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    With his extensive connections as CEO of Wall Group, securing a top surgeon should be feasible.


    Sadie’s heart clenched painfully as panic set in.


    She fumbled for her phone and dialed Noah’s number, her fingers shaking.


    Each ring echoed like a tolling bell in her ears, every tick of the clock magnified.


    Atst, the call connected.


    “Noah, be gentle…”


    The voice that floated through the phone was sultry, infused with azy allure that sank Sadie’s heart into despair.


    It wasn’t Noah on the line—it was K!


    Sadie’s mind wentpletely nk.


    After a while, K spoke into the phone. “Sadie, calling at this hour? Is there something you needed to discuss?”


    Sadie inhaled sharply, fighting to stabilize the emotional storm brewing inside her. “I need to speak with Noah. Could you please hand him the phone?”


    “Oh?” K chuckled, her voice dripping with taunting. “Noah, your phone.”


    But all Sadie heard was silence.


    K’s voice turned yful and teasing. “Noah—” Yet again, there was no reply.


    “My apologies, Sadie,” K said, her tone superficially regretful yet tinged with evident delight. “Noah’s currently in the shower. We’ve just finished… Well, he’s exhausted now. If there’s something urgent, you can tell me, and I’ll make sure he gets the message.”


    Sadie felt a crushing wave of despair wash over her. She grasped the subtext in K’s remarks instantly.


    Shower? Exhausted?


    K’sments were a clear disy of her closeness with Noah, meant to emphasize that Sadie was someone insignificant.


    Yet, with her grandmother’s critical condition looming in her mind, Sadie couldn’t afford to lose any hope.


    “Miss Wade, it’s really important. Could you please let Noahe to the phone?” Sadie pleaded, mustering every bit of her resolve to speak. Her voice was tinged with desperation, a far cry from her typically assertive demeanor.


    K’s sense of triumph intensified when she heard Sadie’s earnest request, her smile widening. “Sadie, haven’t you realized yet? Noah isn’ting to the phone because he doesn’t want to speak with you. Why continue bothering him?”


    “Um…” Sadie began, but was cut off by the call ending abruptly with a beep.


    K swiftly erased the call log and set the phone down before heading downstairs.


    She had merely used Noah’s bathroom and coincidentally picked up the call.


    It seemed destiny had yed its hand perfectly!


    “Miss Hudson, please ensure the Critical Condition Notice is signed promptly,” said the nurse, her voiceden with urgency.


    Yet Sadie barely registered the nurse’s words, her eyes fixed on the resuscitation room’s sealed doors, lost in memories of Laura’s warm, reassuring smile.


    As Sadie signed the Critical Condition Notice, her hands shook visibly.


    The cold feeling started at her fingertips and spread through her entire body, as if a cold winter wind had swept through her. Laura represented herst remaining family connection.


    Without Laura, istion would envelop Sadiepletely.


    She felt as though she had reached a dead end.


    Just as despair started to take over, Alex’s words suddenly rang in her mind. “If you ever need help, just let me know.”


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