Chapter 561

“Janet!” Seeing Janet unconscious on the ground, Elizabeth hurried back to help her up.

Only then did she realize just how pale Janet’s face had become.

She anxiously wiped the sweat off Janet’s forehead and said, “Answer me if you can hear me, Janet!”

But Janet didn’t respond. In a panic, Elizabeth held Janet’s wrist to feel her pause. She even unbuttoned Janet’s shirt and lowered her head to listen for a heartbeat.

“What on earth…” Elizabeth was scared out of her wits. Her eyes were full of shock and all the color drained from her face.

She couldn’t feel a pulse, nor could she hear Janet’s heartbeat!

She stood up and looked around in a panic.

It was already the wee hours of the morning. Most of the other colleagues had already gone home. The whole office was dark, save for Draco’s office.

“Mr. Wesley, are you there?” Elizabeth shouted urgently. “Janet has fainted. We have to take her to the hospital right now!”

As soon as Draco opened the door, he saw Janet on the ground. Eyes widened, he ran to her side, asking Elizabeth, “What happened?”

“I don’t know exactly.” Elizabeth shook her head. “She was fine one second, and the next, she passed out.”

“Let’s see if we can revive her. Maybe it’s because she has been working non-stop.” Although Draco had never studied medicine, he had received training on CPR before, so he immediately began to treat Janet.

He grabbed a cushion from the nearest chair and put it under Janet’s head. Then he lay her body flat on the ground. Disregarding everything, he unbuttoned Janet’s shirt, crossed his hands over her chest and tried to revive her.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Elizabeth said falteringly, “Mr. Wesley, do you think I should do it?”

Draco didn’t answer. He was too focused on giving Janet CPR. Without pausing to look at Elizabeth, he said, “This is not the time to worry about social conduct. Go get the office building’s AED equipment and call 911. If this doesn’t work, we’ll have no choice but to wait for the ambulance.”

Just now, Draco couldn’t hear Janet’s heartbeat. It seemed that she was in a temporary coma. The only thing he could do now was to give her CPR as best as he could.

Elizabeth was usually a calm and collected woman, but right now, she was in a state of sheer panic.

Without saying anything, she ran downstairs to get the AED and handed it to Draco. Then she called 911.

Draco switched on the AED and stared at Janet’s bra hesitantly. After weighing his options, he took off her bra for her. He had to.

Holding his breath, he concentrated on the procedure and quickly pressed the two paddles against Janet’s chest. “1, 2, 3… Clear!”

But seconds passed and Janet still wasn’t breathing and her lips started to turn a deathly shade of blue.

Sweat started to form on his forehead. Draco gritted his teeth and repeated the procedure.

This time, he finally got results.

Janet’s heart started and she gasped for breath. While her life wasn’t in fatal danger anymore, she was still unconscious.

Draco’s clothes were soaked in cold sweat.

Fortunately, about ten minutes later, the ambulance arrived.

Draco hoisted Janet up and helped her get on the ambulance.

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At the headquarters of the Larson Group’s Barnes branch.

It was already past midnight when Ethan’s meeting ended. He was about to go home when he received a call.

“Mr. Larson, you have to come to the hospital. Janet’s in critical danger.” Ethan instantly recognized Draco’s voice.

“I’ll be right there.”

Without a minute to lose, Ethan rushed to the hospital Draco mentioned.

When he arrived, there was already a small crowd of people standing by the door to the emergency room. Beal and Johanna had also rushed there as soon as Draco called.