Despite his reluctance, Dominic didn't stay to make himself humiliated further.

Norman dared not to be arrogant anymore either and sneaked away.

With the two annoying figures gone, Audrey suddenly felt the air around her freshen up.

Just then, a nurse came to get Peter to pay the medical bills.

After he was led away, only Miles and Audrey were left outside the operating room. They looked at each other in silence.

Audrey had many things she wanted to say to Miles, but she didn't know where to start.

Meanwhile, Miles stared at her with a mix of admiration and envy. Inheriting his father's nature, he was awkward with words and often suffered because of it.

Seeing how Audrey silenced those bad people just now, he genuinely admired her. The way she stood up to them reminded him of how his mother would rebuke nosy relatives. 'If only I could be that fierce, my mother wouldn't be bullied,' he murmured inwardly. Noticing his gaze, Audrey turned to him.

Miles immediately averted his gaze, speaking softly but sincerely. "Thank you for today."

"Don't worry about it," Audrey lowered her eyes slightly, probing subtly. "Are you the only child in your family?"

"I have an elder brother and... an elder sister."

"Then why didn't I seem them in the hospital?"

has mobility issues, and my sister..." Miles paused for a moment, a flash of hatred in his eyes as he said gravely,

be better for me to hold off on revealing

four-hour surgery, Audrey waited outside the

lit up, the Harpers stepped

surgery took too long, and even Grant nearly couldn't hold on, his face slightly pale and

my wife?"

transferred to a regular ward for observation for

gently supported Peter's arm, saying softly, "You don't need to thank me. You should thank Mr. Apple. Without him, this surgery wouldn't have been

estimated. Had it not been for Eric's calm and decisive

so elated that they only now

emerged from

bit better than Grant's, his clothes were soaked through with sweat, and his bangs clung damply to his forehead, giving the appearance of someone just pulled out

and handed it

down," Eric said, wiping the sweat with the tissue and

between the

he was guessing, the Harpers quickly walked over to break the

Eric's hand, but upon seeing his distinct fingers,

been very well taken care of during her illness, and

had long been looked down upon, gradually

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