Thirty-four. Except him
Kim had arrived at Alpha network thirty minutes after the incident at the factory. However, Ezekiel was still in the middle of a meeting and didn't need to be disturbed. Finally, the meeting came to an end and Kim came in.
"Boss", he called and bowed in greeting.
Ezekiel nodded without taking his eyes from the tablet in his hands.
"What's wrong?", he asked
"It's Miss Walls".
At the mention of her name, he looked from the tablet in his hand to his subordinate. He wondered if he has caused any trouble. Who did she stab this time?
"She was rushed to the hospital".
Ezekiel paused what he was doing. He looked at Kim as if the latter wasn't making any sense. Why would she be rushed to the hospital?
"She suddenly started coughing blood during breakfast today".
"Why are you relaying this news now?", Ezekiel asked, his anger brewing. His eyes were blazing with anger as though a furnace was heating up within them.
"You were in a meeting and I thought maybe it wasn't worth disrupting the meeting".
Ezekiel clenched his teeth tightly together in anger and flung the tablet at Kim. Kim didn't dare dodge and could only endure the pain.
"She's not worth it? If she wasn't worth it, I would have let her die at Winter walls".
"I apologize master ".
Ezekiel grabbed his coat and slinged his arms into them and walked out of the office in fast pace. Kim could only try his best to meet up with his master's pace.
The duo arrived at the hospital within few minutes and met Hanabi and Luke in front of the ER. Ezekiel's brows furrowed at the sight of him.
"What's he doing here?"
"He was the one who brought her here alongside Miss Hanabi".
Ezekiel grimaced as jealousy found its way into his heart. He didn't understand the feeling.
Luke and Hanabi recognized Ezekiel the moment they saw him, so they bowed in greeting.
Ezekiel cast them a glance and faced the doors of the ER. When the doctor finally came out and asked said somethings to him and suddenly mentioned Monalissa as his wife in between, he didn't know how to respond.
"You have to be fast unless she dies. She had less than two minutes", he heard the doctor's yelling voice. That was a wake up call for him. He didn't understand what was wrong with him either.
After he agreed with the surgery, he saw her being wheeled out on a stretcher, struggling for her life. Walker, you have to wake up. Don't you dare die!
As the surgery was going on, Ezekiel began his questioning from the duo that were there with him as well. He started with Luke.
"What happened? How did this happen?"
"We were eating at the cafeteria when she started coughing. The doctor says she was poisoned".
The air around the hospital dropped down in degrees. His aura exploded even without him saying anything.
"Poisoned?"
"That's what the doctor says", Luke replied.
Ezekiel looked at Hanabi. Th latter took that as a cue and began narrating her line. It ended up being the same as that of Luke.
Ezekiel clenched his fists tightly at the thought of the culprit who must have done this. No one had the right to touch her, except him. Those who touched even a hair on her head were dead meat.
"Miss, this is the information we found", Arianna's assistant said as she passed a file to her. Arianna opened the files one after another and a smile graced her lips.
"So, that woman has been poisoned?", she asked
"Yes", the assistant replied
"Who do you think is the culprit?"
Her assistant gulped in air before replying. "During my investigation, I found out that Miss Kayla has been in contact with a worker at the factory".
"So?", Arianna asked, as if reaching a conclusion.
"I think Miss Kayla might be the culprit we're looking for".
Arianna smirked. This was a good thing for her. Monalissa was poisoned and would probably not make it. Even if she did, she might take a while. Kayla was already dead from the moment she sought Monalissa for killing. Ezekiel was going to terminate her. And...the only woman that would be left at that moment, was her.