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    Her voice cracked.


    “I understand,” she whispered.


    But when the call ended, she stood frozen, the phone in her hand. How could she exin something she couldn’t control?


    For now, she had to wait—for Eric. Maybe together they’d find a way out.


    Around four, Eric arrived.


    As he passed the nurse’s station, the head nurse stopped him with a nervous smile.


    “Mr. Scott, I’m terribly sorry. It was poor oversight on my part…” She quickly exined the incident before adding, “I’ve reprimanded them. Would you like them to apologize to Miss Pearson again?”


    Apologize?


    Eric’s gaze narrowed, his eyes sharp and dangerous.


    They gossiped about Hadley behind her back? The woman he cared about most? Unforgivable!


    “Are they?” Eric asked evenly, his voice devoid of emotion, making it impossible to gauge his mood.


    “Right here,” the head nurse responded quickly, motioning the two staff members to step forward. “Apologize to Mr. Scott!”


    “We are sorry, Mr. Scott…” they murmured, their voicesced with regret.


    Eric barely reacted, his expression unreadable as his gaze flicked downward to their name tags.


    “Dry Stanley and Addie Welch,” he muttered under his breath,mitting the names to memory before pivoting sharply and walking away without another nce.


    As they watched his retreating figure, the two exchanged bewildered nces before turning to the head nurse.


    “Did Mr. Scott ept our apology?” they asked, clearly at a loss. The head nurse furrowed her brow, just as baffled. How was she supposed to know?


    Joy had just woken up from her nap and was quietly ying with building blocks with her caregiver.


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    Elissa and Hadley were in the outer room, deep in conversation.


    Elissa already knew about the trending news.


    Even Elissa, who rarely spared a nce at entertainment news, had caught wind of it. That alone spoke volumes about the sheer impact of public opinion.


    “Any word from Eric yet?”


    Hadley shook her head, her brow furrowing.


    Though the posts had been taken down, the storm of public opinion hadn’t died down.


    If anything, the discussion had gained even more traction because of the attempt to silence it.


    The first casualty was her uing drama.


    The show’s official ount had been swamped with a deluge of hatefulments aimed squarely at her.


    “Why hasn’t this disgraced actress been cklisted already?”


    “No wonder a nobodynded a role with someone like Adonis. She must have made some deals behind the curtains to get the part, huh?”


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