Chapter 14
Catherine walled up to Adrian with a smile. “Adrian, I’d like to congratulate you in advance. I knew your career wouldn’t just end here. You’re destined for greatness, after all.”
A flicker of pride appeared in Adrian’s eyes. As he pulled her into his arms, he exclaimed, “Don’t worry, Catherine! Once I’ve made a name for myself, I’ll marry you. Then, you’ll be a part of the Fletcher family!”
Catherine shyly nestled against his chest, her heart fluttering with excitement. But inwardly, she sneered with contempt.
She had thought Janelle had a close relationship p with Taylor, but clearly, Fanelle didn’t matter to him at all. In the end, Taylor still came running to help her the moment he saw her emails.
| Adrian, she would become part of the Fletcher family. By
With a smirk, Catherine closed her eyes as she leaned into Adrian’s embrace. Once she married A then, the gap between her and Janelle would only grow wider.
Time passed quickly. As midnight approached, the surgery at Bamhart Hospital officially began.
Janelle, wearing a surgical mask and surgical gown, entered the operating room with her sterilized hands raised
The room was quiet, with Ivan on the operating table. His face was deathly pale, and his eyes were shut. His body was hooked up to weak rise and fall of his chest made it seem like his breathing might stop at any second.
Janelle closed her eyes. When she opened them again, they were brimming with sorrow
This was the uncle who had been there for her since childhood. After all these years apart, he had ended up like this.
Thankfully, she had the ability to save him.
countless tubes. The
Standing over the operating table, she looked down at the unconscious Ivan and whispered, “Uncle Ivan, don’t be afraid. As long as I’m here, I won’t let anything happen to you.”
Naturally, there was no response since he was still unconscious.
Before long. Janelle composed herself before speaking in a calm tone, “The operation will begin now.”
Inside the room, she performed the operation with steady hands and precise technique.
What she didn’t larow was that Leonard had the live feed from the operating room redirected to his office late that night. He sat in front of a laptop, watching the footage intently.
Though he had promised Taylor
or not to publicize this, he couldn’t resist recording the footage. After all, with Taylor personally performing surgery in his hospital, this was a once–in–a–lifetime opportunity to observe the miracle doctor in action.
Just before dawn, Ethan rushed to the Fletcher residence in a panic.
Benedict was still in light sleep when the urgent knocking on his bedroom door sounded. As his narrow eyes opened, an icy chill filled the room, making the temperature drop by a few degrees instantly.
benedict rose and pit on something more presentable. As his lips parted slightly, he said, “Chime in.”
Hearing a response, Ethan unanediately went in, greeted him respectfully, and got straight to the point
“Mr. Fletcher, I have two things to report! First, the woman you asked me to find, Ms. Moore, hasn’t been found, hur our people found out that Dr. Taylor Presley has appeared at Barnhart Hospital and is currently participating in a surgery“”
The moment Ethan finished speaking, Benedict looked up at him. His cold, piercing eyes were enough to send a chill down the spine
‘How reliable is thus intel?
“Very!”
Lifting his chiseled face, Benedict fastened the last burton of his shirt, grabbed his coat, and strode out. “Let’s go.”
About an hoge later, the first light of dawn washed over the earth. Inside the operating room, Janelle had personally handled the entire surgery, including
the final sutures.
The operation had been a great success. It was smooth from start to finish.
At that moment, the exhausted Janelle was carefully stitching Ivan’s wound. She just couldn’t bring herself to trust anyone else to do it.
While the final steps were being carried out in an orderly fashion inside, Catherine and the others, though reluctant to wait and suffer, still had to play the part of concerned family outside.
Just as the people in the corridor were dozing off, they were startled by the sounds coming from the far end of the footsteps was so aggressive that it sounded like a raid was happening
- Catherine jerked her head up, instantly wide awake.
hallway. The flurry of chaotic
The usually quiet hallway, where only the occasional patient wandered, was filled with a group of stern–faced bodyguards in black suits running ahead to clear the way.
Their expressions were cold, their posture rigid. Anyone in their path quickly stepped aside, not daring to make eye contact with them.
Once they had taken positions on either side of the operating room door, an even more oppressive presence followed.
With long strides, the tall and imposing Benedict entered their field of vision. His face was icy and flawless, and his powerful presence was so
overwhelming that it felt like the air itself had been compressed, making it impossible for anyone around to speak.
Even from a distance, Catherine couldn’t take her eyes off him. She was just as intimidated as everyone else, but she couldn’t help but feel excitement bubbling in her chest.
That terrifying air and that ethereal face could only belong
to one person
Catherine Instantly knew that this could only be the legendary head of the Fletcher family, Benedict
Adrian might be his nephew, but the difference between them was night and day. When it came to appearance, influence, and wealth, the difference between them was incomparable.
Benedict was the true chosen one–a living god not just in Valoria, but the entire country of Hestovial
If she could be with a man like that…
The thought alone made Catherine swallow nervously and with great difficulty.
Despite the immense pressure, she forced herself to her feet and ran toward him in mere seconds. “M–Mr. Fletcher…”
Benedict’s
narrow, penetrating eyes were as cold as a frozen lake. A single look from him could plunge one into eternal frost, never to escape. Catherine was so overwhelmed by his cold, powerful demeanor that she could hardly speak
Just as she nervously clenched her lists, Benedict brushed past her and headed straight toward the operating room without so much as a glance at her.
It was as if she were not a person but a speck of dust too insignificant to notice.
Stunned, Catherine stood frozen in place.
Benedict strode to the operating room doors, his whole body emanating key authority as he gave the order. “Open them!”
Just as the bodyguards moved, the operating room lights went out, and the door opened from inside.
At a glance, Benedict saw a woman standing not far away inside. Her back was toward him while she was putting away the surgical tools, still in her surgical gown.
Benedict’s gaze sharpened. He stepped forward and grabbed the woman’s wrist
