“I don’t know if her leg will recover, but I’m sure you have a way to heal her face, right?”When Cathy asked this, her eyes were twinkling.She believed that Adam had this ability.After she asked that, both of them fell into a brief moment of silence.Adam looked as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he lifted his head and looked at Cathy with a small smile on his handsome, flawless face.“Thank you, Cathy.”“If you thank me, you’re treating me as an outsider. Adam, you’re like my family member, so you don’t have to be courteous to me.”Family member.When those two words reached Adam’s ears, he felt happy yet disappointed at the same time.However, he was feeling more delighted than anything.After all, a family member went beyond a friend; it was a special presence.Shirley was transferred to a private hospital ward.After being unconscious for a day, she woke up in the middle of the night.Despite feeling very weak when she lifted her hand, she still u
Shirley could tell that those hands were that of a woman.Dazed, she lifted her eyes and was met with a pair of clear, wide eyes.“The doctor said that your injuries will need proper care to recover, so it’s better if you rest,” Cathy said gently as she slowly helped Shirley back to the bed.Shirley sat back down, then gave a cold chuckle.“Which quack said that? Could I ever recover from my current condition? If they can’t even make the most basic of judgments, they shouldn’t even be doctors!”She mocked cynically while enduring her pain.“Do those pompous quacks think that they’re being kind by telling such lies? I don’t need such hollow kindnesses! Just say that I am crippled and disfigured! There’s no hope for recovery!”Upon seeing Shirley giving in to despair, Cathy sternly emphasized.“Of course there’s hope! Yes, there might be a lot of unqualified doctors out there, but there are also a lot of good doctors, like Adam, who’s also your brother. Believe in him. He’ll defi
Shirley effortfully retracted her hand. “I don’t need your concern.”“I certainly don’t want to be concerned about you. Even if you were to suffer and die by this poison, a pernicious person like you would deserve it.”“...”“Adam.”“However, I have not forgotten. I’m a doctor, and it is a doctor’s duty to save others. Just like with mom and dad, I won’t let anyone die by my watch, not even if they’re my enemies.”“...”Shirley’s movement immediately became sluggish when she heard these words. It was as if the pain had stopped at this moment as well.“Heh. Hehe...”After a long while, she chuckled, coldly and bitterly.When she returned to her senses, Adam was no longer in the room; only Cathy remained, standing at one side.“Adam will be back soon.”Shirley said nothing in response, no longer having the energy to speak.Although she had developed the poison, she had never known that one of the components could cause such intense pain once inside the human body.It was s
When Cathy saw this, she swiftly ran up to intervene. “Evie, watch out!”Madeline was caught off guard by this sudden attack, but with her agile reflexes, she easily caught Shirley’s wrist, putting a stop to her deranged action.“Evie, are you okay?”Worried, Cathy walked over to Madeline’s side, then turned toward Shirley and reprimanded her.“Why do you still want to hurt people? Even now, do you still not think that you’ve gone too far? What on earth did Evie do to offend you, causing you to hurt her time and time again?”Shirley, enduring the waves of pain, stared at Madeline through gritted teeth.“Yes… Why do I want to hurt her time and time again? It’s because I am heinous! It’s because I’m a cold-blooded, inhumane tool! Hahahaha…”Shirley started laughing maniacally in self-deprecation, then tightly gritted her teeth as she endured the intense discomfort.“Eveline, do you find it extremely infuriating and depressing that you’ve encountered someone like me? One can only
After Madeline had finished speaking, she left.She had initially come here to look for Adam. While she was at it, she went to check up on Shirley. She had not expected to nearly have another brush with trouble.Regardless, just as she and Jeremy had expected, whoever kidnapped Shirley had achieved their goal of making Shirley misunderstand Madeline.Madeline had a hunch regarding this person’s identity.In the hospital room.Jeremy was telling Lillian a fairytale.The little princess drifted into sleep while listening to the delightful fairytale. Jeremy then planted a soft kiss on the little princess’ cheek before tucking her in. As he was getting up, he saw that Madeline had returned.Madeline and Jeremy looked at the little girl who had fallen asleep, then shared a look and a smile. With a tacit understanding, they then walked toward the chairs by the entrance and sat down next to each other.“Linnie, what’s the situation over there?”“Coincidentally, Shirley had a flare-up
Adam calmly completed the injection, then his gaze drifted over to Shirley’s hostile face. He had not a single ounce of intention to explain, and he could not be bothered with quibbling with Shirley about this.He looked at Cathy who stood by the bedside and gently said, “Cathy, you should head back. I’ll watch her.”Cathy shook her head. “I can still watch her. You must be exhausted today.”Adam unenthusiastically glanced at Shirley. “I can’t help that I’m related to this person.”He sounded disgusted as he uttered this.“...” Shirley was speechless.Cathy had wanted to advise Adam again to rest, but she also figured that Adam might want to have a word with Shirley, so she spoke no further.“I’ll bring breakfast tomorrow. You should get some rest soon as well, Adam,” Cathy said and grabbed her bag.Adam sent Cathy to the entrance and did not forget to remind her, “Be careful.”After sending Cathy off, Adam returned to the hospital room.Color had returned to Shirley’s face;
For someone who had weathered many storms, he had expected himself to be unmoved by this, but right now, he was fretful.Up until daybreak, Shirley’s whereabouts still eluded him.Carter then decided to search for her himself. However, as he got up, someone abruptly pushed the study room door open.Through the entrance came Camille.Carter found this unexpected. “Why are you in Glendale as well?”Camille did not answer Carter, but asked, “Are you looking for Shirley?”Carter paused briefly when he heard that, then calmly admitted it. “I am.”“Why are you still looking for her?” Camille’s expression turned extremely sour in an instant. “You should have seen through this kind of woman a long time ago.”This kind of woman.The corners of Carter’s eyebrows seemed to furrow slightly at Camille’s description of Shirley.“Carter, don’t tell me that you’re still concerned for this woman. If you recall what she’d done back then, you shouldn’t still have feelings for her.”Camille’s w
Of course, Shirley understood what Adam meant, but she cared not for that now.As a woman, she could not accept her face to be disfigured.Now that she had lost the ability to feel and move her legs, and no one would help her to a mirror, she could only pick up the small mirror Adam had tossed to her.Before she looked, Shirley was mentally prepared because, even if she could not see them, she could feel the uneven scars on her right cheek.She held her breath and brought the mirror to her eyes. Despite the small size of the mirror, she could still clearly see the hideous scar on her initially flawless face.Shirley’s eyes widened, staring at the scar for about ten seconds. She then violently threw the mirror at the floor, smashing it.“No!”She could not accept this reality even though she had already acknowledged this earlier.Adam coldly observed Shirley by the side as she leaned against the bed. Her face was pale, both hands clutching the bedsheet. In the end, she could not