A Replacement Bride

Chapter 226

Livid, the doctor pointed at the man and fumed, "Whom are you waiting for?! We have to pronounce their death now. You're wasting time and the hospital's resources! Their breathing and heartbeats have already stopped, yet you want to continue using the ventilators on them and take up the already limited ICU. You're abusing power here!"

The man frowned as a hint of displeasure flashed across his eyes. "I'm sure you don't need me to remind you who they are. Hastily announcing their death will only cause unnecessary distress to the public. Also, doctors are supposed to save lives. You can't just give up on them when they aren't completely dead yet!"

"Nonsense!" The senior doctor was so infuriated that his body shook. However, the man didn't want to continue the conversation anymore.

Just then, a security officer strode toward the man from the elevator and muttered, "She's on her way now, Mr. Gray. The plane will land at the hospital apron in ten minutes at the earliest."

"Get ready to pick her up," instructed Corey Gray gravely.

With that, the officer went to make the arrangements.

"Blasphemy! I'd like to see just who that person is. What is he? A god? Can he revive the dead?!" Flushed was the senior doctor's face as he flung his arm dismissively in anger, leading the junior doctors to approach and cool him down.

"No need to get upset, Dr. Digby. We'll know if he's the real deal once he shows up," said a middle-aged man while pushing his black-framed glasses after taking a frosty gander at Corey Gray.

To that, Malcolm Digby snorted but said nothing in response.

elevator door opened. Orderly footsteps resounded as a group of people marched out of the car, and the person walking right in front was none other than Katherine, who wore no expression on her face. Behind her was the security officer Corey had arranged to escort Katherine, and he was relating the details of

raised her hand and stopped the officer from continuing, for she had already gotten

and led the

disdainful snort escaped Malcolm as he looked at Katherine. In fact, his gaze at Corey now was even laced with contempt, and the junior doctors by Malcolm's side jeered even more so, saying, "She's the one you were waiting for, Mr. Gray?! Has she even graduated high school? You're telling me she has

her footsteps upon hearing the middle-aged man's words and took a plain gander at him with a contemptuous smirk. "It makes me so ashamed for

to argue about something like this, but since she had heard such sexist words when she was in a terrible mood,

"You—"

and nurse your baby now;

had the chops except for one, who gazed at the young woman with

time in Hovington and once had the pleasure of observing Katherine's operation herself. She was certain no one within

doctors kept disparaging the latter. "Stop acting like

believe we shouldn't let someone like her stay in our hospital. Who knows if she'll steal our hospital's confidential information?!" A few doctors who usually despised the woman now seized the chance to bully

by the commotion, Katherine glanced at Corey. Believing he had the authority here, she requested, "They're making a ruckus. Please see to

the ward and dismissed the group of noisy doctors, who all

but none dared disrespect the Corey Gray, and the