Chapter 2

The electric current passing through my body, combined with the severe pain of angina, made me question whether I was still alive.

Only Raymond's cold eyes forced me to maintain a thread of consciousness.

Before the basement door closed, I desperately grabbed onto Raymond's pant leg.

"Raymond! I really can't hold on anymore. My heart hurts so much. If this continues, I'll die..."

"Please send me to the hospital, okay? I promise I won't fight Jasper for the heart. I'll just take medication to manage it..."

I cried and begged Raymond, but he remained unmoved. Instead, he turned to patiently comfort Jasper, who stood to the side watching the scene.

"Jasper, be good. Don't be nervous during the surgery. I will be with you the whole time."

"After you recover, I will take you on a world tour and give you all the assets, okay?"

Jasper looked at me provocatively and asked Raymond, "If you give me all the assets, what about Owen?"

"Owen? Ha." Raymond sneered. "He lived in poverty for so many years. He's long used to life without money. From now on, my love will be enough for him."

As he turned to take Jasper to the operating room, he suddenly received a call from Walter Blackwood, my grandfather.

"Owen should be having his surgery soon, right? You must take good care of him these days. Owen suffered so much before. This time, there absolutely cannot be any mistakes."

Raymond gave a perfunctory response and hung up.

I closed my eyes and used the last bit of my strength to speak.

"Raymond... I'm not lying to you. It hurts so much... If Walter finds out, he'll definitely blame you..."

After being found by the Blackwood family, Raymond had been cold to me to accommodate Jasper's feelings.

At Raymond's instruction, everyone in the Blackwood family kept their distance from me. Only Walter was happy about my return.

Even this heart source was found with Walter's help, but he didn't know Raymond had already forced me to give it to Jasper.

After hanging up, Raymond looked at me again.

By now, I was in so much pain that I'd lost almost all sensation, my face covered in blood and tears.

Looking at me, Raymond seemed momentarily dazed, even doubting whether the specialist's advice was trustworthy.

Jasper suddenly crouched down. At an angle Raymond couldn't see, he smirked, then pressed both hands hard onto my chest.

The electrode patches on my chest dug in several inches deeper. The tearing sensation in my chest made me grunt in agony.

But Jasper suddenly fell backward, landing on his bottom.

Then he accused me in a hoarse voice.

"Owen, I was just trying to comfort you. You know my heart isn't good, yet you still pushed me. Do you need me to die before you'll be happy?"

Raymond immediately showed a heartbroken expression, pulling Jasper into his arms and comforting him softly.

Jasper shook his head with reddened eyes.

"I know my brother doesn't like me, that he blames me for occupying the position of the Blackwood heir for so many years. But I genuinely care about him."

"Raymond, why don't you just send me away? That way I won't be an eyesore to my brother anymore."

Raymond snorted coldly. "If anyone's leaving, it's him."

After soothing Jasper, Raymond turned and roared at me.

"How can you be so vicious?"

"You always bully Jasper. He was just trying to care about you, yet you deliberately pushed him down."

"If anything happens to Jasper, I will never forgive you."