As soon as the ambulances carrying Ryan and Celine reached the hospital nearest to the airport, the two of them were rushed to the operating rooms.
Standing outside the operating room, Fiona watched Ryan, who was lying unconscious on the stretcher, being taken inside. All of a sudden, she heard someone yell in a threatening tone.
"I'm warning you! Be careful when you're removing the bullet from her body. You are not to make any mistakes!"
Fiona turned around and saw Spencer terrorizing the doctors and grabbing one of their collars.
She shook her head
and exhaled disapprovingly.
"Yes, yes!" With a nod, the doctor pushed the stretcher carrying Celine and fled into the operating room.
Finally relaxing a little, Spencer tilted his head up and met Fiona's gaze. Their eyes stayed locked for quite a while, but both of them stayed silent, expressionless.
Just then, Charles walked up to Fiona and said, "Aren't you going to him? I didn't expect Ryan and Celine to be in the operating rooms on the floor same."
Tearing her gaze away from Spencer, Fiona answered, "No. Thank you for helping me at the airport."
"It was nothing. I'm glad you're okay." With a faint smile on his lips, Charles raised his hand and smoothed Fiona's unkempt hair.
Seeing this from the corner of his eye, Spencer became enraged. 'Damn it! Charles really wants something from Fiona!' he thought, almost burning a hole into Charles' hand with his eyes.
Just when he was about to pull Fiona back, the door to the operating room swung open.
A doctor rushed out covered in blood. He walked up to Spencer, trembling anxiously. "I am afraid the bullet is too close to her heart. If we try to remove it, her life will be in a great peril. Please sign here so that we can proceed with the surgery."
"Crap! If you can't cure a patient, what good are you as a doctor?" Spencer cursed.
"I..." The doctor was too frightened to talk. At this moment, Eric arrived, followed by four doctors.
"Cheng!"
he called out. When Spencer saw them,
he was relieved.
He pointed them to the operation room. "You guys go in and replace those useless doctors inside!"
"Yes, sir!" Not far away, Fiona was trying to hide from Charles,
but she got distracted by Spencer.
Charles felt embarrassed when he noticed this. "Are you afraid of me?" he asked casually.
His words brought Fiona back to reality. She raised her head to look at Charles, uncertain if she should nod or shake her head.
"Don't be scared of me." Pointing to a bench in the corridor, Charles said in a soft voice, "Go sit with Sophia."
"Okay." She nodded and walked over to the bench. 'Phew! I escaped!'
Charles turned around and looked at Spencer scornfully.
Sophia was sitting on the bench. Her face was a little pale. "Are you all right, Fiona?"
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