The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 216

Looking into Leon's dazzling, starlit eyes, I gave a gentle nod.

After breakfast, we headed to Capital General together. I didn't know if I was just being paranoid, but from the moment we walked through the hospital doors, I felt like countless eyes were fixated on me.

Leon noticed the shift in atmosphere too.

My heart pounded frantically in my chest, assuming this was fallout from the published paper. I braced myself for bad news until we bumped into the head nurse by the elevators.

"You two haven't heard?" The head nurse lowered her voice to fill us in. "Rumor has it a nurse from the surgical wing was fired this morning. I'm guessing it has something to do with the inquiry board."

The mention of the inquiry board immediately reminded me of yesterday's debacle. Connecting it to the termination, I asked, "You mean the junior nurse was the one who tampered with the electronic medical records?"

The head nurse stared right at me. Though she didn't say yes directly, her silence confirmed everything.

A moment later, she added, "Crucial data like that is always backed up to the cloud. If I'm not mistaken, the hospital administration is going to post an official bulletin very soon."

Sure enough, an hour later, Amber came sprinting over in a frenzy. "The bulletin is up! Selena, they cleared your name!"

I practically ran down to the first-floor lobby to read the notice myself.

The document detailed the entire timeline of the anesthesia procedure, including precise drug dosages and timestamps. It concluded with a definitive statement: Dr. Hayes's conduct during the procedure fully adhered to the professional standards of an anesthesiologist.

I let out a massive sigh of relief.

Everything seemed to be heading in a positive direction.

Yet, unexpectedly, I ran right into Ferris on my way back to the department.

More accurately, I ran into The Hospital Inquiry Board.

Clad in his crisp white coat, Ferris stood rigidly between the two investigators. Even from a distance, he was the first person my eyes locked onto.

Could it be that because Thorne Logistics was backed by the powerful Thorne Family, he was warning me not to let my guard down?

In a flash, my bubbling confidence evaporated, leaving me drowning in anxiety once more.

Just before my shift ended, the head nurse approached me with a deeply worried expression. "Selena, have you seen the news?"

"What news?"

She sighed heavily, pulled out her phone, and placed it on the desk in front of me, visibly furious. "Read it yourself."

I stared at the screen in confusion until the headline caught my eye: "Police sources report that Dr. Dalton vehemently denies prescribing psychoactive drugs to truck drivers. He claims Dr. Hayes's allegations are pure defamation and plans to press charges."

I stared blankly at the text.

Were they literally lying through their teeth?