Billionaire's Match (by Tangy Candy) novel Chapter 509

Chapter 509

Only one shadow hung over everyone’s heart.

That shadow was the same question: could it be a tumor?

Nick himself remained remarkably calm. He asked the doctor, “I’ve had annual checkups before. Nothing like this ever came up.”

“Yes, this kind of sudden lesion could be related to your old injury…” The doctor sighed softly. “But we can’t be sure yet. There’s no need to worry too much. We’ll only know after the biopsy.”

Seeing Nick fall silent, Lenny hurried to add, “Could it just be a false alarm? Mr. Hunt has always been in good health.”

“It’s possible… of course it’s possible.” The doctor nodded stiffly, but he could not offer much more reassurance.

A false alarm was certainly possible. But judging from what Nick had described… the chances were slim.

“If it’s what you suspect,” Nick asked after a long pause, “can it be cured?”

The doctor replied, “You don’t need to be overly anxious about that. Tumors vary in nature, and this one doesn’t appear large. If it isn’t malignant… conservative treatment would be an option.”

Although Nick’s body had recovered fairly well, it could not withstand surgery. Whether malignant or benign, he could only undergo conservative treatment.

“Then I…” Nick’s gaze drifted for a moment before fixing steadily on the department director. “Will I die?”

The question of life and death had occupied his thoughts since he was very young.

When he had been taken hostage by kidnappers, he had desperately not wanted to die. He kept telling himself that as long as he could live, that would be enough.

The burdens he carried for being born into this world, the debts he owed, those who hated him, and those he hated-none of it mattered anymore.

He only wanted to live.

That yearning for life and fear of death left him without any sense of security for many years afterward. He pushed himself relentlessly, demanded perfection, disciplined himself in everything.

He never wanted to fall back into helplessness again.

Perhaps that was what drove him to keep charging forward.

Once you have walked along the edge of life and death, nothing else seems truly difficult.

After despair, people always overestimate themselves, believing they can face anything calmly.

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