"D–
Dustin Rhys? How could it be him?!" After learning the truth, Florence an
d the others looked at each other
for a while, disbelief written on their faces.
Never in a million years had they considered that it wasn't Matt who save
d Julie, but the person they had
dubbed ungrateful.
This was simply a slap in the face!
*So Dustin never framed Julie in the first place, and it was you guys… pu
rposely slinging mud at him?" Dahlia stood rooted to the ground, expressi
onless.
Her face was as white as a sheet.
"W–
who slung mud at him? I bet he's feeling guilty because he knows what he
did wrong, so he's trying to
make things up to us!" Florence insisted stubbornly.
She was used to
bossing people around; of course, she would never admit that she had gott
en the wrong idea
about Dustin.
That would be too humiliating.
"Mom, things have already come to this, and you still want to justify you
rself?" Dahlia bit her lip. Even her heart was clenching.
"How am I justifying myself? If that Rhys bastard hadn't framed Julie, wh
y would he have saved her? In the end, he was just feeling guilty for doi
ng something wrong!" Florence insisted indignantly.
"That's right! If he didn't do it, why did he save her?" James echoed.
"I've really had enough of you guys!" Dahlia's emotions finally exploded.
"Why? Why do you always have to pick on Dustin? What exactly did he do to
you? Must you purposely pick. fights with nim? In our three years of mar
riage, he has always been honest and agreeable, but you have
always had a prejudice against him. Even though he had never done anythin
g wrong, you kept pushing blame on him again and again. Could you really
be so blinded to how good he is?"
She
e was basically roaring by the end of her tirade.
Everyone was scared stiff.
After that spiel, Dahlia couldn't stand it anymore. She threw the door op
en and left.
She got in her car and sped down the road.
Her tears, however, couldn't stop falling.
She regretted it.
She really regretted it.
She regretted being so impulsive; she regretted belleving her mother's wo
rds; and she regretted. misunderstanding Dustin.
She felt distraught and confused.
She didn't know whether they could go back to the way things were before.
At
the Peaceful Medical Center, Dustin took a deep breath. He quickly calmed
down after hanging up the phone.
After all it wasn't the first time something like this happened.
Hence, he wasn't much bothered by it right now.
"Beep beep!" At that moment, a Maybach with a Millsburg license plate sto
pped at the entrance.
Soon after, a middle–
aged man in a flashy, red suit strutted over with his head held high.
Next to him was a stocky bodyguard.
"Are you Dustin Rhys?" The moment the man in the red suit entered, he beg
an to eye Dustin up and down, acting all high and mighty.
"And who are you?" Dustin raised his head, sparing the man a glance.
"My name is Laney, Phineas Laney. I am from the Laney family of Millsburg
."
Phineas picked up his handkerchief and wiped down the chair before taking
a seat of his own accord.
Dustin quickly made the connection. "The Laney family? What's your relati
onship to Matt Laney?"
"Matt Laney is my son and the heir of the Laney family." Phineas pushed h
is glasses up his nose and continued indifferently. "Of course, I didn't
come here to your doorstep to tell you these things, but to offer you ric
hes."
"Oh? What do you mean?" Dustin raised his eyebrows.
"I heard that you have the Immortunol formula in your hands. It's somethi
ng I am very interested in." As Phineas spoke, he took out a check and sl
id it onto the table. "This is a check for 30 million dollars. If you giv
e me the formula, then the money is
yours. For people like you, this amount is enough for you to live without
worry for the rest of your life!"
"Sorry, I'm not interested." Dustin rejected it immediately.
"Why? Is it too little?" Phineas narrowed his eyes slightly. "I didn't pe
g you for
someone with a big appetite. Alright, why don't I add on another 20 milli
on dollars, which makes it 50 million dollars in total? Give me the formu
la."
"Like I said, I'm not interested," Dustin repeated indifferently.