Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 5

Patrick stared at me for a while. In the end, he reluctantly handed the surgery consent form to me. "Are you sure about this? If anything happens during the surgery, it might be difficult to manage." "Dr. Price, I trust you. Really," I said.

I took the pen and paper before quickly signing my name. After all, it was my life on the line. I should be the one deciding my own fate. Patrick was about to say something else when the office door was suddenly pushed open.

A group of people stormed in while shouting. Someone pushed me hard, and I lost my balance. My head hit on the corner of the desk.

As my vision went dark, I felt something warm trickling down my forehead and covering the corner of my eye. The room was in chaos with everyone yelling loudly.

"What kind of chief physician are you? After we spent so much money, you're now saying we need a second surgery?"

"You're probably just scamming us for money! Didn't you say the tumor was removed already? Why has it come back?"

"You fraud of a doctor! You'd do anything for money. I'll beat you to death!"

Clutching my forehead, I could not stand up at all. Someone had stepped on my shirt, but I could not pull it free no matter how hard I tried.

The office was in complete disarray. Security finally arrived after a few minutes. Only then did everyone stop fighting.

Suddenly, someone screamed, "There's blood! Someone's dying!"

I could feel everyone's eyes turn to me. All the shoes in front of me took a step back. Finally, a young nurse helped me to get up.

"Ms. Green, are you alright? Come with me and I'll treat your wound first." However, she was too weak to properly support me.

too and helped me up with all his might. One of the lenses of his glasses was shattered, and his usually immaculate hair had become a mess. He had clearly been beaten up with all those scratch marks on his face. I wanted to smile, but I was feeling too

up in

was fine. It did not seem to matter much for someone like me to

statements, I had just recovered a little. The female officer looked

The troublemakers have all been arrested. You can ask for compensation later. We've contacted your

looked at her in shock.

husband's secretary who answered. Don't

I said nothing. Would he come? I did not know. Perhaps he would if the police contacted him,

There were two other patients in the office at the time, but

just unlucky. Everyone else was fine, but I got the worst of it. I

surgery, it had to be postponed. I just didn't know

bit down as I looked around the emergency room and saw everyone else with

him with teary eyes. He kept comforting

But my parents were gone now. Sniffling hard, I tried not to

had one stitch on my forehead. Patrick, who stitched me up, kept saying, "Good thing the wound is hidden in your hair. It would be a shame for such a pretty young lady to have a scar." Looking at my reflection in the

stepped forward first to ask Patrick about my condition. When she heard

know that the company

to postpone an online meeting for you. You really don't know

frowned but didn't

in the hospital?" Leonard walked over to me, looking down at

be hospitalized," I