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After Willow left, Julian headed off to another ce. He went up to the rooftop of the Manning Building.

The ck coats that the two men were wearing pped in the night breeze. Both men gave off the intimidating auras of the

nightjars, which usually came out at night to hunt their prey.

Facing the wind, Julian lit a cigarette. He put it between his lips and drew on it. His cheeks were a little sunken as he pulled on the

cigarette, making his handsome features a lot sharper.

When only half of his cigarette was left, Julian directed his gaze to Jeffrey. His voice was steely.

“I’m calling off all of our coborative work. Also, I’m putting the divorcewsuit between me and Willow on hold for now. If I’m

going through with it, I’ll have someone else take over the case instead…”

Jeffrey asked, “Why?”

Julian dropped the butt of the cigarette on the floor and put it out by stepping on it with his leather shoe. His voice hardened even

more. “Jeffrey Gibson, you’re asking me why?”

He threw a punch at Jeffrey’s jaw the next instant. Jeffrey took the punch full–on.

Julian straightened himself. He had an icy look in his eyes. “It’s because Willow is my wife. Have you forgotten about that?”

“Your wife?”

Jeffrey lowered his head and wiped the blood off the corner of his mouth. A small injury like that was nothing to him.

He chuckled as he stared at the bloodstains on his hand. “So, you know that she’s your wife. What were you doing all this time,

then? Even the mere existence of Catherine is enough to make Willow so upset. If she ever finds out about the truth, do you think

Willow will still want to stay with you?

“Dream on! Julian, money isn’t everything.”

After working together for so many years, Julian and Jeffrey were having a fallout for the first time ever.

Julian pulled out another cigarettenguidly and lit it. He smirked. “Jeffrey, we’re the same kind of people. You know very well

that sometimes money is everything.”

He met Julian’s gazeb. /bb“/bI won’t divorce Willow. Ever.”

Willow did not contact Julian.

Even between a married couple, it was necessary to be shrewd and calctive in discussing matters where personal interests were involved. Moreover, Willow was not such an impatient and impulsive person.

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Also, Willow heard from Annie that Catherine had been trying to find a way to attend the party organized by Timothy through her connections. Annie was worried that Catherine might eventually gain more power and authority in Neb.

Willow smiled faintly. “Catherine doesn’t have the capabilities to hold those responsibilities. She won’t be able to lead and handle a huge project like Project Aurelia.

“Instead, she would feel miserable. She would question herself. She’d go through the same thing just like me when I just got married and had a lot of self–doubt.”

Before Willow had settled the issue with Julian, the doctors found a new issue when conducting an examination on Grace.

Grace had a brain tumor, which was found in a tricky spot. If they did not remove the tumor as soon as possible, the tumor might

apply pressure on certain nerves and cause paralysis affecting one side of her body.

Willow had used all of her connections. Yet, not a single doctor was willing to perform the surgery.

One of the main reasons was because of the location where the tumor was found. Another major factor was because of Grace’s old

age. There was a high risk that she might not survive the procedure.

Willow was very concerned about the issue, and she decided to put matters with Julian aside for the time being.

Heather dropped by the hospital after learning what had happened. She wanted to visit Grace. At the same time, she wanted to

share with Willow some useful information.

After seeing Grace, Willow took Heather to the coffee shop downstairs.

The two of them sat opposite each other in the brightly lit coffee shop.

Heather held Willow’s hands and said in a tender voice, “Don’t worry too much. I’m sure there’s hope in curing any disease with

how far the medical sector has progressed. After I learned of this piece of information yesterday, I’ve tried asking around for

more details. Fortunately, I did learn something useful from Mr. Chapman.

“Mr. Chapman said that there’s a surgical expert based in Brindley named Leonard Frost. However, he doesn’t agree to perform

surgeries just for anyone.

“Mr. Chapman doesn’t have the connections to ask for this favor from Dr. Frost. However, the Frost family and the Ziegler family

share a close connection.

“They’re still maintaining a good rtionship even to this day. If the Zieglers were to make the request for you, Dr. Frost would

most likely be willing to perform the surgery.”

Heather was aware that Willow was trying to divorce Julian. So, after saying all thatb, /bshe took a sip bof /bcoffee and allowed Willow

some time bto /bthink.