The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart

Chapter 888

Isaac had been a vigilant sentinel inside the room, not leaving Grace's side for a
moment.

After what seemed like an eternity, Noel approached Brittany with teary eyes.
“Brittany, Grandma wishes to see you.”

Brittany met Noel's gaze, and a smile reflexively graced her lips despite the
situation. “Okay.”

Noel could see that even Brittany was panicking inside; his eyes dimmed with a
shadow

of unease.

Brittany entered the hospital room to find Grace drained by her ordeal, her
cheeks hollowed and her frame frail.

The distant cries of the Salter kin echoed through the halls.

“Zac, would you mind stepping outside?” Grace's voice was weak but insistent,
clearly, she had something to discuss with Brittany alone.

Isaac's eyes were rimmed red, bloodshot with fatigue, as he strode out, leaving
them in

privacy.

Brittany slowly approached the bedside, her emotions a tangled web as she
faced Grace. “Grandma, whatever it is, just say it.”

Grace's eyes were clouded, a stark contrast to her former vitality. She managed
a feeble smile. “I'm sorry.”

Her hand trembled as she grasped Brittany's. “The things that happened back
then... I regret them.”

Brittany's heart lurched as she realized that Grace knew about her investigation-
and its findings.

“Grandma, I don’t understand. Why would you do those things?”

Supporting a research institute, conducting live experiments-even sending your
own grandson into their midst.

Grace coughed, struggling to speak. “It's a long story. My husband, Pete Salter,
his health was always poor, clinging to life by a thread of medical intervention.
Then we heard about a research team in Craneville claiming they could extend
life. We poured money into their promises...”

Nestled in Craneville, the institute supplied Pete with a cocktail of drugs that
initially seemed to revitalize him. However, the improvement proved fleeting.
Following a series of relapses and diagnoses, it was determined that he was
afflicted with multiple rare viruses, tormenting him to the brink of endurance. The
Salter family was

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coerced into paying exorbitant sums for relief.

Eventually, the institute’s ambitions swelled, leading them to use the Salter name
to justify their live experiments.

Pete passed away too soon, and in that same year, Grace, with ulterior motives,
considered sending Isaac to Craneville.

Isaac was sharp and enigmatic, his identity largely a mystery.

With her insiders at the institute, Grace hoped Isaac could dismantle it from
within and retrieve evidence of the Salter family’s investments.

But fate had other plans. On the ship, Isaac met a young girl, and they fled
together!

This unexpected turn of events led Grace to abandon her plan to send Isaac to
Craneville, which is why their pursuers had abruptly ceased their chase during
the escape.

Brittany's body tensed. “All this suffering, just for his health? Making countless
people guinea pigs?”

“We didn’t know at the start,” Grace shook her head weakly. “I was busy with
official duties, rarely overseeing the institute's operations. By the time we
realized, it was too

late.”

Brittany struggled to discern the truth in Grace's words. Taking a deep breath to
hold back tears, she asked, “Why poison me?”

“The poison was indeed my doing.” Grace's head lolled with exhaustion. “You
were too clever. You touched Zac's heart, and he’s been haunted by you for
years. I couldn't allow him to have a vulnerability. I thought you wouldn't survive,
but you did.”

After escaping from the ship, Isaac had searched high and low in H city for
Brittany.

Grace, widowed and determined to mold Isaac into her successor, couldn't
possibly let him pine for a mere girl.

Even though Brittany had anticipated the motive behind the poisoning, the
revelation still

stung.

“So, you knew who I was from the start?”

From the moment they first met.