Hundred thousand dollars felt like a lifeline.

But if Dr. Wilfred found out about this, there was no way she would be able to keep her job at the hospital.

"Dr. Norman, don't tell me you want five hundred thousand instead?" Sera pushed, trying every angle to get closer to him.

It was clear she had hit a dead end with Wilfred's assistant and saw Karina as her last option. If Karina got fired because of this, that would be her problem, not Sera's.

Karina's head throbbed. "Look, I need to deal with something urgent right now. We'll talk about this tomorrow, okay?"

"But you're going to the director's office tomorrow, aren't you?" Sera pressed. "Dr. Norman, we really should settle this now."

Sera's relentless chatter was interrupted by Karina's phone ringing again.

"Karina... the person who deserves to die the most is you! If it weren't for you, our family wouldn't have ended up like this!"

The voice on the other end was furious, and all too familiar. Karina felt her scalp prickle, her chest tighten.

deep breath, she hung up. Her head was spinning, and she felt like the world

to me now, and

up with excitement. "I'll transfer it to your account

Clearly, this girl wasn't short on cash.

you're at it, get the director to add me to his

he's not going to add some random stranger,

toward Karina. Her tone turned sharp, her gaze icy. "I'm trusting you with this.

thin layer of dread settling over her. She

saved her contact and made a brief call to her own number to link them.

was 49th in line. Frustrated, she moved to a different spot, determined to get there

up, a white luxury car

froze, confused until she saw Wilfred

drop you off,"

moment's hesitation, Karina climbed in "Thank you, Dr. Wilfred. I couldn't get a car. My app said I was

faint smirk tugged at the corner of Wilfred's mouth. "Do you

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