Chapter 226: Chapter 226 Chapter 226: Chapter 226 Logan Lee’s face changed dramatically upon seeing this!
He stepped forward imdiately, trying to snatch Keira Olsen’s phone.
Lewis Horton stepped forward and grabbed his hand, asking sharply, “What are you doing?”
It was just then that the phone rang.
Keira Olsen activated the speakerphone, and before the other party could speak, she directly asked, “Dean Mills, Researcher Hill said that you are offering three percent of your company’s shares for sale? Is that true?”
Corey Mills imdiately responded, “Of course not! Does our biotech company lack such a fraction of shares? Ridiculous! Who is spreading these rumors?!”
Keira Olsen then looked towards Logan Lee.
Logan Lee’s face turned ashen, his expression shifting drastically with tension.
Others might not recognize Corey Mills’s voice, but he did!
Keira Olsen then said calmly, “Okay, thanks for clarifying.”
She hung up the phone, her face a mix of a smile and seriousness as she looked at Logan Lee, “Do you have anything else to say?”
Selena Horton then spoke, “Auntie, was that Corey Mills just now? He seed quite polite speaking to you, but isn’t Dean Mills known for his bad temper?”
Oliver Horton sneered, “That definitely wasn’t the real Dean Mills, obviously. I don’t know who they got to play along with a phone call, claiming to be Corey Mills.”
“Really?”
Keira Olsen looked towards Logan Lee with a calm expression, “Others may not recognize Corey Mills, but you should be able to recognize his voice, right?”
Logan Lee was still stubborn, “The voice did sound sowhat similar, but there are so many scams nowadays, I’ve heard that besides appearances, even voices can be faked…”
“Shall I call Corey Mills again? To have him verify himself?!”
Keira Olsen took out her phone again.
Logan Lee, terrified, imdiately gestured, “No need, no need, Dean Mills’s voice is very distinctive, that was indeed Dean Mills just now!”
All eyes then turned to him.
After a mont of thought, Logan Lee simply opened up, “Alright, I admit, the three percent stake wasn’t wanted by Nora.”
He and Selena Horton exchanged glances, then he blurted out, “It was who wanted it!”
As soon as the revelation ca out, everyone was stunned.
Oliver Horton asked, “What?”
Selena Horton spoke calmly, “Cousin, it was you who wanted it? Is there so misunderstanding here?”
Logan Lee responded directly, “There is no misunderstanding, I wanted it! Because… I stole the dicine!”
Upon hearing this, everyone present was taken aback.
Logan Lee, however, turned to Keira Olsen, speaking slowly, “You aren’t researchers, so you wouldn’t understand our industry. To get a job at the Nora Research Institute is everyone’s pursuit, I put in a lot of effort to enter this institute. But the requests of my cousin and Miss Selena Horton, I couldn’t bear to refuse, especially since it involved Old Mrs. Horton’s life!”
Logan Lee then looked directly at Selena Horton, “But I stole the dicine, and afterward, I needed a large amount of money to rectify this error, it might even be irreparable, and I might get caught and fired imdiately! My reputation in the field would be ruined!”
“I’ve spent my whole life in scientific research, if I couldn’t continue anymore, I definitely wouldn’t accept it calmly. The three percent stake was what I requested, aiming to secure my future livelihood!”
Selena Horton imdiately understood his rationale.
The three percent stake was indeed what she wanted, she just had Logan Lee ntion it to pressure the Horton family.
Selena Horton imdiately exclaid, “Cousin, you really jeopardized your own future for Old Mrs. Horton! I… I don’t know what to say to express my gratitude…”
Logan Lee simply waved his hand, “No need for thanks.”
He then looked towards Lewis Horton, “The three percent stake, in exchange for Old Mrs. Horton’s life, are you buying it or not? If not, I won’t bring over any more of the dication. The missing three doses, I’ll find a way to make up for them! Consider it a gift for Old Mrs. Horton!”
Selena Horton feigned urgency, yet revealed the consequence, “But cousin, didn’t you say that once the treatnt starts it must be completed? If it’s interrupted midway, the patient’s condition will deteriorate even faster!”
