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Once infected, they have to be careful for the rest of their lives otherwise it would recur. They would have to regularly visit a doctor. It would be fine if it was in the early stages but in severe cases, it would invade the brain and spread to the lungs. The late stages of the infection are fatal.

“You know about this?” Shane was surprised.

“Well, when I was young, my housekeeper contracted this disease because the wooden house he lived in had mold. Everyone’s condition is different based on their body. You are so healthy, you shouldn’t have been infected.”

She’s right. In fact, he and Peter didn’t stumble into a stream at all. He just wanted to give her an answer she could accept.

So she wouldn’t worry about him.

However, Charlotte frowned when she finished speaking. She felt something was suspicious. Shane had such a healthy body, how could he get injured so badly by just running into a stream?

In addition, based on what Cole said, Peter was still unconscious. Which meant…

“Shane, are you lying to me?” Charlotte could sense there was some inconsistency in his words.

“Why would I lie to you?”

“Because you don’t want me to worry about you,” Charlotte said frankly. Then she sat down on his bed. Although he could not touch him, she could still be close to him.

Shane’s face was very pale but he was still as imposing as usual. His lips were badly cracked. Charlotte’s heart ached as she reached out to touch his lips, “Can’t you drink water now?”

“I’m not used to being taken care of.”

Charlotte couldn’t help but laugh. She walked to the side, picked up a cup of water and used a cotton swab to dab some water on his lips. His dry and cracked skin quickly became moist, no longer as frightening as it was just now.

Shane stared at her intensely and raised his hand to hold her wrist. Charlotte quickly moved her hands away warily. “Don’t move, I can’t touch you and neither can you touch me. Cole made that very clear.”

“I’m fine.”

“I can see that you’re not.”

Shane was now a patient so he couldn’t resist Charlotte no matter how he tried. He could only lower his hand and let her feed him the water.

Charlotte put down the cup when his lips no longer looked cracked. “I know you don’t like being taken care of but let me look after you from today onwards. I’ll discuss with the company and pass the project on to someone else. We’ll stay here for the time being.”

“I will be discharged from the hospital after two days.”

“Then I’ll take care of you for two days.”

Shane suddenly remembered the reason why he was so tempted by Lottie a few days ago…

Everyone always thought that he was an iron-clad man and only asked him for his protection. Only she cared about his injury and his pain.

The one difference between her and the other women captivated him. Although, he never expressed his feelings.

The man closed his eyes and answered in a low and husky voice, “Whatever you want.”

“Shane, I’ve always admired and looked up to you. Today, I realised I might think differently of you.” She slowly approached him and gave him a peck on the lips.

In a blink of an eye, her lips were gone.

Shane opened his eyes instantly. He clasped one hand on the back of her head and pushed her onto him ignoring the pain. Then, he bit on her lips hard.

It hurts.

Charlotte didn’t dare to struggle against him. She could only let him do as he pleased before pulling away from him.

“What are you doing?” She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and a thin streak of blood smeared across her white skin. His bite actually cut open her lips.

He was way out of line!

Shane’s eyes narrowed coldly. He gritted his teeth and clenched his jaw as he said, “Do you only think of me differently now?”

“Huh?” It was only then that Charlotte realized that he was a little angry, and she immediately felt aggrieved. “I always thought you just desired me and I depended on you so I didn’t dare to have any real feelings for you. You’ve always pressured me, then…”

She felt so embarrassed she couldn’t say anything else.

Shane sighed, “I owe you an apology.”

“That’s not what I meant. Ever since I found out that you’re Sheryl’s father, I just wanted to stay away from you but I don’t mind being close to you either. It’s just so many things happened in that time. It was you who abandoned me so I wasn’t able to get past it. But everything is fine now,” Charlotte said with a smile.

Everything was fine now.

She was so silly.

Shane didn’t want to probe any further so he changed the subject to the zoo.

Charlotte had no experience with an emergency of this sort so she made the calls while he gave the instructions.

His plan included compensating the workers, guarantees to other workers and dealing with all the companies.

The only thing that Charlotte was in charge of was the issue with the victims’ families. Besides money, she also promised to offer them better and easier jobs. She would use her personal connections to make arrangements for the children.

They had already lost their father and husband. She didn’t want them to worry about other things.

Fortunately, there weren’t that many deaths this time. Most of them were successfully rescued by Cole.

At around two in the evening, Charlotte’s phone rang. She was surprised when she saw the caller ID. She showed Shane the screen and said, “It’s Avery.”

“Answer it.”

Charlotte clicked the answer button and turned on the phone’s speaker.

“Lottie, I heard that Shane and Peter were also attacked.”

“Yes, Shane is fine now. I still don’t know what’s going on with Peter. Zoe  has been taking care of him,” Charlotte explained.

“Can Mr. Fuller hear me?”

“I can hear you,” Shane replied.

Avery could tell he wasn’t in a good shape from his raspy voice. He stretched his arms and legs in a relaxed manner and joked, “I never thought Mr. Fuller would end up like this. I’m so happy to hear that. There are very few people in this world who would make their enemies and friends happy when they get sick. Mr. Fuller, you’re really one of a kind.”

“Did you call here just to mock us?” Charlotte asked unhappily.

“It seems like this life and death experience have improved your relationship. Not bad.” Avery’s lips curled into a smile.

“Stop beating around the bush.”

“Lottie, Mr. Fuller must’ve told you the Hart Family attacked me.”

“Yes, he did.”

“Don’t you think it’s strange? The Jane family attacked Rick and Mielle.  The Hart family attacked me. Now Shane got attacked too. The strange thing was the killer who dealt with Mielle was the one who hurt Shane’s first love. The method used to attack me was the style of the Jane family.”

Charlotte suddenly felt a chill down her spine as a thought crossed her mind.

Avery stretched lazily and said, “I’m not suspecting anyone. I’m very sure that the same person is behind all the attacks.”

“This… ”

“I was infected with Aspergillosis,” Shane interrupted.

Charlotte couldn’t help but snort when she heard this. He had lied to her saying he got infected from a stream.

Avery laughed when he heard that. “Isn’t this too much of a coincidence? Every generation in my family is involved in the chemical industry. You also know we just ventured into foreign trade these few years. My family has a few laboratories in our hands. Foreign trading is just to culture these products.”

“So you mean, the Fuller Residence helped the Jane family deal with Mielle and Rick. Then the Hart Family helped the Fuller Residence to deal with Shane while the Jane family helped the Hart family to deal with you…” Charlotte concluded after a deep thought. She felt a shiver down her back that made her uneasy.

Who would be so cunning?

Moreover, how did that person know everyone’s schedule so well?

“I have a guess. But I don’t know if Mr. Fuller would be willing to suspect him, investigate him and go against him.” Avery said slowly.

“The Steven family?” Shane frowned.

“If the answer was that simple, I wouldn’t call you. I can handle that myself.”

If it wasn’t the Steven Family, who else could it be?