Chasing After My Beloved Wife novel Chapter 40

Joye's expression suddenly turned serious. "Linda, please ask the finance department to sort out the data. If Leonard Group leaves Richard Group now, can it run smoothly?"

Linda was confused. "President Leonard, why would Leonard Group leave Richard Group?"

"Because Leonard Group and Richard Group are owned by the Leonards and the Richards respectively."

Joye did not wish for Leonard Group to rely on the Richard family to survive. More importantly, she did not want to remain entangled with Shawn after the divorce.

"I see. I'll inform the finance department and give you the data as soon as possible."

Although Linda still refused to accept the news, her execution ability had always been excellent. She sighed. “Leonard Group was the most important thing to Miss. Leonard right now. It must have been a difficult decision for her to decide to leave Richard Group.”

After Linda left, Joye leaned against the chair in exhaustion. There were still ten days left until the one-month deadline!

She whispered, “When the day comes, Shawn and I will become complete strangers…”

……

Meanwhile, in Richard Group’s office building.

Shawn sat cross-legged on the sofa, fiddling with a soft strand of hair between his fingers. His brows knitted into a tight frown from the struggle inside his heart.

Salmon knocked on the door and came in. When he noticed Shawn’s worried state, he couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Richard, are you in a dilemma?"

"No, I was just wondering about the outcome."

Shawn finally raised his head, a complicated expression flashing across his beautiful eyes. If Dalton was truly his biological son, should he go through with the divorce?

"Then what's the outcome you're expecting?"

Salmon felt a little regretful asking the question. He thought he should not have asked about the private affairs of his boss. He could sense that Joye held a unique place in Shawn's heart. It was just that Vivian and Dalton’s appearance had made everything complicated.

"My expectations? Send this to the lab and hand me the results as soon as possible."

Shawn pursed his thin lips and handed Salmon the strand of hair. He did not know what kind of outcome to expect either.

"Don't let others find out."

"Sure. You may rest assured."

Salmon nodded and put away the hair, then turned to leave the office. Meanwhile, Shawn stared motionlessly at the cold cup of coffee on his desk.

"Joye, tell me, what kind of outcome should I expect?"

Salmon came out of Richard Group’s office building, then got in the car and drove toward the hospital. Just then, a taxi tailed behind him at a distance.

"Sir, please don’t lose that car."

Vivian sat in the back row of the taxi with a gentle smile on her face, but something was beginning to form in her heart.

Vivian had always hoped that Shawn would not do a DNA test and keep trusting her as before. But apparently, she had overestimated herself.

When she saw Salmon arrive at the parking lot of the hospital, she took out a hundred-dollar note from her wallet. "Thank you for your hard work. Keep the change."

"Thank you, Madam."

The driver thanked Vivian fervently as he rejoiced, “This car ride’s really worth it!”

Salmon locked his car door and looked around him, making sure that there was no one suspicious following him before entering the hospital. Vivian was not in a hurry to follow him. Instead, she entered the hospital after a while, hidden among a crowd of other people.

At the appraisal center on the fifth floor, Salmon handed over the transparent plastic bag containing two short strands of hair and said with a serious expression, "Dr. Wood, Mr. Richard wants you to help identify the DNA for these two strands of hair and see if the two are biologically related."

Dr. Wood took the bag. When he thought of the news that suddenly went silent two days ago, he immediately understood what was going on.

"No problem. I'll get the result as soon as possible and call you then."

"Thank you. Please keep this a secret."

"Don't worry."

Salmon nodded with a smile. Dr. Wood used to be the attending doctor in the surgical department. However, he was injured in a car accident, so he had switched working in the diagnostics center. He was also an acquaintance that Shawn had known for a long time. Salmon believed that Dr. Wood could be trusted in this matter.

After sending Salmon off, Dr. Wood took out the hair from the bag and was about to extract the DNA cells. But at this moment, the door to the lab swung open.

"Madam, please wait for your turn outside."

"Dr. Wood, you don't recognize me? It's me, Vivian. When I was in college, I was injured in a car accident. You were the one who helped me sew back my wounds. Have you forgotten?"

Vivian walked in with a huge smile on her gentle face. Dr. Wood was stunned and tried to recall where he had seen this beautiful and generous face before. After a long while, his eyes widened in realization. "Oh, I remember! Mr. Richard brought you to me."

"Thank you for remembering about me."

Vivian's eyes flashed with a hint of shyness and pride that only an innocent young girl would have. Back then, she had gone through a lot of effort to attract Shawn's attention. She had not hesitated to run her bicycle into Shawn's car. Eventually, she became his girlfriend.

But later, it was all because of that damned man that she missed the chance to become Shawn’s wife. Instead, Joye had taken over the advantage.

"Of course, I remember. What can I do for you?"

Dr. Wood’s face fell after asking the question, as he realized something was amiss. He mused, “Back then, this girl seemed to have dated Mr. Richard…” When he thought about the matter that Shawn had just asked Salmon to take care of earlier, something began to connect in his mind.

"Dr. Wood, I heard that you were involved in a car accident two years ago and that your hand was hurt. That’s why you were transferred here from the surgical department, right? What a pity. With your skills and experience, you could have become a director, yet your bright future had been ruined because of a car accident."

Vivian was not in a hurry to answer Dr. Wood’s question at all. Instead, she looked at him with a pitiful expression on her face. At this moment, a hint of embarrassment flashed across Dr. Wood’s face.

Although working in the surgical department was tiring, it was a good place to make money. The job in the diagnostic center was extremely easy, but he earned nothing more than a fixed amount of salary. It was even more difficult to get himself a promotion due to his lack of experience in his current field. His financial future had been ruined.

"You’re the smartest, most capable doctor I’ve ever met. Because of this, I feel that it's a pity. I believe your son should be getting married soon, right?"

"What are you trying to say, Miss. Hilary?"

Vivian picked up the two strands of hair from the table with a gentle smile. "I wish to exchange these two strands of hair with your son's marital home."

"So, the child isn't Mr. Richard's?"

Dr. Wood's eyes were filled with shock. Shawn was a powerful figure, yet Vivian had the guts to cheat on him.

"It doesn't matter whether it's true or not. What matters is the result of your report. You can get a villa for your son in exchange for a few words on the report. I think it should be a particularly good deal for you. Your son and your wife would be very happy about it, don’t you think?"