The puffs of smoke coming from his cigar obscured the lecherous look on his face as he said, “Heh, I guess I should expect nothing less from Artemis' woman! You're so wild that even I struggled a bit when handling you!”
Rhonda's tears were flowing down her cheeks and onto the floor.
The pain, anger, and humiliation that she felt had all turned into hatred.
Bailey is the reason I'm in this position today! Someday, I'll be sure to make her pay for this a hundred times over! I'll have her experience what it's like to be tormented like this!
After a few more minutes of lying on the floor, the pain had subsided enough for her to get back on her feet.
She then grabbed new clothes from the side and put them on before sitting down on the couch. “Not only are you skilled in medicine, but your body is also in great condition! I'd probably be dead if we kept at it for another thirty minutes, Dr. White!”
Those were the sort of words men loved to hear.
Cadence let out a hearty chuckle after hearing that. He pulled her into his arms and gave her a kiss on the lips as he whispered, “Say, am I the first guy to cuckold Artemis?”
Haha! I'm cuckolding the heir of the Luther family by sleeping with the next woman of the house! I bet I'm the only one capable of pulling off such a feat! The mere thought of it fills me up with so much excitement that I just want to leave my mark all over her body!
Rhonda lowered her gaze slightly as she sneered internally.
I know exactly what this perverted man is thinking. Unfortunately for him, he's going to be in for a disappointment. Artemis has never laid a finger on me, and I'm not his woman either!
“Dr. White, let us discuss the surgery that you'll be performing tomorrow. Just how confident are you? It wasn't easy for me to invite you all the way here, so you'd better not let me down! I'm counting on this to marry into the Luther family!”
Cadence caressed her cheek and said with a vicious grin, “Don't worry! I'll be able to treat Old Mr. Chivers, and you will get to take credit for it. I'm sure I'll be able to benefit greatly from you once you become the matriarch of the house. You must make sure to come see me whenever I ask you to, okay?”
Rhonda clenched her teeth to stop her tears from falling as she replied, “You're my greatest benefactor, Dr. White. Of course I'd serve you and satisfy your every need!”
“Hahaha!” Cadence let out another hearty chuckle as a mocking glint formed in his eyes.
What a stupid woman! She actually believes that I can guarantee the success of the surgery? I only said that to trick her into having sex with me! I've already signed a consent form with the Chivers family in secret. It clearly states that I am not to be held accountable if Old Mr. Chivers ends up dying during the surgery. To be honest, I think this surgery's chance of success is less than one percent! He has a freaking tumor on the central nervous system! One would have to be a complete fool to think he'd survive! I'll just give that old geezer a hemorrhage and claim he died of blood loss. The Chivers family won't be able to do anything about it!
Meanwhile, Bailey was having lunch in Veronique's lab.
She had gotten incredibly weary and lost a lot of weight after abusing herself for six days.
Unable to take it any longer, Veronique grabbed her by the wrist and sobbed, “This method won't work, Bay! You won't be able to calm down the harder you try to! You should stop abusing yourself and just give up on this.”
Bailey stubbornly shook her head and pulled her hand back. “I won't give up until the very last second, Vero. Just so you know, I'm no longer phobic toward the scalpel. I've been able to hold it without throwing up or passing out for the past two days.”
Veronique let out a helpless sigh in response.
Yeah... You are indeed able to hold the scalpel now, but your hand is also trembling even more than before. You're in no condition to even stitch up a wound, let alone perform an incredibly risky surgery on someone's brain!
“Whatever... I doubt anyone could possibly talk you out of this anyway. Edmund has been waiting outside for the past few days. I asked him to come in, but he refused to. Said he'd end up forcing you to give up if he did because he can't stand seeing you suffer like this. At this point, whether or not Old Mr. Chivers can be saved has become his second priority. We're all just worried that you might end up going insane from this abuse.”
“You carry on eating. I'm heading back to the operating room,” Bailey said as she shoved her food aside and stood up.
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