A Replacement Bride

Chapter 227

Everyone outside heard the eerie cries too, and it made the hair on the back of their necks stand even when it was in the middle of the day.

Meanwhile, Corey stared gravely at the ICU, not daring to miss even a single second.

It had been 30 minutes since Katherine went in, and as every minute passed, Corey's heart grew heavier. At this point, he was like a ticking time bomb. Anyone who dared pull the trigger on him would face colossal wrath.

Another 20 minutes passed, and Katherine finally came out.

The young woman looked somewhat exhausted like she had fought a great battle. "I need 30 minutes to myself," she said after taking a plain glance at Corey.

"Certainly. I'll get it arranged." He gazed amiably at her and ordered the security officer, who arranged a room for her immediately, without ever asking Katherine about the patient's condition.

Katherine nodded with gratitude and went in the security officer's direction.

Meanwhile, Corey let out a sigh of relief and brought his men into the ICU at once. He had noticed her countenance didn't look awry when she came out.

The doctors, on the other hand, were bewildered as they wondered where in the world those agonizing cries came from. However, they didn't dwell on it but followed Corey and his men into the ward instead, wanting to see the patient's condition to give Katherine and Corey a slap in the face.

Inside, the elder lay peacefully in bed with various medical instruments attached to them, and the P waves and figures displayed on the heart rate monitor were clear to everyone—the patient was no different from an ordinary man.

Malcolm's countenance turned awful in response, and he hurriedly gave the elder a checkup. Initially, he thought the device was broken, but the results of the checkup left him dumbfounded.

had checked the elder's condition personally about an hour ago. Not only had the latter's breathing and heartbeat stopped, but even his brain waves had flatlined, which also meant

he?" The other doctors looked strangely at Malcolm, thinking the senior doctor's reaction

and said nothing. That

only an old wives' tale. Hence, it could only mean

increasingly confident about his guess the more he thought about it; there were no

longer in danger," he said curtly, then ordered the doctor next to him, "Take him downstairs for a thorough checkup. I want

said the

from the senior doctor's words—the young woman they had

been—what—fifty minutes, less than an hour since she came in. If she is this good,

pit. Still, he puffed up his chest and said somewhat hesitantly, "I'm sure she has nothing to do with it. Maybe he had already come back to life while we were resuscitating him, and he hadn't regained consciousness because it wasn't time yet. She

concurred as they could only console themselves with the excuse at this point, even though

hand, smirked contemptuously at their

would rather find excuses for themselves and suppress

out," Corey ordered plainly without even

the other hand, went to treat the next patient

Zak suffered the worst,

Katherine pulled out all the stops and worked for about 24 hours before finally saving everyone. Meanwhile, dozens of black, fist-sized jars sealed with wax were added

going to

old friends now that you've come to Kyoland?" he entreated Katherine, a one-eighty from