call Byron sour grapes.


    Byron could only huff.


    Will and Theo looked at each other and silently distanced themselves from the two men. They could sense a war brewing.


    This time, Maeve''s condition was much worse than thest time.


    She couldn''t even take the medicine and vomited every time she was fed.


    Jaylen came out with an empty medicine tube, took off his protective equipment, and said to Theo, "She can''t drink it. Let''s try to change the medicine to injection."


    "But the effect will be greatly reduced." Theo was worried. "And it will take more time."


    The longer it was going to take, the longer Maeve would suffer.


    This pain had once been nicknamed "the hot stabs" by the infected.


    This was because the pain one had to endure when the virus acted up was much or less the same feeling of being burned and stabbed constantly.


    Just thinking about it made Theo burst into tears again.


    Byron, who had been silent for a long time, turned around and looked at the medicine tube in Jaylen''s hand. "Give it to me," Byron said.


    "What are you trying to do?" Jaylen frowned.


    "All we need to do is to make sure she took it, right?"


    Byron took the medicine tube from Jaylen and walked toward the istion room before anyone could react.


    Jaylen and the two boys were shocked. Before they could even stop him, Byron was already in the istion room.


    "Daddy!"


    "You''ll get infected!"


    The boys were as anxious as a cat on a hot tin roof.


    This virus was gentler to children, but it was merciless to adults.


    Maeve had already reached the middle stage of infection. Byron didn''t take any precautionary measures before entering the room. That was no different from courting death! The next second, what Byron did sent chills down Jayden''s spine.


    ''Is he out of his mind? He''s crazy as hell!''