Chapter 448 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“Your father seems to be very stressed. His blood pressure is too high. For a moment there, I was worried he was having a heart attack when you called me,” the doctor said to Harry before focusing on Aaron.

“Have you been worrying a lot lately, sir?”

“It’s nothing serious,” Aaron said, feeling slightly embarrassed now that his symptoms had disappeared.

“Talk to him, dad. It could have been worse than this. What if I had left for work when this happened to you?” Harry said with a worried frown.

“I would have been fine. I feel okay now, as you can see. Don’t keep the doctor waiting anymore. You should go to work too,” Aaron said, but Harry didn’t budge as he exchanged a look with the doctor.

“Aren’t you going to give him any medication?” Harry asked, and the doctor smiled.

“I’ve never seen you this disorganized. Relax, Harry, else you will also be needing medication. I came here directly on my way to work. I don’t drive around with medications in my car. But don’t worry, I will write you a prescription, and then you can get him the medication,” the doctor said as he slapped Harry’s back lightly before taking out his pen and prescription notepad from his backpack to scribble on it.

“Are you having difficulty sleeping?” He asked Aaron and seeing the worried look on Harry’s face, Aaron shook his head.

“Dad, do you need me to excuse you so you can be honest with the doctor?” Harry asked, and the doctor nodded.

“I think you should excuse us,” he suggested, and Harry nodded before walking away from the bedroom.

A moment later, the doctor stepped out of the bedroom to join Harry, who was waiting outside the door, “Your father needs to rest and stop overthinking. He will be fine,” the doctor said as he handed Harry the prescription note.

“Thank you for coming as soon as I called,” Harry said as he saw the doctor off to the door, and he gave Harry a nod.

“It’s part of your membership package. Try not to worry too much. Your father will be okay,” he assured Harry as he shook hands with him before leaving.

Once the doctor left, Harry returned to his father’s bedroom, and immediately Aaron heard his footsteps, her pretended to be asleep. Harry sighed as he looked down at his father, knowing he was only pretending to sleep but not understanding what was happening with the man.

“I’m heading out to get you the medicine for your blood pressure,” Harry said before picking up his phone and walking away.

Once he got into the car and turned on the ignition, he dialed Benne’s number and connected it to his phone’s Bluetooth speaker as he drove off.

“Good morning, sunshine. Why are you calling me when we can talk at the office? Don’t tell me you are missing me that badly,” Benne, who was in the car with Celsie, joked even though he had been about to call Harry too, to find out if he was okay since he had just finished speaking with Jade, who called to find out what the problem was because Harry was rejecting her call.

“You wish. I won’t be coming to the office today. My dad isn’t feeling well, so I have to stay back to look after him,” Harry explained.

“What? What’s wrong with him?” Benne asked while Celsie’s brows pulled together in concern as she listened to the conversation since Benne’s phone was connected to the car’s speaker.

“The doctor said his blood pressure is high. I’m heading out to get him the prescribed medication. I will take care of the business I can handle from home, so I hope you don’t mind standing in for me…”

“Are you crazy? Do you even need to ask me something like that? Don’t worry. I will meet with your secretary and find out all you have on your schedule for today, and then we will find a way to blend it with mine. Focus on your dad, and tell him we will stop by to see him after work. Try not to worry too much, alright?”

“Sure. Give my love to Celsie.”

“No, I won’t! Are you out of your mind? Why would I give your love to my Jewel when she has all my love?” Benne asked, wanting to make Harry loosen up a bit, and to his relief, Harry chuckled.

“You’re such a fool,” Harry hissed at him.

“Don’t worry too much, HaHa. He’s going to be fine,” Benne assured him once again.

“Yeah. Talk to you later,” Harry said as he hung up the call, and then he glanced at his phone for only a moment before dialing Jade’s number.

Jade paced around the room as she thought of Harry, while wondering what was going on with him and why he was rejecting her calls.

Had she overdone it with her last phone call to him the previous day? Was that why he was avoiding her call now? That had been the first thought that came to mind, and then she had discarded that thought, thinking Harry wasn’t the type to avoid things that way.

Was he sick? That had been her second thought, until she called Benne to find out if he was okay, and after hearing from Benne that they had all met for dinner the previous evening and he had been fine, she had returned to her first conclusion that he was probably avoiding her. If he was ill, Benne would definitely know about it, so that wasn’t it.

Or what else could it be? If he was busy, all he needed to do was receive her call and tell her it wasn’t convenient. If he was in a noisy place all he needed to do was send a text saying he would call back. So why wasn’t he doing either?

She stopped in her track when her phone started ringing and quickly picked it up from the bed when she saw Harry’s name displayed on the screen.

“Why were you rejecting my call?” She asked immediately she received the call.

“I’m sorry. I was in the middle of something when you called. Is there a problem?” Harry asked calmly.

“Is everything okay?” Jade asked when she heard his dispassionate tone.

“Yeah. My dad wasn’t feeling too well and I was expecting a call from the doctor. That was why I rejected your call,” Harry explained, and Jade’s brows pulled together.

“Your dad? What is wrong with him? How is he feeling now?” She asked with concern.

“He will be fine. I just arrived at the pharmacy where I want to get some antihypertensive medication for him. Why did you call earlier? Is there something you want to say?” Harry asked, and Jade sighed.

She had been calling just to hear his voice and to flirt with him as usual, but she could hardly say that. Not when he had more important things to worry about, “I just wanted to hear from you, and let you know that Jero will be leading us to the cartel lords tonight,” Jade said, and Harry nodded.

“You are not the one to make the arrest so you shouldn’t go there. Ask Jero to lead the police to them. You have done your part, so stay out of trouble and let the police do their job,” Harry advised.

“I wouldn’t need to be there if the system wasn’t so corrupt. But you have nothing to worry about, I will only observe from a safe distance to make sure there are no foul plays,” Jade promised.

“Are you sure you will be fine on your own?” Harry asked, and she smiled when she heard the worry in his voice.

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