The Hidden Empress Stripping Her Secrets After Divorce novel Chapter 408

Back in China, Beijing—City General Hospital.

The lobby of the inpatient ward was bustling with people. The smell of antiseptic mixed with the noise of rolling carts, nurses calling out numbers, and family members chatting.

Penelope Lancaster sat on a sofa in the waiting area, looking rather unhappy.

The butler, having finished the discharge paperwork, walked over with the receipts.

"Madam, the paperwork is done. The car is waiting at the entrance."

Penelope stood up, still complaining non-stop.

"Where is your boss? I've been in the hospital for days, and he only visited twice. And he can't even be bothered to show up on the day I'm discharged?"

The butler gave an apologetic smile. "Madam, Mr. Lancaster has been incredibly busy with the company lately. Sometimes he even sleeps at the office."

Penelope frowned deeply.

"Sleeps at the office? He's never slept at the office before, no matter how busy he got."

She stared at the butler, her eyes narrowed with suspicion.

"Tell me, is he seeing someone on the side?"

The butler quickly waved his hands in denial. "You're overthinking it, Madam. He really is just busy with work. There's a massive project going on right now, and he's in meetings late into the night every day."

Penelope let out a cold scoff and was about to say something else when her gaze accidentally swept across the other side of the lobby.

Her body went completely rigid.

All the color drained from her face.

Her lips parted slightly, but no sound came out.

Her fingers began to tremble, and she stood frozen in place as if completely paralyzed.

Noticing something was wrong, the butler followed her gaze.

On the other side of the lobby, a young man in a dark gray suit was talking to a few people. He was standing sideways, so his face wasn't clearly visible, only his tall, broad shoulders.

The butler didn't recognize him.

But Penelope's reaction sent a chill down his spine.

"Madam? Madam, what's wrong?"

Penelope didn't answer.

She just stared in that direction, her entire body shaking violently.

She wasn't shivering from the cold.

It was terror, seeping straight from her bones.