Cooper froze for a moment but came to a realization immediately after.
He was in no position to make fun of Armand as he was no different from him.
“You’d better hope nothing bad happens.” Cooper put on his glasses as he warned, “If Genev gets hurt, I won’t let you off!”
After the two of them finished chatting, they saw Timothy hurrying over with a doctor.
Seeing that, Cooper rolled up his sleeves and was about to lift Genevieve up from the bed when Armand suddenly put his arms around the woman’s waist.
“Let go of her! It’s not convenient for the doctor to check your eyes with her lying here.”
“The doctor is just checking my eyes. He doesn’t have to be on the bed in order to do that,” Armand said before continuing, “She’s my wife.”
“Wife my ass!” Cooper cursed at once. “You’re really shameless calling her your wife, aren’t you? The two of you are just in a business relationship!”
“Calm down, Mr. Sutton. Don’t be angry…” Timothy dragged Cooper to the side while gesturing to the doctor to examine Armand’s eyes. “He can’t move his legs, and he can’t see as well. He’s just a disabled person. Why are you even arguing with him?”
Cooper shoved the man’s hand away and said with a darkened expression, “Being blind is no big deal. He should just die. I’ll make sure I visit his grave on his death anniversary every year!”
“Don’t worry. You’ll definitely die before me.” Armand’s cold voice rang out.
Cooper seemed to be provoked by Armand’s words as he was staring daggers at the man.
Worried that Cooper would get into a fistfight with Armand, Timothy quickly put his hands on the man’s shoulders to calm him down. “Yes, yes, he deserves that. A disabled person like him who can’t even move is no match for you for sure.”
“Mr. Sutton, in the future, you can look for Genevieve at Central Group every day and have every meal together with her. The rest of the employees of Central Group would all see that. Isn’t that great?”
“Timothy,” Armand spoke in a threatening tone when he heard that. “Stay out of this! Do you have a death wish?”
“I’m doing this for you!” Timothy pouted before complaining, “You can’t even move around now. What can you possibly do? You wouldn’t be able to win against Mr. Sutton in a fight! Besides, Genev is Mr. Sutton’s ex-wife. It’s natural for him to be concerned about her…”
“Timothy!”
Noticing the murderous tone in Armand’s voice, Timothy’s heart skipped a beat, and he kept quiet at once.
After the doctor examined Armand’s eyes, he said with a grim expression, “Mr. Faulkner had probably hit a metal shard and that had caused serious damage to his brain, affecting his optic nerves. That has resulted in him losing his vision… I’ll schedule him for an OCT scan tomorrow.”
Even though Timothy was not familiar with eye conditions and diseases, after being in the hospital for so long, he did have some knowledge in that area from eavesdropping on conversations between ophthalmologists during meal times.
As such, when the heard that Armand’s optic nerves were damaged, the smile on his face disappeared slowly.
Cooper realized the gravity of the situation as well when he noticed Timothy’s grim expression. Hence, he stopped arguing with Armand and left the room with the doctor.
After walking a distance away from the ward, Cooper asked Timothy, “Is it very serious?”
“We’ll have a more accurate diagnosis only after the OCT scan tomorrow,” Timothy answered while massaging his temples. “However, once the optic nerves are damaged, it would be almost impossible to make a complete recovery…”
After a brief moment of silence, Cooper asked again, “How about his legs?”
“His legs are fine. They are recovering well,” Timothy replied before continuing, “One shot of the injection to treat muscular dystrophy in his legs costs two million and five hundred thousand. He has been taking those shots for two weeks. If he didn’t get any better, it would be the end of that medical company!”
Sensing something amiss, Timothy put one hand on Cooper’s shoulder before saying, “If Armand has to be bedridden for the rest of his life, shouldn’t you be happy? Why does it seem like you’re worried about him?”
“If he really becomes permanently disabled, Genev would have to take care of him. I just don’t want to see that happen!”
Cooper slapped Timothy’s hand aside before saying coldly, “Get more doctors here to treat him then. As long as he can make a complete recovery, money isn’t an issue… Ahem!”
The man put his fist to his lips and coughed a few times while bending down slightly.
“Are you all right?” Perhaps it was due to the lighting or other reasons, Timothy noticed that Cooper was looking a little pale. “Do you want to get a checkup?”
Cooper wiped off the blood stains from the corner of his lips secretly before looking up with a normal expression. “No need. I’m going on a business trip to Summerbank the day after. I’ll be back in around one month’s time. Please look after Genev for me during this period of time and keep tabs on the Faulkner family. Also, you have to make sure that Armand doesn’t go blind forever and recovers no matter what.”
“That’s a lot of work!” Timothy exclaimed in an exaggerated manner.
“Seriously, Mr. Sutton, we’ve just had one drink together! Besides, I’m not even your assistant. Why are you entrusting so many tasks to me? Do I really look like someone who’s easy to take advantage of?”
Cooper shot a glance at Timothy and asked with a faint smile on his face, “Should I pay you?”
“Do I look like I’m in need of money…” Timothy snorted.
When he saw the amount that Cooper had transferred to his account, Timothy swallowed his words at once and put his arms around the man’s shoulders. “Mr. Sutton, you didn’t have to do that. Given how close we are, I should be doing all these for you anyway! Are you hungry? Shall we go get some food? My treat!”
“That’s not necessary.”
