The Enchanting Doctor With a Bite novel Chapter 87

The more Samuel listened, the darker his expression became. He coldly said, "If it's all up to fate, then what the hell do we need you for?"

Sebastian, caught off guard, was momentarily speechless. Then, he snapped, "That 5% chance? I made that happen during surgery. If I hadn't stepped in, he'd already be a damn corpse!"

"That still doesn't change the fact you couldn't fix him. I guess that makes you a second-rate doctor."

Sebastian bit his tongue.

What kind of past-life karma had he racked up to end up with such a mean best friend?

…

Soon, they pulled up to Holdlast Hospital, the top private medical center in Seaville.

Thanks to Sebastian's arrangements, Owen was moved into a premium ward with two full-time caregivers watching over him around the clock.

Kylie got the admission paperwork done in no time and was about to head to the ward when Samuel stopped her.

"You mentioned Grandpa's treatment needed a new herb—the Purple Frost Root, right?" His voice was polite on the surface, but it was still packed with that overbearing force he always carried. "Shouldn't you come back with me now and get that handled?"

There were caregivers at the hospital, and Kylie couldn't do much here anyway.

That was when it hit her—she'd lost the Purple Frost Root at the crash site.

"The one I picked got left behind in the wreck," she calmly said. "And even if I went back, there wouldn't be enough time. I'd already picked most of what was usable on the mountain."

Samuel narrowed his eyes. "And?"

"We'll have to buy it from a pharmacy," Kylie replied. "The medicinal effect won't be as strong as the wild kind, but it'll still work."

That did it.

Whatever anger Samuel had managed to bottle up surged right back to the surface, and it was now mixed with a wave of unexplainable fury too.

"So after all that trouble, not only did you come back empty-handed," he said through clenched teeth, "but you still had the nerve to play the whole 'let's break up and move on' card?"

Kylie had already been holding in her frustration. But now, her temper snapped too. "What? Do you think I made up that whole herb-hunting story just to cover for Owen's accident?"

Samuel let out a cold snort.