Chapter 234

Jared said not a word. He got up and walked to the balcony, leaning against it to look downstairs with his fingers gently rubbing on the white-marble windowsill. "Long time no see, Michael. You seem to be putting on airs now," Jared said. Michael wiped the sweat from his forehead and apologized repeatedly. "I was on an inspection round downstairs. When I heard you were coming, I immediately came back." Constantly staying under Jared's shadow, Michael became resentful of him. But he dared not show it in front of Jared. Instead, he smiled and said, "But an emergent patient was suddenly brought in. I had to attend to it. Otherwise, I'd never dare to make you wait, Mr. Johnston." Jared looked at his chubby body and said coldly, "You'd better be." He then let out a faint smile. "Let's talk business now." He turned to look at Michael with an obscure expression in his eyes. Michael was intimidated and almost immediately lowered his head. Despite that, he was flattering. "At your servic