The Supreme Boss In Disguise

Chapter 2: Where am I?

Chaos filled the hall as most of the servants rushed and helped him.

"Get the doctors from Hades Hospital," John yelled out.

Although he was dissatisfied with his incompetent son, John couldn't leave him in the lurch in front of everyone and announced that he was getting the doctors from the best hospital in their city.

"Has he been overworked?" One of the young sons of the other families asked, wondering why a man that looked that healthy and solid would suddenly fall just like that.

Just as the chaos was about to reach its peak, the first daughter of the Brooks family, Stella, entered the hall. Almost as if an Angel had passed, everyone became quiet, partly due to the power they knew she commanded and her looks.

It was rumoured that Brooks's family genes were good and today, the guests here were allowed to see just how good it was. Stella was like some goddess that had stepped to earth.

Clad in a pure white floor-length gown that had her curves on full display with her hair let down in waves, even the best-dressed lady in the hall before now was no match for her.

"Mr and Mrs Winston, congratulations on your sixtieth birthday. Sorry, I'm late. Luke informed me a little late." She said with a soft smile as she took in the shocked expression on the old couple's faces.

Although no one could see the despise that passed through her eyes, some of the guests that were not blinded by benefits could see the clear arrogance in her eyes.

If she really married into their family, or perhaps, the family would have Luke marry into their family on the other hand.

Many people had several thoughts as they watched John fawn over and had her sit beside him while his daughter moved a bottom lower.

"Sorry that it's small, but I brought you this jade bracelet. I heard that it brings warmth to the wearer and would help you with heart circulation when you are stressed." Stella said with a sweet smile as she passed a small box over to John.

Although he was reluctant to open it, seeing the expectant looks of everyone in the room, he opened the small box and brought out a jade bracelet that shone brightly like plump fat.

Everyone that had an eye for good things nodded their head and watched with envy as he kept the bracelet back in the box. A young man that sat at the end of the room, however, had a thoughtful look in his eyes as he looked at the jade bracelet and Stella that sat there with an impeccable smile.

The party moved on well, while in the inner courtyard of the Winston family, five doctors had arrived and were currently checking Raymond's health.

One of them frowned as he checked his pulse while another doctor got the equipment ready. They had doctors of different practices, and it could be guessed that the one checking his pulse practised something that was along the line of traditional medicine.

"He had some allergic reaction to something, we would focus on helping him regain consciousness before we try to find out how his body is doing." One of the doctors explained to the butler as they started treating him.

The butler didn't regard Raymond as important and just nodded his head nonchalantly for them to go ahead.

Before long, the two doctors had finished with the diagnosis while another one made some mixture and gave Raymond.

As soon as Raymond took the herbs, his eyes fluttered open immediately and looked at the familiar faces in front of him.

"Where am I?" He crooked out with a shaky voice.

"You are at the Winston family, mister.." one of the doctors said while another one took out pieces of equipment from the huge box they had packed there.

"We would run a check on you now to know what you reacted to so you don't have to fall unconscious like that again. If we can't find it, we would recommend that you make a trip to the hospital with us."

Although Raymond knew exactly what they would find, he didn't say much and just allowed them to run the check.

This kind of check would only take thirty minutes at most with the equipment they had brought, yet, after thirty minutes of running the test and checking the results, the five doctors decided to run it again after resetting the whole equipment.

After another thirty minutes of checking, the butler looked impatient as he wondered what was wrong with the doctors and why they were wasting so much time. For someone that had already woken up, they were spending a lot of time on him.

"If you are unable to find anything, you can as well leave him." He said impatiently. After planning the party these past few months, he didn't want to miss out on all the fun.

"Errr, we don't know how this young man's health is usually, but it seems like our equipment is having some malfunction." One of the doctors finally spoke up, his tone full of hesitation.

"Say what you have seen. He's not some young master that has been getting proper treatment all his life."

"Doctors, please let me know what you are seeing," Raymond asked politely.

"Your body has been heavily poisoned and is also exhausted. At the moment, most of your organs are failing, and you have at most a year left." One of them said.

Although he put it that way, what they had seen was even worse than that, but they couldn't announce such a death sentence casually.

The butler had worked here for a long time and knew who Raymond really was, and so even though he was shocked, he knew it wasn't some news that his bosses would need him to tell them urgently.

Raymond, on the other hand, looked calm and just nodded his head before thanking them.

Without looking back, he walked out of the courtyard and went to his childhood room.

The party in the main hall finally reached its peak, and while every guest stepped out one after the other, Stella sat there without leaving, looking like she was actually part of the family.

After John and his wife, Amanda, had seen all the guests off, they came back inside to the sight of Stella and their two children talking heartily.

"Stella, it's getting quite late. Are you sure you don't want us to send you home now?" John asked considerately even though he had no problem with her staying over.

"I would be taking my leave now, however, I wanted to discuss a request that I have from my younger sister to you." She said softly.

John and Amanda exchanged glances with each other as they drew out chairs and sat down opposite Stella.

"The thing is, my younger sister has taken a fancy to the second young master of the Winston family that just arrived back home, and since the family isn't what it used to be, I have come here to ask if he can marry into my family as the younger son in law."

John felt his heart go dark as he thought of the useless second son. Luke also felt his heart grow cold. With how she had related to him, he had imagined that she had developed some sort of interest in him.

For John, the benefits of the family were the most important, so he nodded.

"We understand. However, my second son isn't here, if you would permit us some time, we would let you know our final decision on this."

Stella nodded in understanding and then took to her leave. As for the family of five, they looked at each other, with each person having different thoughts about what had happened.

"Although what happened was different from what we wanted, this is the best option. Firstly, Brooks's family would only accept a live-in son-in-law, which would mean our family would have no heir."

As Father Winston pointed out more reasons, the other four realized that it was better if it was Raymond. After all, he would only have to live there, but the benefits would come to their family.

For Grandma Winston, who cherished her reputation, she felt it was good that it wasn't her grandson that had to lower himself to marry in.

Also, they could use that leap to find a better wife for Luke.

As they finished talking, the butler who had stayed far away from them previously came and reported what the doctors had said to them about Raymond.

"One year left to live?" John asked in shock. How was that possible?

"Brother must have lived a very miserable life all the time he was gone." Lucy, the only daughter of the Winston family, said with a sigh.

Compared to the other members of the family, she still had some little familial feelings for Raymond.

"Make sure to find those doctors for me and give them to Luke to handle. This news can't get out." John ordered as creases formed on his forehead.

Damn, that useless Raymond! Just when it had seemed like they could finally make use of him once, he went to develop an illness.

"We would see if we can treat him, however, we must speed up the marriage process," John said, thinking that if it could happen in a week even, it wouldn't be a bad idea.