Chapter 1257:

Even as she explained it, Tina found herself puzzled. What could possibly drive someone like Hurst—so clearly motivated by self-interest—to put in this much effort just to get a single answer? The logic simply escaped her.

Sadie’s breathing momentarily halted. She was startled by what she heard on the phone. The NE Research Institute—the words echoed sharply in her mind. She distinctly remembered Hurst’s odd, almost guarded reaction when she’d casually mentioned the institute during their last conversation. Now, he himself had reopened the subject. Perhaps he genuinely knew more than he’d previously let on.

“Alright, keep watch over Hurst. I’ll be at the hospital shortly.”

Tina replied promptly, “Got it, Sadie.”

Ending the call, she cast an uncertain glance at the firmly closed ICU doors behind her. If Hurst genuinely had the skill to awaken Jack, could he also help Blaine? He had been unconscious for far too long, too. Initially, the doctor brushed it off as a mild allergy, yet days later, here he remained—something clearly wasn’t right.

stepped out quietly. He removed his mask, casually rubbing his hands

hurriedly, her voice anxious but hopeful, asking, “Dr. Lawson, is there any

bland glance, betraying nothing. “Keep your expectations realistic. I don’t know either. I’ve done everything I could. The rest is

her. As long as Hurst was trying, it meant Jack

reassuring,” she said with a sigh, releasing some of her pent-up tension. Suddenly, embarrassment crept onto her face as another thought crossed her

I trouble you for one more thing? There’s someone else I’d appreciate you taking

them seemed injured or unconscious. At this rate, he might as well join her staff permanently as the resident medic. Hurst felt a bit like he’d unwillingly become the go-to healer

he caught sight of Tina’s hopeful, pleading expression, his irritation dissolved quietly into reluctant sympathy. Well, why not? He wasn’t in the worst

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