Semua Bab Girlfriend, Childhood Friend, and a Broken Hand: Bab 1 - Bab 8

Katie looked at me with an innocent yet greedy gaze. "Just listen to Luke. Give him a chance. It won't cost you anything!"It wouldn't cost me anything?I jerked my arm away from her. A surge of rage almost burst out of my chest.I looked at the cold life signs on the heart-lung machine and at Devan's deteriorating body under the sterile cloth. It all felt absurd.For Luke's investment and the villa she wanted, she was willing to gamble with the life of the nation's pillar and my future, built over years of hard work."Get out," I squeezed the word through my teeth and lowered my head again, preparing to continue the surgery.There could be no more delays.But then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw something terrifying.Katie actually reached out and yanked the oxygen mask off Devan's face!With the breathing support cut off, Devan's already fragile body jolted, and the blood oxygen levels on the monitor plummeted.The alarm blared, piercing and shrill."Katie Wilder!" My

Katie's and Luke's expressions darkened. They hadn't expected me to still be able to command the rescue in this state.A flicker of panic flashed in Luke's eyes, which was quickly replaced by cold determination.He crouched down in front of me and said in a voice low enough for only the two of us to hear, "Ashton, don't push it. Devan's already half-dead, so why not let him die with some value? Do Katie and I a favor.""Luke's right." Jason kicked me in the back. "Aren't you impressive? The youngest department head in the country? Now look at you, lying on the floor!"How shameless and despicable!As I stared at his twisted expression, I almost wanted to bite his throat out.Katie walked over as well. Her voice was tinged with a hint of patronizing pity as she said, "Ashton, stop being stubborn. Your hand is done for. How can you operate now? Let Luke do it. It'll be better for everyone."Don't worry. Once this is over, he'll give you a sum of money that's enough to set you up

I continued, "Anesthesia! Manual ventilation now! 20 breaths a minute. Hurry!"My calm, commanding voice snapped the nurses back to their senses, and they immediately began fumbling their way through the dark.This was an extreme emergency protocol that was barely mentioned in textbooks. Only the top-tier teams could manage a situation like this in a power outage.I had bought myself precious time.I reached out and found the scalpel and needle holder I had slammed onto the instrument tray earlier.The cold touch of the tools instantly calmed me.With my still-functional left hand, I picked up the needle holder and secured the suturing needle.In the total darkness, my eyes were useless, but my sense of touch, my muscle memory honed over more than a decade, kicked in with full force.Using my fingers, I precisely found the rupture in the aorta.The thickness of the vessel, the toughness of the tissue, and the angle of the needle's entry all became a crystal-clear image in my m

Katie's perfectly applied makeup melted under her sweat, making her look absurd.When the footage reached the moment she pulled the oxygen mask from Devan's face and arrogantly threatened me, she let out a high-pitched scream and shook her head frantically."That's not me! It wasn't me!" she cried.As for Luke, when he saw the slow-motion replay of his foot crushing my hand, he collapsed onto the defendant's bench.A strong, foul odor quickly filled the air. The reporters in the front row couldn't help but cover their noses, though the flashbulbs only intensified.He had pissed himself.The most ridiculous part was Jason. When the video showed him accusing me with righteous indignation and ordering the guards to restrain me on the ground, his face shifted between red and pale before he suddenly dropped to his knees."Your Honor! I was wrong! I wasn't in my right mind! My sister made me do it!"He started banging his head on the floor in frantic apologies.As the video ended, t