Jason didn’t wait. He walked straight towards the exit. When Dr. Cred saw him leaving like that, he panicked. Rushing to him, he called, "Dr. Clark!" He wouldn’t be able to catch him if Jason hadn’t slowed his pace.
"Dr. Cred," Jason said, turning to the old dean with a faint but soft smile. "Sorry, I didn’t see you running after me."
Dr. Cred gave an awkward smile before shaking his head. "Oh, I left the scene just after you."
"Oh," Jason looked towards the direction they came from. "I didn’t notice. But anyway, was there anything important?"
Dr. Cred felt embarrassed and quickly said, "Oh I wanted to apologize to you. All that happened should have happened. I really had no idea that things would escalate like that and —"
Before he could say more, Jason showed his hand to stop him. "It’s fine, Dr. Cred. I can see it all happened without your knowledge, and I don’t blame you. I can understand."
The old dean smiled in relief, nodding. "Great, otherwise I thought we offended you." Then gesturing towards the opposite direction of the exit he asked, "The shall we?"
Jason’s brows scrunched a little in confusion, understanding which Dr. Cred quickly explained. "You have something to ask me, for which we were heading to my office." frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
And then Jason remembered the real reason he was here. It wasn’t definitely for a simple conference. He had almost forgotten it if Dr. Cred hadn’t reminded him. But … he checked the time on his watch and frowned slightly.
"Dr. Cred I was actually here to find out something but now, I don’t think I have the time. If it’s fine, can we discuss it tomorrow?"
Dr. Cred was already eased that he hadn’t offended him so when he heard him about the next day, he nodded with great enthusiasm. "It’s not a problem. Definitely not an issue. I will be here in the hospital. Just let me know when you are coming and I will have my undivided attention for you."
Jason smiled nodding. Just when he was about to turn to leave, Dr. Cred interrupted to ask him. "By the way Dr Clark, will you tell me what you need my help in? So, if there is something that needs to be prepared, I will keep it ready."
Jason’s expression changed, turning serious all suddenly. He paused for a second before saying, "I need the information regarding the drug that one of your doctors was researching fifteen years back."
Dr. Cred seemed to halt at that. His brows knitted as he asked, "A drug?"
Jason nodded and said, "I want the information about Oblivion-X."
"Oblivion-X," Dr. Cred repeated and maybe the mention of it was all that was needed to make him go pale and ghostly. Sweat beaded his forehead as he carefully asked, "Wasn’t that research aborted in the middle, leaving it incomplete? Why do you want to investigate it now?"
Jason understood his nervousness all well, but he carried no empathy for him. Smiling, he simply said, "I do have my reasons, Dr. Cred but sharing it with you is not necessary." He pulled his watch to check again and added, "And today, I don’t even have the time to discuss it. How about I come to you tomorrow and you help me with all the information I need."
"Take it as your punishment. Maybe I have ignored it, but Heavens aren’t. If not being able to dance for like is suffering for you then, you will have to suffer for life. Because no matter what we do, Dr. Clark won’t treat you, and he made it very today. If you haven’t yet understood it then nothing could explain you better."
Saying that, Ryan no longer stayed there. Turning, he left. Stopping at the door, he looked over the shoulder and said for the last time. "Delyth, you need to do things clearly. Arwen never did anything wrong to you. Over time, you have simply grown a habit of blaming it all on her. You started it just to make her look bad in front of me, and soon you started to use her as your shield to hide your misdeeds."
"Ryan, I didn’t —"
"I am not blaming you because I know you are not alone at fault. By believing your every word and every complaint, I encouraged you. So, you are not completely at for, I share the blame with you and I won’t shrug it off anymore. Because only by accepting it I will be able to make amends and that’s what I have to do."
Delyth’s fingers clenched but she didn’t say anymore.
Ryan left and just as he walked out, he felt his phone ring. Receiving the call, he said, "Yes, Zenith."
"Sir, will you be coming to the company now? If yes, I will schedule your meeting with the client."
"Keep it some other day, Zenith. I have some other plans in the evening. I have to be there." With that, she hung up the call. Once done, he muttered, "Arwen, I hope you give me a chance. I won’t let you regret it."
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