"You…" Zayn felt a sharp pain in his heart when he got agitated.
"Don't worry, Mr. Giblo! I've sent someone to get Dr. Feroma!" Benard reassured him.
Naya sobbed with her head hung low. "Time waits for no one… Venus is…"
Selena walked up to Zayn and signed at him, "Let me give it a try, Zayn! Trust me!"
With no other options left, Zayn could only take his chances with her. "Fine! If you can treat Venus successfully, I'll give you anything you want!"
"Selena will be able to treat Venus for sure!" Layon then turned toward her and urged her, "Hurry up and get your medical kit!"
Selena then grabbed her medical kit and ran into the ward.
Naya and the other doctors watched from the side while everyone else waited outside.
Zayn was incredibly weak at the time, but he insisted on waiting with everyone else and refused to go anywhere until he was certain that Venus was fine.
It was truly a race against time to bring Venus back from the brink of death.
Meanwhile, Carla was rushing toward South Sea Hotel at the last minute.
One of Daemon's men, Harrison, greeted her the moment she got out of the car and warned her, "Mr. Lierger is very unhappy. Be careful, miss."
"Daemon is here already?"
Carla knew Daemon never showed up in public and would usually operate behind the scenes.
"Yes, about half an hour ago. Hurry up and head on inside! The ceremony is about to start!" Harrison said softly.
"Got it! Thanks, Harrison!" Carla thanked him with a nod.
A huge crowd of journalists had gathered at the entrance of South Sea Hotel and snapping away as Carla came in dressed fully in Whyte with eight female bodyguards around her.
Carla simply ignored the camera flashes and made her way straight into the hotel, and a staff member then led them into a VIP elevator which took them upstairs.
Carla glanced at her reflection in the elevator's mirror and fixed her hair as well as her earrings. She even applied some lipstick for the occasion.
There were thousands of journalists waiting for her at the venue for the press conference, and the whole place was in an uproar when Carla entered.
Despite being bombarded by tons of blinding camera flashes, Carla was able to maintain her composure and gracefully make her way to her seat.
"Carla… How could you show up so late when you're the star of the show here? Even I arrived thirty minutes in advance!" Lucas' gentle voice was heard as he came in through the other entrance.
"Have you seen my brother?" Carla asked coldly.
"Yes, I have…" Lucas wiped the sweat off his forehead as he continued, "He's a lot friendlier to me now, but he still gives me the chills."
As Carla and Daemon had become business partners, they tried to get Lucas and Carla to date each other; hence, Daemon treated Lucas like family.
Even so, that didn't make Lucas fear him any less.
"What's there to be afraid of? My brother doesn't bite! Just make sure you stay away from those pets of his!" Carla teased him.
"Please don't bring that up again…" Lucas groaned.
Carla smiled as she motioned at him, and the two took their seats on stage.
The emcee then began the opening ceremony by announcing the purchase of South Sea's territorial waters before handing Carla the microphone.
Carla delivered a simple yet powerful speech about bringing nature closer to humanity and allowing mankind to appreciate the beauty of the ocean through deep-sea exploration.
The main idea was to build an underwater theme park connected by a glass tunnel so people would be able to observe the ocean life up close.
Naturally, an interesting idea like that was bound to attract the attention of all the journalists present. They bombarded Carla with tons of questions, all of which she answered with ease.
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