Chapter 289

Parched like a desert traveler. Magnus hastily sipped the freshly brewed tea, only to spit it out instantaneously. He demanded in a stern voice, “What happened to this tea? Are you sure this is the same stuff Molly usually makes?”

The startled assistant nodded nervously. “Yes sir This is the only tea in Molly’s cabinet, the Arabica, it is “No! That’s not the tastel Go find Molly now immediately, right now! Magnus roared his mind filled with thoughts of the tea Molly usually brewed for him.

“Alright, alright The assistant was relieved He would rather run till he broke a leg to find Molly than bear the brunt of Magnus fury “Such irresponsibility! She promised and didn’t keep her word, instead, she took off without notice That Molly, when she comes back, I’ll give her a piece of my mind?” Magnus fumed, pacing the room as his anger flared Meanwhile Belle had been keeping an eye on the CEO’s office since Molly’s departure When she saw Magnus dismissed the server who brewed the tea she knew her plan had worked Watch out Natalia and Magnus 111 make your lives a living hell!

Magnus was waiting anxiously in his office, feeling an inner rage burning. He vented his anger by smashing everything in his office but still felt unsatisfied “Argh!” Magnus shouted as he felt his limbs start to numb. He collapsed on the floor rolling around.

He felt as though his body was crawling with insects, an unbearable mixture of itchiness and numbness His bones ached as if a blunt knife was scraping inside him, a torture worse than death by a thousand cuts “Ah Paul was supposed to pick up Magnus that day. As he pushed open the office door, he found Magnus rolling on the floor in distress Startled, he rushed to Magnus side bending down to help him, “Sit, what happened?”

Magnus was already delinous His eyes were bloodshot, and he stared at Paul, who was trying to help him, with a hideous face. Without hesitation, he swung his fist at Paul Paul was caught off guard and was punched squarely by Magnus, falling to the ground with blood seeping from his nose Looking at the frantic Magnus. Paul realized the severity of the situation. He ignored the bleeding from his nose, and bent down again, trying to help Magnus up from the ground But Magnus how was not the calm and wise Magnus he knew He was like a madman and did not recognize Paul His mind was filled with thoughts of destruction. His inner rage was burning ferociously, demanding the annihilation of everything in sight!

As Paul bleeding from his forehead, bent down to help Magnus up, he was met with more ferocious punches Paul braced himself against the forceful punches and managed to help Magnus up “Sir, what’s happening? It’s me, Paul!”

However, Paul’s words fell on deaf ears Magnus, who had just been helped up, was holding a bronze horse statue that he had knocked over, and without a second thought, he smashed it towards Paul’s head “Thump!”

Although Paul dodged. Magnus inevitably hit his forehead No matter how fough a person was, they couldn’t win against a bronze artifact Blood began to stream down Paul’s forehead He shook his head to clear the dizziness and managed to steady himself But as soon as Paul had steadied himself, Magnus swung the bronze horse at him again.

“Get me teal Now Dr I’ll kill you” Magnus raved like a demon escaped from hell.

Paul dodged Magnus” attack, horrified Magnus‘ behavior was eerily similar to that of a drug addict.

“Get me teal Now Magnus swung the bronze horse at Paul Paul knew talking was useless at this point. He quickly left the office and dialed 911. The ambulance arrived promptly Medics managed to sedate Magnus and transported him to the Andersen family’s private hospital via the CEO’s elevator After all this was done, Paul, with his face smeared with blood finally called Natalia, “Malam, something’s wrong with Mr. Magnus. I hope you can come to the hospital immediately”

Upon receiving Paul’s call, Natalia was taken aback. She knew Paul was very reliable. He wouldn’t bother her unless he encountered something he couldn’t handle. Now he was telling her that Magnus was in the hospital, what had happened?

On the way to the hospital, Natalia was restless, worrying about Magnus Was hell? He was perfectly fine when he left in the morning Soon, she arrived at the hospital Paul greeted her as soon as she walked in. ‘Ma’am, you’re finally here Thank goodness “What’s wrong? What happened to Magnus? What happened? Natalia was shocked to see Paul’s blood–streaked face “What happened to you? Where’s Magnus? She looked around anxiously but didn’t see Magnus “Majam, don’t panic. He just had a sedative He’s sleeping now Look Saying this. Paul led Natalia to the window of Magnus ward.

Through the hospital’s transparent glass window Natalia was astonished to see Magnus bound to the hospital bed. His face was pale and haggard as if he had been seriously ill “Paul, why is Magnus tied up? What happened to him?”

Natalia couldn’t understand Magnus was fine when he jeft in the morning, but now he looked like a completely different person Paul sighed, “Maam, the boss seems to be suffering from withdrawal symptoms ”

“Addiction? Natalia stumbled back, shaking her head in disbelief Impossible!

No way it couldn’t be Magnus was not that kind of man. He was so exceptional, so distinguished, he would never have anything to do with drugst “Madam, I understand your disbelief. L too find it hard to believe, Paul responded pointing to his bandaged towhead. “I went to pick up the young master and unluckily ran into him in the throes of withdrawal. He began twitching uncontrollably, and then started to lash out. Ha hat me here with a brass statue if I hadn’t dodged in time, I believe he wouldn’t have hesitated to kill me on the spot Natalia was too shocked to speak No the Magnus that Paul described was not the Magnus she knew The Magnus she knew might have been a bit arrogant and stubborn, but he was certainly not a bloodthirsty madman How could he possibly be on drugs”