CHAPTER 224: CHAPTER 224: VERA HANSEN, ARE YOU STILL FAKING YOUR ILLNESS?

Julian Lawson and Ian Yates rushed to the sanatorium.

I have to handle some matters first, Ian said as he left, leaving Julian to navigate the corridors alone to the hospital ward that Secretary Chaucer had informed him of previously.

Secretary Chaucer was stationed outside the door, and upon seeing Julian arriving, he immediately stood up.

"President Lawson."

Julian nodded, asking him, "What’s the current situation?"

Jude Chaucer thought for a moment and clarified, "After Young Master Yates and I cut Vera Hansen’s livestream, I thought she shouldn’t stay at The Hillside Villa anymore, so I took her to an apartment nearby."

"I was persuading her to tell the truth, and then she cut her hand."

Jude Chaucer was genuinely frightened.

Vera had clearly prepared for some time and pulled out a knife instantly; Jude Chaucer even thought she was going to stab him.

"After coming here, the doctor treated her wound," Secretary Chaucer said. "Her injury has stopped bleeding, and the nurse is with her now, except..."

Julian understood Jude Chaucer’s implication.

He acknowledged this and said, "Find her previous attending doctor and go to the records department to print out her files and bring them over."

Secretary Chaucer visibly breathed a sigh of relief, stood up immediately, responded affirmatively, and hurried to carry out the task.

After Secretary Chaucer left, Julian pushed open the door.

In the single ward, Vera Hansen was half-reclined on the hospital bed, her wrist wrapped in layers of gauze faintly tinged with red spots of blood.

The nurse was sitting beside her, peeling an apple.

Vera looked pale. Upon hearing a sound, she gazed towards the door; confirming it was Julian, she forced a smile.

"Brother Julian, you’re here." She said weakly, "I thought you wouldn’t come to see me anymore."

Julian remained silent and looked at her coldly.

He strode to Vera’s bedside, not addressing her directly, instead asking the nurse, "What medicine is she on now?"

The nurse stood up respectfully, saying, "Miss Hansen was given a sedative earlier; she’s temporarily on glucose now, and her attending doctor will adjust the medication upon arrival."

Glucose.

Julian glanced at Vera.

Vera still wore that forlorn expression.

Inside Julian was a cold sneer.

"You may leave now," Julian said to the nurse.

The nurse nodded, placing the apple on a nearby plate, turning to exit, and closing the door behind her.

Julian sat on the side, staring at Vera.

Vera felt uneasy under his gaze, but recalling her plan, she gradually steadied herself.

"Do you have anything you want to say to me?" Julian began, "Or any truth you want to confess?"

Vera contemplated briefly, guessing it was about The Hillside Villa incident.

Therefore, she pouted, tears streaming down her face instantly.

"Brother Julian, I know I shouldn’t have gone live at The Hillside Villa without your permission."

She had been brewing her emotions and now Julian’s arrival served her purpose well.

"But Young Master Yates’ apartment had a plumbing issue, so that’s why I went there."

Suddenly, she sat upright, clutching Julian’s hands tightly, sobbing, "I didn’t know about the situation there, nor did I know about the wedding photos or your..."

"Brother Julian, I didn’t do it on purpose, I’m sorry."

Her tears fell one by one on Julian’s hand, appearing very pitiable.

"I didn’t know it would hurt her, I’m remorseful, I’ve thought for so long, I can’t stand myself like this, thus I..."

"I’m sorry."

Vera acted with both tears and voice.

She had long prepared the folding knife, deliberately cutting her hand in front of Secretary Chaucer.

She knew Jude Chaucer would definitely step in to stop her, so she naturally wasn’t going to cut too deeply.

Merely nicked some skin before Jude Chaucer halted her, leaving her only needing to cry.

She cried even harder: "I’m causing you all trouble even with hurting myself."

As Vera cried, she cautiously observed Julian’s expression.

However, ever since entering, Julian’s demeanor had not changed, maintaining the same cold attitude.

Vera was pondering this when suddenly Julian laughed.

He actually laughed aloud.

His laughter rendered Vera baffled.

"Brother Julian?" Vera meekly queried, sniffing.

"Enjoying your performance?" Julian mocked as he stared coldly at Vera.

He had just given Vera the final opportunity, waiting for her confession.

But at this point, she continued her deceit.

This crude acting indeed amused him.

Made him laugh at her, and laugh at his own idiocy.

"Brother Julian, I don’t understand what you mean," Vera said fearfully but continued crying.

"Don’t understand?" Julian’s laughter ceased, leaving only coldness.

"Knock, knock!"

The ward door was knocked, and Jude Chaucer entered, handing a document folder and another stack of something to Julian.

"President Lawson, the files you requested," he said, "The people are on their way, they’ll arrive shortly."

In his hand was another file, which Jude Chaucer hesitated whether to give to Julian.

It was something he inadvertently obtained from the records department.

The chap in the records department was sloppy and pulled out two files for him.

One was Vera Hansen’s file, the other...

Was Miss Sheridan’s file.

Once they finished handling matters here, he’d hand this file to President Lawson separately.

Thinking this, Secretary Chaucer bowed slightly and then turned to exit, closing the door.

The ward was left with only Julian and Vera again.

Julian tossed the file onto the hospital bed.

Vera wiped her tears, looking at the document folder.

"Brother Julian, what is this?" Vera didn’t reach to open the document folder.

"Your medical records," Julian said coldly.

Then he threw the additional stack of items that Secretary Chaucer had delivered onto her bed.

"What is this then?"

"An analysis report I commissioned," Julian said tersely, "Vera, will you continue pretending? You’re not sick at all!"

Vera’s heart skipped a beat, but she soon realized Julian was referring to her depression, and relaxed slightly.

"I don’t know what you’re talking about, Brother Julian," she cried.

Then she grabbed the stack and medical records, tossing them aside.

"Brother Julian, did Serena Sterling say something to you?" Vera’s eyes expressed defiance, "She’s slandering me!"

Ha...

Julian laughed.

"She’s never mentioned you to me from start to end."

In fact, she wasn’t even willing to talk to him!

"Vera, what do you take me Julian Lawson for?!" Julian’s eyes were bloodshot as he fixated on Vera.

"To deceive me?"

"To threaten me!"

He, due to Vera’s feigned weakness and fake depression, ignored the numerous harms she directed at Serena Sterling!

Even indulged her!

Time and again!