Chapter 1814 Keeping Something from Him

Joseph looked at Lucas, gave him the spoon directly in his hand, and said indifferently, "Do it. I know
what you can do. Even with just this spoon, you'll be able to kill me."

"You're my brother!"

Lucas suppressed and held back his emotions, but his low growl sounded like a wounded beast. He
struggled and was angry, but helpless to do anything about it.

Joseph suddenly got a little sad.

He turned his head and looked out at the weather. It was bright and sunny, but now he felt like he was
in an abyss.

Lucas was very protective of his family. Even because he was not Samuel and Nicole's biological son,
each of them could not wait to give him all their heart.

But what had he done?

Joseph despised himself.

"I will find a kidney that matches Yasmeen and ship it over as quickly as possible. No delay in her
surgery, I promise."

Lucas bit his lower lip and whispered, "I never doubted your abilities or connections. You know that's
not what I want to hear."

"You want to know about what happened between me and Nichole?"

Joseph's words made Lucas understand that Joseph had already known about the things he had done.



The two had grown up together and both knew quite well what each other was like. So Lucas didn't
hide it from him and nodded straight away when he heard Joseph say so.

"Yes, I want to know what Nichole is to you. Aren't you with Kylie? Don't you like her? And now you can
turn your back on your family's bottom line to help Nichole, so she's the one you love?"

Joseph shook his head. He had wanted to use nicotine to numb himself, but he could never get used to
the choking taste. He had to take the gum out of his pocket and chew on it bit by bit.

Lucas didn't rush him either.

There were times when one needed peace and quiet.

He was sure that Joseph would naturally say something when he asked him out, but in fact, he couldn't
force him to say anything.

Joseph ate three pieces of gum in a row before he settled down.

He said in a low voice, "I don't have any feelings or friendship with Nichole. It's just that she saved my
life and I owe her one."

"Brother, you're a doctor. What did you mean when you said she saved your life?"

Lucas had a hunch that there was something about Joseph he didn't know.

All these years, he had lived in the military district, and all he could think about was protecting his
family and country, and he had never worried about his family at all. Hearing Joseph say this at this
time, Lucas suddenly felt a little guilty and remorseful.

But Joseph waved his hand and said, "Don't think too much about it. I'm not in much danger. If you
want to talk about danger, it's more dangerous for you to be on a mission in the military district. I've



been to South Africa before to do volunteer work and I was attacked by terrorists. There was a terrorist
who was wounded and they kept looking for a doctor to treat him and happened to know that I was a
doctor, then they caught me."

Joseph paused for a moment, as if he didn't want to remember the scene but had to because of it,
making Lucas feel a little uncomfortable.

He was aware of such things.

Although terrorists would take hostages, a doctor was the best hostage to take if a terrorist was injured.

Joseph had encountered terrorist attacks on more than one occasion when he went to South Africa. In
the past, when he was younger, he would not have resisted when he met a terrorist attack or anything.
But in previous years, Joseph had been a grown-up and was also very good at fighting. If he was being
held hostage, it could only mean one thing - that he was doing it on purpose.

"Why were you arrested?"

Joseph froze for a moment, then said, "A small child is being held hostage and is also injured. That
little kid would have died if I hadn't gone."

That was Joseph!

He would willingly be held hostage by terrorists for a patient. At that time, he should have thought he
would be able to escape.

"You didn't get out in the end?"

"Yes."

Joseph could never forget the humiliation he had suffered during that time.



His eyes deepened as he whispered, "They knocked me out with an electric shock straight after I had
just saved their accomplice. By the time I woke up again, I was in a steel cage. It was an abandoned
factory, and many hostages were there. There was gunfire and artillery outside, and I was going to find
time to save myself. But at this time, a pregnant woman was in labor and the men refused to let her go
to the hospital. I had to give my full attention to helping the pregnant woman give birth. At the most
crucial moment, a terrorist was about to shoot me and if I had dodged, the pregnant woman and the
baby in her belly would have been killed, so I chose to stand in their way."

As he said this, Joseph paused for a moment, as if he didn't want to go on. But after a pause, he
continued, "Originally, I thought I would be injured, or definitely dead. But at that moment, Nichole took
the bullet for me. That shot went straight to her heart, and if her heart hadn't grown a few centimeters
off, she probably would have died on the spot."

Only then did Lucas understand what Joseph meant when he said he owed her a life.

But now it seemed that whether Nichole had done it on purpose or not was anyone's guess.

"Nichole was a hostage at that time?"

"Yes, she was locked up with us. Later, when her life was in danger, those people didn't care about her
at all, or even cared nothing about her life or death."

Joseph remembered the scene and didn't let go of a single detail before telling Lucas.

After listening, Lucas asked, "Did she tell you in advance this time that she was coming over to grab
the kidney?"

"How is that possible? If she had told me in advance, I wouldn't have let her touch the kidney at all. I
was afraid that something would happen after I heard the gunshots, so I went out to take a look, and on



my return, the kidney was stolen. And at that time, Nichole came to me to ask for the favor she had
done to save my life back then and asked me to let her go, and I could only agree."

When Joseph finished speaking, Lucas fell silent.

He knew that Joseph was hiding something from him.

He could have repaid Nichole for saving his life back then by letting her go. Why should he let her leave
with the kidney?

Joseph's explanation was a bit far-fetched, but Lucas didn't ask him about it.

Since Joseph wasn't going to talk about it, he naturally had reasons for not wanting to. He was not in
the habit of forcing people, but it was just a bit hard for him to let go of it.

Lucas stirred the coffee in front of him and said nothing more. The atmosphere was once again
stagnant.

Joseph didn't say anything else, but looked at Lucas' eyes and whispered, "You don't even want to
have a cup of coffee with me now?"

"No, I just don't feel appetite."

Despite saying this, Lucas eventually picked up the coffee and took a sip.

The bitter taste swirled in his mouth, just like his mood at the moment.

Joseph didn't say anything else and took a sip of his coffee. This was all Lucas could do. Slowly, he
suddenly felt a little dizzy and looked at Joseph incredulously.

"Brother, you ..."



Before Lucas could finish his words, darkness came over his eyes and he fainted.


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