The Love I Begged For Was Never Real novel Chapter 405

The nurse shot Nathan a slightly reproachful look and casually checked a box on the paperwork. "If you had the money, why didn't anyone come down to do the paperwork after I've been paging you all afternoon?"

"What?!"

Nathan froze, completely stunned.

"The person who paid... Who paid the bill?!"

In a split second, realization slammed into Mrs. Xavier. She lunged forward, desperately grabbing the nurse's sleeve, trembling so violently she could barely stand.

Startled, the nurse pointed down the hall in the direction Nora had just left.

"It was that young woman from just now. Isn't she a relative of yours? Her clothes were all torn up, her forehead was bleeding, and her right hand was wrapped in thick bandages..."

"She was just at the billing counter sliding the card. Did she leave? She was standing right here watching you guys, didn't you see her?"

Nathan's hands shook as he took the thin receipt. His eyes fell on the red stamp over the transfer record, and then on the two slightly messy, handwritten words in the payer section.

[Nora Xavier].

"This... How is this possible?"

Nathan's voice quivered violently, his mind short-circuiting into chaos. "Where would she get this kind of money? Gideon froze all her bank accounts ages ago! The entire Metropolis has blacklisted her. Nurse, you must have made a mistake!"

Startled by his sudden shouting, the nurse frowned in displeasure.

"How could we make a mistake! The billing department swiped the card themselves. That lady paid the entire balance in full. It's written plain as day on the receipt, and the system balance has already updated."

With that, the nurse snapped the clipboard shut and walked back to the nurses' station, ignoring the emotionally unstable mother and son.

Mrs. Xavier stood rooted to the spot. Hearing the nurse's absolute confirmation, her legs gave out, and she slumped onto the plastic chairs against the corridor wall.

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