A Man with Nerves of Steel (Joseph Hart) novel Chapter 81

Chapter 81

The next morning, Cora called Fiona over upon arriving at Lowell Group. Cora noticed that Fiona was truly beautiful. Compared to Cora, Fiona was only slightly less attractive. However, when age was taken into account, Cora couldn’t help but feel envious. 1

A saying suddenly surfaced in Cora’s mind. “A woman can never stay 18 years old forever, but there will always be another 18-year-old woman.”

Without giving Fiona a chance to refuse, Cora transferred the money for yesterday’s late-night snack.

Cora began, “Fiona, guess what Joe asked me last night. It was about you.”

Fiona responded, “Is Joseph still upset about the food I bought for him? I already apologized. He can’t still be holding onto that, right?”

“It isn’t that. He said last night that I should have made you stay the night and let him sleep with you. Fiona, do you want to? If you do, come home with me tonight,” said Cora.

It was a life-and-death question. Fiona was terrified as she quickly answered, “Cora, you know what kind of person I am. I would never try to seduce Joseph. Without you, I wouldn’t even have what I have today. I could never repay kindness with betrayal.”

Cora replied, “I know you wouldn’t. You don’t have the courage to do it anyway. But Joe does. He’s bold enough to think about you.”

“What do we do then?” Fiona asked. She felt a bit excited upon thinking about Joseph. He was handsome and had overwhelming masculinity.

She had fantasized before about spending a night with him, but of course, she could never let that show.

Fiona continued, “Cora, could this just be another one of Joseph’s tactics? Maybe he’s trying to drive a wedge between us. After his lawsuit failed last time, he probably started holding a grudge against me.

“Maybe he doesn’t actually have bad intentions. It could just be like what he did to the network technology department. He’s just trying to needle us and push our buttons.”

Fiona replied, “You’re right. Joe doesn’t have bad intentions. He just wants to push our buttons. Still, we can’t completely ignore it. After all, I already let him experience another woman once. Now, he’s curious about you too.”

Fiona forced herself to think about something disgusting so that goosebumps would rise across her skin. She quickly said, “If I can’t afford to provoke him, I can at least avoid him. Maybe I should go out of town for a while?”

Marvin roared, “You never intended to come back at all. You’ve just been playing with me this whole time!

Joseph chuckled. Then, Marvin said, “Joseph, do you know that if I hadn’t waited for you these past two days, I would have already found someone else capable of doing the surgery?”

“Don’t dump the blame onto me. I’m just an ordinary doctor. You said it yourself. The hospital has plenty of skillful people. Go and find one of them,” replied Joseph.

Marvin tried another approach. “The patient’s family is pressuring me to schedule the surgery as soon as possible. Where am I supposed to find someone capable of performing it? Besides, the family only trusts you. Joseph, come back and help us. I’ll owe you a favor.

“Once you return, we’ll be on the same side, and I’ll reward you generously. We all work within the healthcare system. We’ll inevitably cross paths again in the future. There’s no need to destroy our relationship completely.”

Joseph replied, “I don’t want to see you at all. I don’t need anything from you either. You’re the associate director of the hospital, yet you’re saying such things. It’s embarrassing!”

Without waiting for another response, he ended the call. He decided to let those incompetent fools clean up their own disastrous mess.