Chapter 70 No Turning Back
Chapter 70 No Turning Back
The room froze.
Laughter died mid-breath, and the office fell into a suffocating silence.
Charles stared at the girl in front of him, disbelief written all over his face.
What the hell. Has she lost her mind?
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Seraphina stood up and looked around the room. Confidence radiated from her, sharp and undeniable
“As long as the infection is contained,” she said calmly, “leave the rest to me. I guarantee she survives.”
The room exploded. Her presence swept through the conference room like a shockwave.
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Voices broke out everywhere.
“I guarantee she survives.”
That sentence hit like a blade, cutting straight through everyone in the room. Doctors and nurses stared at her, stunned, as if she were glowing. She was unreal.
In all their years of practice, not one of them had ever dared to say something like that.
Those words meant staking your entire medical career on a single outcome.
That kind of certainty was terrifying.
Charles stood there, completely rattled, looking like a fool who’d missed the punchline.
Seraphina glanced at him sideways, lips curling slightly. “Go on,” she said. “Say it.”
“You… I…” Charles stammered, scrambling for an excuse, determined to deny everything to the bitter end.
She wasn’t impressed. Disgust flashed through her eyes. Her voice dropped, controlled and cold.
“You? And you think I’d acknowledge someone like you?” She scoffed. “Keep dreaming.”
Charles snapped. Blood rushed to his head, and something inside him finally broke.
With a shout, he swung his fist.
The room erupted in alarm. Several people rushed forward, but they were too far away.
A few of the younger doctors covered their eyes, bracing for the sound of a girl crying.
Instead, there was a sharp impact. Then a man screamed. Hands slowly lowered. Everyone stared in disbelief.
Charles was bent over the table, arms twisted behind his back, face contorted in pain. He couldn’t move,
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Chapter 70 No Turning Back
What just happened?
No one had seen it clearly. Not a single person caught how she moved.
“You-let go of me,” Charles gasped, teeth clenched, completely immobilized.
Seraphina’s gaze hardened. She leaned in close, voice low enough that only he could hear.
“I’ll make sure you’re stripped of that department head title,” she said.
During the case discussion, she’d already confirmed it.
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This so-called lead physician was incompetent. He lacked even the most basic academic foundation.
Putting someone like this in charge wasn’t negligence. It was endangering lives.
She had already spoken with the child’s parents, explained the risks, and discussed the possibility of failure.
They had made it clear. They were prepared for the worst. They just didn’t want to give up on hope.
Families accept reality. Doctors give everything they have. Wasn’t that how it was supposed to work?
And yet someone like him chose to abandon a life without hesitation. Life. Hope.
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