If people found out he thought a surgeon could just say “sorry” after cutting into the wrong part of a patient, he’d lose his job on the spot.
Everyone in the room stared at Olivia, the weight of their eyes pressing against her back. She bit down on her lip, tears shining in her eyes as she glared at Charlotte. “Don’t get smug. One day, I’ll be better than you.”
Charlotte just raised an eyebrow, her voice cool. “Go home and stack your pillows higher. Maybe then you’ll have a better shot at dreaming big.”
“You—”
Charlotte picked up her forceps again, her eyes glinting as she gave a lazy smile. “You think I’m out to get you? If I really wanted to mess with you, do you honestly believe I’d need to waste all this effort?”
Olivia’s face went pale, then red. Before she could say anything else, the department chair had already told her to leave.
Everyone was watching. Some were even smirking.
“This is why you shouldn’t take on things you’re not ready for.”
“Olivia always stirs up trouble. Remember how she cheated at the last international medical conference?”
Olivia wanted to find a quiet seat and disappear, but the mocking whispers around her made her eyes sting. She turned and ran out of the room, cheeks burning with shame.
No one really cared. All eyes were fixed on the big screen at the front, laser-focused so they wouldn’t miss a thing.
One thought echoed in their minds: How do I get to be as smart as Charlotte?
…
Outside the hall, Olivia sat on a bench, wiping away tears and glaring at the screen showing the live broadcast from the medical department.


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Request you to publish "she was the treasure all along" .. thank you...
Muito boa a história só quero que se resolva logo o problema da mutaçao e que a nora volte as duas se curem ! Antony e Charlotte tudo de bom e os outros casais que estão se formando tudo fofo só falta o Donald e o amigo do Andrew arrumar um amor ! História tem drama romance e comédia lottie mocinha forte que não leva desaforos Antony completamente apaixonado por ela. ( Espero que lottie acabei de vez com esteve ,Olivia ! chega de Olivia enchendo o saco e difamando a lottie parece barata morre nunca essa peste)...
Come on Lottie...go to your mother. Can't wait for the family reunion! Robert should meet Nora.......
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