The doctor replied, "As they said, 'A muscle injury takes 100 days to heal.' There's no fracture, but your muscles have been strained. The swelling's gone down, but the muscle fibers and connective tissue are still recovering. It's a slow process, and it will take some time."Paul thought momentaril
When it was time for the acupuncture treatment, Alaric unrolled a cloth bundle that contained rows of neatly arranged silver needles in different sizes.Miranda's scalp tingled at the sight. "A-Are you going to start now?""Yes."“Where are you going to place those needles?” she asked.He pointed to
Miranda was stunned. Before she could even protest, Paul had already removed her shoes and her socks.She looked down at him and noticed the serious expression on his face. It was as if he were conducting an important experiment. Her breath hitched, and her heart started to race. Miranda realized s
On the quiet ride home, Paul dropped Miranda off at her door. After thinking about the awkward situation earlier, he felt the need to explain. "Mrs. Shade doesn't mean any harm. She's just a bit talkative and likes to gossip."Miranda didn't respond. She thought that the explanation would have been
Sebastian had been busy with family matters lately and hadn't been to the lab.It was just after 5:00 pm when Madison began packing up her things. "Miranda, I'm meeting someone for dinner, so I'm heading out now.""Okay." Miranda glanced over and saw Madison holding a cracker. It barely had any calo
Miranda's mind raced as she pieced together what had just happened. She remembered the sudden flash of high beams flooding her vision, which left her momentarily blinded. Instinct took over, and she slammed on the brakes in a panic.Then, the crash happened. She was certain she'd hit something—an ob
At that moment, Miranda finally realized what was happening. The trio must be a scammer.Tobin sneered. "Did you hear that, miss? You really screwed up today. You're not walking away without paying for this."Miranda shot him a sarcastic smile. "You're telling me this rusty metal box is a family hei
Bram dropped the act and snapped, "We've been real patient with you. We'd teach women like you in my town a lesson for being this stubborn. Just hand over 50 thousand dollars, and we'll be gone."Orson sighed as he switched to his "good cop" act. "Miss, why make this harder on yourself? If you'd lis
Miranda held the phone to her ear in a daze. The voice on the other end let out a soft chuckle. "What's the matter? You've even called me by name now, but you're still hesitating to meet me? "Or… could it be that you don't want to accept our current relationship, and everything you said before was
Tina answered, "I may not have published papers or produced any academic output, but those accomplishments under Yasmine's name… Wouldn't you have any idea how they came about?"Sophie's eyes flickered. "I don't know what you're talking about.""You might have forgotten, but I'm the heiress of the J
The National Collegiate Life Sciences Competition was held annually nationwide. Three years ago, it was officially included in the "National Collegiate Competition Rankings" that was published by the research team from Hebrana Higher Education Association on collegiate competitions' evaluation and
Willow wasn't even worried that her final exam average was only 70, and she had a few courses that were barely above the passing grade. After all, her ambitions didn't lie here, so why exhaust herself over it? For a woman, getting a good education and chasing prestigious degrees were just means to
Sophie sneered, "Go ahead. If I go down, you won't get away unscathed either!" "Fine, I'll go right now…""Tina, have you forgotten how you even got into graduate school?" Tina stopped in her tracks as Sophie chuckled. "You didn't make it originally. If I hadn't let you in through the backdoor, do
In addition, Sophie's lab had been reported for fire safety violations. They were forced to undergo rectification, which still hadn't passed the fire safety inspections.During this period, there was naturally no academic output at all. Thus, Sophie's team was quieter than ever before during the mo
Miranda was momentarily taken aback, then she laughed. "Of course, I brought some for him too! Here, will you take it to him for me?""Sure thing!"Miranda took out a few extra jars and placed them in her car. "You're the best, Miranda!" "I think you and Sebastian are a pretty good match too."Wit
Since staying at the villa, her eyesight improved, and her back had stopped hurting. She was always smiling with a great appetite. Aren even went so far as to call over their private doctor, driver, and bodyguards from home. From the look of things, they planned to stay at the villa for some time.
By force? Sam chuckled. "Well, that's if you actually managed to grab hold of it."Timothy retorted, "How would you know you can't if you haven't tried?""What? Are you going to pursue Aunt Minnie? Heh… First of all, there's no way you'll get past my grandparents."Timothy made no comment on that.