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    Following their statements, Norwood mustered a strained smile and addressed the audience, “Rest assured, I shall exercise stricter guidance over Boris moving forward, preventing such reckless behavior from recurring.”


    Murray swiftly jumped in. “Please understand, Skyflower Hospital maintains an impable reputation. No medical professional of such disreputable character as depicted would ever serve at our institution. Patients seeking care at Skyflower will always receive treatment aligned with the highest ethical standards.”


    The orchestrated performance from both families gradually quieted the room’s suspicious murmurs. Whispered conversations reced outright usations.


    Trinity clutched Norwood’s sleeve, her voice barely audible. “Dad, proceed with the engagement ceremony immediately and move past this disruption. Regardless of what truly happened, let’splete the engagement first and addressplications afterward.”


    Norwood nodded tersely and moved to ascend the stage, intending to announce that the ceremony would resume.


    At that precise moment, a voice cut through the tense atmosphere. “Skyflower Hospital serves countless patients daily. This concerns numerous lives and cannot be dismissed so casually. A thorough investigation is essential.”


    Norwood froze mid-step, silently cursing the unwee intervention. As he contemted intimidating tactics, additional voices joined the chorus of concern.


    “Precisely—lives hang in the bnce. This requiresplete transparency!”


    “Whether the mistakenly broadcast video was merely entertainment requires verification. Hailee must be summoned for confrontation.”


    “Absolutely—the primary victim from the footage, Hailee, must testify!”


    As debate intensified, someone suddenly demanded, “Who can bring Hailee here?”


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    The banquet hall doors swept open with theatrical timing, and Hailee glided in with devastating confidence. Her fiery red dress hugged her figure as she advanced, each feature exquisitely defined, each step igniting invisible mes in her wake.


    Mere moments earlier, Hailee had trembled outside those same doors, her heartbeat thundering, hands quivering with apprehension. But upon hearing her name called, she’d thrown the doors open and strode inside, banishing every trace of uncertainty.


    Her eyebrows arched imperiously, her crimson lips set in determination, her gaze slicing through pretense like a polished de—she embodied vengeance personified. Her presencemanded attention, icy yet mesmerizing in its breathtaking beauty.


    Witnessing Hailee’s entrance, Elliana arched an appreciative eyebrow, impressed by the wless performance.


    In the private lounge, Merlin bolted upright, his attention riveted to the scarlet figure dominating the screen, utterly captivated. He could never have imagined that the frightened girl who had once cowered in an iron box aboard the yacht, terrified by gunfire, could transform into thismanding, formidable presence. The metamorphosis defied all expectations.


    Beside him, Lucas remarked admiringly, “Miss Loftus has undergone a remarkable transformation—from delicate blossom to a fierce, thorned rose. Truly extraordinary!”


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