Logan Lee confird, “Exactly, Old Mrs. Horton originally only had a month or two left, if we stop the dication now, she might only have a week or two…”
This remark caused Nathan Horton’s face to change.
He looked at Old Mrs. Horton.
Mr. Horton’s eyes imdiately reddened as well, having heard the bad news about Old Mrs. Horton, he knew there weren’t many days left, but he hadn’t expected there to be so little ti remaining…
He spoke directly, “Buy it, this dicine, we must buy it! If you won’t give up shares, I’ll give them up!”
The person behind Mr. Horton shouted, “Dad!”
Clearly unwilling.
Oliver Horton, who had no fondness for this grandmother, saw that the matter had co to this point and simply looked towards Lewis Horton, “Lewis, Selena found Researcher Hill. Our first branch of the family has thus perford our filial duty. I really can’t part with three percent of the shares. It depends on whether you want to save Grandma now!”
All eyes imdiately turned to Lewis Horton.
Clearly, it was Logan Lee who was making an excessive demand here, yet everyone’s gaze seed accusatory…
Keira Olsen felt it was ironic.
Just as she was about to speak, Old Mrs. Horton spoke up, “This dicine, I don’t need it!”
This statent made everyone look towards her!
Old Mrs. Horton then said directly, “I’ve lived to this age, what is there to cling to? Using three percent of the shares to buy two more years of life is unnecessary! This worn-out body of mine, living is just suffering!”
“No way!” Mr. Horton was the first to speak, “Sister-in-law, even if it’s just for two years, you need to stay with us!”
“Yes, Mom, you must live well!” Nathan Horton also spoke, and then angrily looked towards Lewis Horton, “Lewis Horton, Grandma has been so good to you, can’t you part with three percent of the shares? Are you really going to watch her die?!”
Lewis Horton looked at the people in front of him, his gaze becoming somber.
If he gave up three percent of the shares, his position as chairman of the Horton Group would no longer be secure, and the first branch of the family would definitely seize the chance to make their move.
But he didn’t care.
If it wasn’t for Grandma, even if they gave him the Horton Group for free, he wouldn’t want it!
Just three percent of the shares?
He spoke directly, “I…”
“No.”
Keira Olsen interrupted him, standing firmly in front of him, “Want the shares? No way! We aren’t giving them!”
Nathan Horton beca furiously enraged, “What did you say? Unfilial son!”
This ti even Mr. Horton beca angry, “Lewis’s wife, you, you really disappoint ! If you don’t give, I will!”
Oliver’s face lit up with joy upon hearing this.
The reason Lewis Horton held fifty-three percent of the shares was because Mr. Horton, out of regard for Old Mrs. Horton, had entrusted his shares entirely to Lewis to manage!
Whoever gave up the shares, their shares would be even…
However, upon hearing this, Keira Olsen said, “You don’t need to give…”
Mr. Horton obviously beca angry, glaring directly at her, “You all have grown up, you don’t need Grandma, but this old man still needs his sister-in-law! What? I can’t even decide what to do with my own shares?!”
Then he turned towards Lewis Horton, “Lewis, I’m asking you, does your wife’s statent also represent your thoughts?”
Of course not.
Keira Olsen had made this decision without even discussing it with Lewis Horton.
Yet Lewis Horton looked towards Keira Olsen, seeing the girl’s indifferent expression and not knowing what she was planning, he simply nodded, “Yes.”
“You…” Mr. Horton stood up, trembling with anger, “Lewis, you’ve been dependent on your grandma since childhood, and just for that little bit of money, you want to give her up? This is really too disappointing!”
Nathan Horton added fuel to the fire, “Uncle, I told you, this bastard is worse than a pig or a dog!”
When Oliver was about to say sothing, the butler suddenly rushed in, yelling, “Disaster!”
Everyone looked at him, “What happened?”
The butler said, “Soone outside claiming to be Corey Mills has co, saying, saying he is the Dean of the Clance Research Institute!”
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