Chapter 0098

The surgery lasted for an entire day and night. Mom's condition was temporarily stable, but whether she would wake up was still uncertain.

The doctors wore solemn expressions. When I asked them about her chances of regaining consciousness, they merely shook their heads.

My ankle was swollen to a dark purple color. Alex, who was unable to bear it any longer, said, "Ms. Jones, let me take you to orthopedics for an X-ray."

I looked down at my feet. Feeling no pain at all, I shook my head and stayed by Mom's bedside. "It doesn't hurt."

Alex gritted his teeth. "Sorry."

The next moment, he picked me up in his arms and walked toward the exit of the ward. I didn't want to leave Mom's side, so I struggled. Tears fell uncontrollably down my face.

"Ms. Jones, if Ms. Thompson were here, she wouldn't want to see you like this. She loved you so much. She'd be heartbroken."

I stopped struggling. A deep, dull ache spread from my heart and quickly enveloped my entire body. I was calm and cooperative during the X-ray procedure. To my surprise,

while running in a variety show. Her assistant was behind her, discussing

he focused straight ahead and tried to

ankle at the same time as you. She always

stop and let me talk to Mrs. Hawk

eyes showed a brief moment of struggle before he impatiently agreed. "Women are

above my head with their presence. Gabriela apologized

mood for a conversation with her, so I

her some advice in a sarcastic tone. "Aren't you going to ask Mrs.

you two might end up as fellow patients, you should try to engage with her more. If you can't even manage a bit of flattery properly, I'm beginning to question whether letting you enter showbiz was the Tight choice." Gabriela's expression turned dark. She first calmed Pete down and then showed

1/2

+25 BONUS

Chapter 0098

so I signaled Alex to get rid of

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255