Chapter 517

Carlene looked at lan, feeling somewhat touched. She knew in her heart that he still cared about her.

“lan, you still care about me.”

lan sat on the sofa without responding.

After Phelps had finished checking Carlene’s finger, he was about to leave, but Carlene held out her other hand.

“I think this hand feels off too.”

Although Phelps didn’t understand, he knew that Carlene was intentionally trying to keep him there.

But why?

Phelps subconsciously glanced at lan.

lan, however, did not look at him. He seemed a bit absent–minded.

Phelps had heard from Tyler last night that lan was flirting with someone else:

But now, seeing how lan treated Carlene, he didn’t seem to care about other people’s opinions. The flirting was probably just Tyler’s nonsense.

Phelps patiently checked Carlene’s other hand again, then looked at her with a smile.

“Ms. Shepard, can I leave now?”

took forty minutes.

around for a

shook his head and glanced at his watch.

other excuses to keep Phelps any

Phelps received three calls from Abner, all asking him

Phelps went straight

with sweat, and her lips were pale. She kept asking if her hand

her she couldn’t recover, she might have a breakdown. But

hearing this, Maja could only

Maja said, “Carol, I want to rest a bit. You can go back first.”

to say. She silently stayed with her for half an hour before

doctor had said,

to the room was pushed open, and Phelps, in his white

wiped away her tears.

glanced at the medical record, and then started examining Maja’s hand.

you get

“Will my

her. “Could you accept it if we had to amputate

Maja’s eyes fell. Her other hand gripped the sheet tightly, and her

was the worst–case scenario. I will treat it again. Your soft tissue condition is good. As long as the follow–up care

already examined it once and done preliminary treatment, but because of the delay, the finger was now swollen with blood, and a fe–examination

nodded and leaned back on the bed, closing

would have to amputate. Your finger bone is still intact, but the skin is thin, which makes it look worse than

Maja’s face, but she didn’t say

minutes, and the wound was

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