Chapter 317

The moment that calm voice fell, the whole place went dead quiet. All eyes instantly locked on Oliver. Even Lauren, who had just been trailing behind him, stopped in her tracks, her reddened eyes fixed on him. And not just her. In the MRC President's Office, someone else was also watching him closely—eyes sharp, serious—through the glare of a computer screen. Only the chaotic noise of the internet kept buzzing without pause. [Can we speed this up? We've waited long enough. What's the point of dragging it out? Trying to buy time for more rich folks to spin the story?] [LMAO, what can he possibly show us? Lauren's background is all over the web now. She ditched her fam for money and he's still trying to protect her? Guy must be blind.] [Okay but seriously, am I the only one dying to know who that woman he shielded was?] There was a slight delay in the live stream, but that didn't stop the outpouring of comments. Meanwhile at Jadewick Hospital, a man sitting beside a hospital bed was calm