Chapter 36
ing for a long while before the other end finally picked up. A cleat, pleasant voice answered, “Mr. Escobar? What made you suddenly reach out?”
Intrith, Monica was thrilled to get lacob’s call.
Jacob clenched his fists. His glare was locked on the two people on the screen. The good–looking couple standing together was a bit much to look at.
“Ma. Boyd, I’m interested in that deal vou mentioned. Do you want to pick it up again?”
Monica replied in excitement at once.
Jacob’s expression was unreadable, but his lips curled up into a wicked sinile.
After the interview at Silverwood Hospital, Robert and Nigel ran out of lifelines. The authorities escorted them.
Nicole looked at them calmly and asked, “Dr. Cohen, you still won’t say who’s behind this?”
nerve. A complex mix of emotions, tinged with relict, flashed inhis eyes. He wanted to tell the truth, but how could he?
The other party had used his tamily’s future to threaten him. If he exposed the truth, his loved ones would pay the price too.
He had just sent his daughter abroad for better prospects. How could she lose such a great opportunity because of him?
Suddenly, a man in a nurse’s uniform came running out of nowhere and rushed straight to Nicole.
No one saw it coming, and Nicole didn’t even have time to react.
The nurse dropped to his knees in front of her. He grabbed her legs tightly, looking up at her with red, panicked eyes.
“D. Lawrence, it was all me! I was out of my mind. When you criticized me for my mistake during the operation, I couldn’t swallow my pride. I wanted to get back
at you after being laughed at.
“Please, I beg you. Give me another chance”
respected a grown man to show up and drop to his knees like that.
All the media cameras tumed toward them. Nicole recognized him–it was Andy Waylon. He had assisted on a few of her surgeries since joining the hospital.
But Nicole had very high standards for her nurses, and Andy had been clumsy at first. Her strict expectations were to make him more responsible and prevent any
Even if he was new, he should have practiced in private to improve. Surgeries were never practice nuns. One single mistake could cost a patient’s life.
Nicole had never expected him to hold a grudge, but was it really him?
She realized she couldn’t trust so easily anymore.
When Andy didn’t get a response from Nicole, he shuffled in closer. Aaron’s icy glare was already locked on where Andy’s hands were.
How dare he lay his hands on Nicole’s jeans?
Aaron raised a leg and kicked Andy hard. Andy stumbled and tell to the ground.
Aaron said with disgust, “Is this how you apologize? The prosecutor’s office will decide whether you did it or not. Take him away!”
