Chapter 209

After dinner, everyone headed back to their stations, and Leanne was bustling around as

usual.

Once she had sorted out the new patient, she made her way back to the office, with just over ten minutes to go until midnight.

Joy called her, keeping up with her tradition of ordering Leanne a birthday cake every year, and this year was no exception:

The birthday present had been delivered to Leanne earlier.

She went downstairs to collect it, wished the delivery guy, who had braved the late hour, a Merry Christmas, and carried the cake back upstairs.

“I wanna be the first to wish you a happy birthday! Don’t you dare hang up, okay? If you’re busy, just put the phone down for a bit.”

fishing

Lately, Joy had been spurred into action by Selina. “That little goofball Selina was fish around a few days ago, asking if your birthday was on Christmas Day. She definitely. planned to call you right on the dot, but she didn’t count on me being one step ahead, hehe!”

It was almost midnight, and usually, the hospital’s patients would be resting, leaving the building in a tranquil silence.

But today, with fewer people around, spirits were unexpectedly high. To Westerners magic of “Christmas Eve” alone is enough to lift spirits.

all sadness, it’s like they’re put on hold for this

the sound of Christmas’ celebrations from the hospital

for your laugh, it’s like a wake-up call,

awake.”

and birthday cake in the other, she

man, clad in a black turtleneck sweater, exuded

with a gentle

a cake in his hands.

her

spaces in the parking lot as Curtis parked his car, picking up the custom-made cake from the passenger

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a beautiful pink butterfly

the cake was adorned with layers

edges dusted

blossom or the

Curtis stepped out of the car, he checked his watch. He was early by half an hour, thinking that showing up now might annoy

and fishing out

then hesitated, stuffing the cigarette back into the pack

habit hadn’t been severe before his time in Emberland

ended up washing her hair three times to get rid of the

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