My Sweetheart

Chapter 186 Taunting

"You! Joseph, you're really choosing hoes before bros. Kathy's not a flower in a greenhouse. You should let her exercise more on her own!" Johnson said in a deep voice.

"Of course I'll let her exercise herself. What do you worry about? You make up for the trouble that is caused by yourself." Joseph said indifferently.

Johnson couldn't retort to him and hung up the phone in a huff.

Looking at the file in front of him, Joseph dialed John's number, "What's Billy been up to the last two days?"

"As soon as he got off the plane today, he arranged for his assistant to go over to People's Hospital and visit the patients who were sick from substance abuse."

"What kind of substance abuse?" Joseph narrowed his eyes.

"I haven't found out yet. It's supposed to be a drug developed by the Hilton Group." John replied.

"Find out right away." Joseph scowled.

It had been a week since the news broke that MT Medicine was being questioned as a fake drug. NCHV Medical Company had been making various responses on a daily basis. Today's press conference was to officially clarify the news.

All the key people in charge of the development and sales of MT Medicine were there, and Kathy had been unable to reach Alexia, who still had her statement.

Johnson came in early. When he saw Kathy, he said in a deep voice, "No word from Alexia yet?"

Kathy shook her head and saw Johnson's face change.

If it weren't for him, Alexia wouldn't be missing right now.

"Does Mr. Johnson have no idea where she is either?" Kathy said indifferently.

Johnson's face sank, and irritation grew under his eyes.

"You'll speak up for Alexia later. I'll take care of the rest."

Kathy paused. Her palms kept sweating as she looked at the statement in her hand and thought of the reporters she would have to face later.

Some images from the past came to her mind.

"Kathy, elaborate on the paper's description of the use of magnesium stearate in nasal medication." Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

"Your elaboration is completely at odds with the meaning expressed in the paper. I now suspect that your thesis was not written by you."

"Up to a hundred percent duplication. Where did you plagiarize your thesis from?"

"..."

Question after question sounded in her ears. Kathy's vision blurred in the face of the dozens of teachers sitting in front of her.

"Kathy, your thesis defense will not be approved."

"Kathy, you even dared to plagiarize your graduation thesis. The school won't let you graduate now..."

...

"Kathy!" A deep voice suddenly sounded behind her, and Kathy came back to her senses.

Her face was already pale. She looked up and saw Johnson's serious face.

"Do you remember everything I just said?"

Kathy was confused. What did Johnson just say?

"Okay, go get ready. Remember to watch your mouth later."

After that, Johnson walked into the ballroom.

Kathy bowed her head and held the statement in her hand tightly. She took deep breaths but could not calm down.

She turned around and walked in. There were already quite a few reporters in the ballroom, as many as hundreds. Johnson was already surrounded by reporters. And the scenes later would only be more sensational.

"Kathy, here we are again." There was a familiar voice from behind her.

Kathy frowned and didn't turn around.

Billy had stepped in front of her, "It seems you'll be speaking later."

He saw the statement in her hand.

"So what?" Kathy said in an indifferent tone.

Billy had his hands in his trouser pockets and his thin lips curved, "Can you handle the aggressive questioning of those reporters?"

"Billy, are you here to taunt me?" Kathy looked at him with anger.

"Of course not. I'm just concerned about you. No one knows what's going to happen later. I'd advise you not to go on stage." Billy narrowed his eyes.

Kathy, however, looked at him suspiciously and then gave him a sharp look, "What's going to happen later?"

"How do I know? I'm just guessing."

"What do you know?" Kathy pursued.

What did Billy want to do?

She couldn't help but be a little nervous.

The news that MT Medicine was being spread as a fake drug had already seriously affected the reputation of NCHV Medical Company. It would be really precarious if anything else happened.

Kathy squeezed the statement in her hand.

Billy smirked indifferently, "Kathy, what is our relationship? Had I to tell you everything you want to know?"

"Billy, don't mess around. Could it be that the outbreak of news about MT Medicine being a fake drug had something to do with you too?" Kathy narrowed her eyes coldly.

She'd only suspected Herbert before, but Herbert was Billy's fiancée, so maybe he had something to do with it.

She didn't know if Joseph had submitted the evidence to the police department, but it was true that Herbert hadn't been arrested yet.

The people behind this were determined to make things difficult for NCHV Medical Company, and she was afraid he wouldn't just give up.

"Kathy, don't make wild accusations about me. Didn't Joseph find out a long time ago if I had anything to do with this?" Billy said carelessly.

"It's about time. Mark my words." With that, Billy walked into the ballroom.

Kathy, however, couldn't calm down and wanted to ask Johnson for clarification. She was afraid that something was going to happen to this press conference just as Billy had said.

But until the press conference started, Johnson was nowhere to be seen.

Alexia didn't show up and Kathy could only speak as the sales manager.

Before she was the head of R&D speaking. Kathy looked at the statement and sat on the stage. In front of her were hundreds of reporters.

Those images recurred to her. She squeezed her thigh and tried to wake herself up with the pain.

Finally, after half an hour, it was her turn to speak.

Kathy took a deep breath. She knew the statement well. But when she looked up, she couldn't make a sound in the face of so many pairs of eyes.

Images of the past always kept coming to her mind, as if they were alive and grabbing her by the neck.

"Miss Kathy, why don't you continue? Did you also know that MT Medicine was a fake drug? Now, you can't hide it or sell it anymore?" At this moment, a reporter availed himself of the opportunity and asked.

"Now that MT Medicine is not selling well, and multiple companies have canceled sales of the drug. Is this an indirect proof that there is something wrong with the drug?"

One question after another, Kathy held her forehead, raised her eyes, and said coldly, "MT Medicine is not a fake drug. The FDA and our company have already explained. As for the sales, it's not the drug that's causing the poor sales."

"Now the public has become suspicious of MT Medicine. How do you plan to continue selling this drug after this?"

"I heard that patients who had tried the drug before came to the press conference. They seem to be filing a complaint against the NCHV Medical Company!"

As he finished speaking, the room was abuzz with discussion. Kathy's gaze fell towards the door. Sure enough, there were medical staff assisting a few patients in, and behind them were their families.

It was true that MT Medicine had done drug trials before. As for the patients, she wasn't quite sure if they were the ones in front of her.

"This drug called MT Medicine almost got my husband killed!" The patient's family said loudly.

Kathy's hands shook and she immediately stood up, "Please don't talk nonsense!"