Clyde kept comforting Natalie, "Don't be afraid. Listen to me and relax. Take deep breaths. It's okay...!"
After a long time, Natalie finally relaxed under Clyde's reassurance. Those horrible memories gradually faded away.
Her heart also calmed down completely, and Clyde felt somewhat relieved when he saw her like this.
Then, the surgery began.
Just as they were about to administer the anesthetic, Natalie asked, "Can you tell me whose corneas are being used?"
At her words, Clyde subconsciously glanced in Cedric's direction, and Cedric was also looking at him!
The two men locked eyes, sparks of tension and resignation flying between them.
Finally, Clyde looked away. "I don't know. They were donated."
"And the person?"
"Deceased."
Natalie fell silent, and Cedric said nothing.
Clyde's straightforward answer indicated his unwillingness to dwell on the issue any further, so what else was there to argue about now?
Perhaps this was the best resolution for all of them!
At that moment, Cedric and Clyde felt Natalie relax upon hearing about the deceased donor.
After the anesthetic was administered and right before Natalie lost consciousness, Clyde suddenly asked, "Nat, if Cedric had offered you his eyes from the start, would you have accepted them?"
The atmosphere in the entire operating room froze at that moment.
Cedric looked at Natalie, his eyes filled with endless pain.
Natalie was taken aback by the question. However, her consciousness was fading, and she didn't answer the question in the end!
But Cedric knew she wouldn't have accepted them. Even if he had proposed such a solution earlier, she wouldn't have accepted them, even if it meant she would stay blind for life.
She resented him so deeply, so how could she allow herself to be tainted by a part of him?
Natalie's temperament had reached such a level after many years! Even though she had once been nothing but Blair's shadow, Cedric understood her completely.
What Natalie didn't know was that, in the end, she wasn't just Blair's shadow anymore. In fact, many times, Blair... was the one who walked in Natalie's shadow.
For both Cedric and Irwin, there had probably been earth-shattering changes deep in their hearts!
Yes!
That must be the case.
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The surgery ended.
Two people had entered the operating room together but came out separately... Then, they were wheeled away in different directions.
Just like their paths in life!
They had completely diverged, heading toward opposite ends!
There would be no more entanglement between them, nor would they see each other again!
They had completely moved on to different ends.
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Lydia and Xyla were not involved in the surgery, so they were unaware of what had transpired.
They quietly stood by Natalie's side.
Clyde was there from the start to the end.
Since he arrived, he had deliberately kept Irwin away from Natalie most of the time. Despite knowing Irwin's intentions, Clyde had spent many years in Wexford and had only one belief: Irwin was a dangerous man.
Both Irwin and Cedric were dangerous individuals, and their existence was anything but simple.
So, keeping a distance from them was for the best!
In the hospital corridor, Clyde offered Irwin a cigarette.
Irwin replied, "We're in a hospital. I don't smoke here."
Clyde froze. Eventually, he put the cigarette back into the pack.
Clasping his hands together, Clyde spoke with a deep, somewhat forceful tone, "Once she's better, you two should get a divorce."
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