Chapter 198

Victoria double-checked everything before finally allowing herself to sit upright, a bit of tension leaving her shoulders.

Yasmine had driven her to the hospital, where Osborn had already been in surgery for half an hour. Another thirty minutes, and he'd be out. Victoria waited anxiously, unable to relax until the doctor finally emerged from the operating room.

"Are you family?" the doctor asked.

"Yes," Victoria replied, her tone reserved.

The doctor nodded. "Your boyfriend will be all right, but he needs plenty of rest. And he can't do any more intense sports-next time, he might not be so lucky."

Victoria didn't bother to clarify her relationship with Osborn; there was no need. She simply thanked the doctor. As the nurses wheeled Osborn toward his room, she unexpectedly crossed paths with McNeil in the hallway.

Husband and wife met face to face. Victoria immediately understood he was here with Violet.

way to avoid it, so she broke the

smirk. "Is that meant to sound like concern? No wonder the whole company was glued

past her coldly. When he saw Victoria standing beside the gurney, watching over another

admirer after another. McNeil realized he'd never noticed just how popular she

into his mind: had Victoria

no interest in explaining anything to him. She simply accompanied

needed someone by his side. Victoria didn't dare contact Osborn's family, who were all the way back in Evermore City; she

and even Janice had made the trip, despite

distraught. Simms tried to comfort her, but none of them, not even Edith or Marian, seemed to notice Victoria standing right

face, and she started,

hardly the time-let's go check

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