A Spoonful of Sugar: Don't Beg for Love

Benji was stunned. Before he had even said anything, Rickard noticed that something happened to Hesper... However, it wasn't Hesper who was in trouble this time. "It's the young master... Young master has been diagnosed with leukemia."

Rickard frowned. The first thought in his mind was that it was impossible, but Benji had no reason to lie.

"Both you and Ms. Rivera are unqualified to provide marrow even if you were matched. We, along with the Lanes, are looking for a match for the bone marrow transplant." Hearing bad news immediately after he woke up, Rickard realized that a lot had happened while he was unconscious. Benji told him everything while he read the documents. "The leader of Daybreak is Nathaniel?"

Rickard paused. From the information, Hesper and Nathaniel seemed to have a good relationship. If Nathaniel had been manipulating her, she wouldn't be alright learning about it. There was betrayal, and there was Renfrew's condition. It was a huge mess.

However, he didn't expect Benji to say. "Ms. Rivera is currently working at Lane Holdings. The acceptance rate there is very high, so I'm guessing they're going to make a big move soon." That was something unexpected, but he wasn't surprised. Hesper was a flower that always strived to climb higher. If troubles could discourage her, she wouldn't be where she was now. The only problem they couldn't solve was Renfrew's condition.

Rickard didn't know what to do. Leukemia wasn't a mild sickness. Even if they found a bone marrow donor who matched his, the surgeries weren't a hundred percent successful. However, the transplant was their best plan now, so they had to try.

Rickard looked down, and after a long pause, he sent a message to Professor Miles. He had to ask him about Renfrew's surgery. He might have a solution...

***

Hesper felt complicated as she returned to Lane Holdings and stood in front of the familiar building.

"Everyone hoped that you'd return." Isaac stood behind Hesper. "Since you left, Lane Holdings no longer did as well... Rachael Lane wasn't very good at running the business and Mr. Lane didn't have time. The employees weren't let go because I insisted."

Rachael went back to Emperion, so Isaac had to stay in Genecity. Hence, he was back at Hesper's side.

"Let go?"

Hesper never expected that. Even if Lane Holdings only worked toward what she planned, they couldn't have fallen so far.

"It was all Rachael Lane's fault... She kept ordering people around but couldn't even speak when she met the clients. A lot of companies that used to work with us stopped renewing their contracts this season. Hesper became troubled hearing that.

If that was true, everything she had left them with had been wasted. Now that she was back, she was at the same point as when she first came to Genecity...

The broke and poor Lane Holdings branch.