His unwanted wife, the world’s coveted genius by Derk Blaylock

Chapter 105:

Baker seemed bent on making her life difficult. Belinda knew that to him, only Kylee mattered. Whether she found happiness or languished in misery seemed entirely irrelevant to him.

When Lucas noticed the bitterness in Belinda’s expression, his brows furrowed slightly. His tone was calm but firm. “My dad wrote them a check for five hundred thousand. Medical expenses and a bribe to keep their mouths shut about the matter.”

Belinda’s eyes widened. “He did?”

She had not expected Harold to do that. For a moment, she was at a loss for words. The chill she had carried since that incident seemed to thaw. Warmth spread through her body, softening her heart.

Seeing her subtle smile, Lucas snorted in disdain.

were really easy

The next day.

General Hospital,

had assembled for an urgent meeting. The night before, a high-risk elderly patient had been admitted to the hospital, and now, the team was gathered to review the case and determine their course of

check-up, a cardiac abnormality was discovered, and he was diagnosed with Type B aortic dissection. We performed surgery at that time to seal the tear in his artery using a stent. However, earlier this morning, he was rushed back to the hospital complaining of chest discomfort. His blood pressure had spiked to 190, and

CT scan confirmed the involvement of the ascending aorta and the entire aortic arch. Additionally, a 5-centimeter aortic

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in. The doctors exchanged uneasy glances, but no one spoke. Type A aortic dissection was infamously known as a “death sentence,” with a high mortality rate even under the best circumstances. For an 85-year-old patient with

on, broken only when Darlene suddenly asked, “Dr. Ortiz, if you were to perform the surgery, what would

to irk him, but seeing the anticipation in the room, he reluctantly answered, “Thirty… No, forty percent.” He had started to say

little to ease the tension in the room. A forty percent