"What's wrong?" A strong sense of unease washed over Jenny. Her heartbeat quickened."Something's happened to that boy from this afternoon." Morgan was anxious. "After you left, his mother insisted on switching hospitals. We had no choice but to agree. We thought it was just a mild concussion, so it wouldn't matter if they went to another hospital. But then the emergency center received a call saying that there was a patient in a private hospital with massive head bleeding. We asked about the patient and learned that it was the boy. His mother brought him to a private hospital for surgery!"Jenny's expression shifted. She asked hurriedly, "Where is he?""He's still on the way here. The paramedics in the ambulance say it's really serious and that we must be prepared. I'm here to get you," Morgan said.Jenny had no time to figure out what their underlying intention was. "Get the Blood Transfusion Unit to prepare blood bags and tell everyone to get ready," she ordered Morgan. "The mom
Jenny walked toward the patient.On the stretcher, the young boy, who had been so full of life this afternoon, was now lying motionlessly. He was so pale that anyone's heart would ache at the sight of him."Get him to the operating room now," Jenny ordered.But then, the woman came back to her senses. She cut Jenny off. "I'm not going to let you touch my son. You've already harmed him so badly. Do you want to kill him?"As she spoke, her gaze flitted toward the stretcher. A ball of exasperation burned in her chest. Why wasn't he dead yet? If it weren't for the other hospital being too afraid to take responsibility, she wouldn't have transferred him back here. She would simply have dragged his corpse over, and Dr. Walter wouldn't get smart with her now."Are you fucking sick? Your son is dying, but you're not letting us save him. Do you want him dead?" Morgan couldn't resist herself anymore. She wished to punch the woman."Move!" Jenny suppressed her anger, anxiously wanting to sa
The discussion continued. Many people began digging up information about Jenny. They all acted pompously.Jenny knew nothing about all this. She was fully concentrating on the boy's surgery. The boy on the operating table was no older than sixteen, but he was on the verge of death. Jenny gritted her teeth. She was determined to save his life.The sky began to darken. Alec discovered that it was already ten o'clock at night. Jenny had been doing this operation for seven hours, and it didn't seem like it would finish soon.Could she do it?As the thought crossed his mind, the lights above the operating room dimmed, and a nurse walked out. "Is the patient's family here?""Yes, yes! Is my son dead?" the woman asked anxiously. This made the nurse frown a little. Why did she feel like this woman wanted her son dead?"The boy is saved. You may handle the hospital procedures below and pay the fees," the nurse said.The moment she heard that her son was saved, the woman's expression shif
However, Jenny merely glanced at him and looked at her phone. She saw the trending searches about her.She scrolled down to the comments and guessed what had happened."You don't have to feel upset. Those people don't know what really happened and are just mindlessly gossiping." Alec looked at her, full of worry. Jenny put her phone away, looking calm. "It's alright. I'm not that weak."If online comments could affect her, she wouldn't be here.She gathered her emotions and looked at the woman with intrigue. She was about to ask her what she wanted to do. Before she could speak, however, a flock of nosy reporters rushed toward her and surrounded her."So you're Dr. Walter? As a doctor who refused to give a patient surgery, don't you think you're too unethical?""That boy was only a teenager. Could you handle his death?""Someone said you became a deputy director of neurosurgery through the back door. Can you explain this?"The questions were fired one after another. Jenny's e
"Karen White, you are forty-five years old and unemployed. That boy who went through surgery just now is not your son. He's your stepson. You've never liked him and repeatedly stated that you wish for him to be dead. You seem pretty involved with his car accident preceding this. When the crash didn't kill him, you wanted the doctor to perform surgery on him so he would die on the operating table. This way, you could make this hated stepson disappear and claim tons of money from the hospital. Am I wrong, Karen?"Once he said all this, everyone looked flabbergasted.Could such a horrible person exist?Even if he wasn't her biological son, she shouldn't have wished for his death.Seeing that everyone was staring at her, Karen went pale. She gnashed her teeth and said, "You're making this all up! You just want to help Dr. Walter get away with this!""The police will investigate whether I am speaking the truth. But I should remind you that your actions in the emergency room this aftern
Max drove Jenny to the Perry Residence."Thank you for today," Jenny said once more."You've already thanked me a bunch of times. You don't have to be so polite with me." Max feigned being upset. "If you want to thank me, treat me to a meal. You promised me that."Jenny nodded. "Alright. I'll treat you.""Go on in. Get some rest," Max urged.Before she walked away, he said, "I ordered some food for you. You need to eat it.""Alright. Thank you." Jenny gave a hesitant nod. Besides thanking him, anything else she said would seem too much.She walked through the gates, disappearing from Max's sight.Max retracted the smile on his face and leaned against his car, lighting a cigarette. When he was halfway through the cigarette, a car approached and stopped before him.Max smiled and flung the cigarette to the ground, stamping out the flames. "Looks like you've lost to me, Alec."Alec rolled down the windows. His dark eyes were devoid of emotions. "You're doing all this just to win
Pain and regret mingled together. She was considering going downstairs to buy some medicine when she heard footsteps at the front door.She looked over and saw Alec. "You didn't leave?" she exclaimed."I only have painkillers. I don't have anything to help with your stomach. You can take this for now." He handed the pills to her and gently gave her a glass of hot water.Jenny didn't care about being polite and gulped them down.Ten minutes later, she felt much better. She sat up and thanked Alec.He glanced at her, his irises dark. After a while, he said, "Do you have a death wish, skipping meals when you have stomach issues?"She sipped the hot water, feeling better. "You know what happened today. Where would I find the time to eat?"She didn't want to perform surgery on an empty stomach either, but one procedure would take six to seven hours. She couldn't stop in the middle of surgery to eat. That would be terrifying. Alec didn't reply. "Are you better now?""Much better."
Someone knocked on the door again. Alec repeated his motions and opened the door, quickly taking another pack of food."Your stomach is weak. Have some soup instead." He placed the food before Jenny.Jenny nodded. "Fine. I'll eat Max's food tomorrow."Right as she said that, Alec sat opposite her and began devouring Max's food.Noticing her shocked face, Alec said, upset, "What? You owe me one. Can't I at least have your food?"Jenny couldn't help laughing. She nodded. "Of course you can. You can eat whatever you want."She was merely surprised by his actions.They sat eating, facing each other. The air around them instantly grew intimate.Jenny didn't think she would be eating together with Alec after their divorce, and it was takeout, nonetheless. That made it seem weirder.They finally finished their food. Jenny looked at Alec. "Is there… anything else?"She wanted to tell him to leave.Alec saw through her thoughts. He indeed didn't wish to stay any longer. He stood up a