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Gwendolyn gasped in pain and cursed inwardly. What the hell? What kind of id*ot would stand behind
someone like that? For heaven's sake!
Disgruntled, she looked up slowly, only to be startled when she met a pair of dark, obsidian eyes.
It was Patrick, and he was staring at her as if he planned on devouring her.
Gwendolyn quickly averted her gaze and stepped aside. She did not want to pick a fight with him, so
evading him was the next best option.
However, she had only just stepped to the side when she bumped into him again. She glared at him
this time, losing her patience.
“What the hell is wrong with you, Patrick?”
Patrick was impassive as ever as he pointed out sardonically, “I should be the one asking you that,
seeing as you're the one who bumped into me.”
She gaped at him speechlessly.
By some miracle or other, she regained her patience and chose to ignore him. She was here to wait for
Melanie to come out of surgery, not to make a scene outside the operation theatre. That would be
unseemly, not to mention completely shrewd on her part.
As such, she maintained a courteous smile and looked up at Patrick, then said sweetly, “Well, then, I
apologize for my clumsiness. Could you step aside and let me through, please?”
Patrick did not budge. It was like he had not heard her at all.
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Gwendolyn was close to losing her mind. Whenever Patrick acted childish and unreasonable like this,
he was practically impossible to deal with.
Taking a deep breath, she stepped to the other side instead, but she ended up colliding with him as
expected.
His chest is as hard as a rock! Does he do a thousand push-ups a day for fun or something?
Given that they were outside the elevator meant for the VIP operation theatre, there was hardly anyone
who would come there.
As a result, not a single person walked by or came up using the elevator as Gwendolyn and Patrick
stared each other down.
Gwendolyn was so exasperated that she could cry. Urgh! What will it take for this id*ot to leave me
alone?
“Out with it, Patrick. What do you want?”
She stared at him evenly. He was incredibly tall, and since she was wearing flats, she had to crane her
neck just to look up at him properly.
He shoved his hands into his pockets and said icily, “Sleep with me tonight.”
Her eyes widened at this. What did he just say?
“Excuse me?” she asked, caught off guard by his audacity.
“I'm f*cking you tonight, you got a problem with that?”
Gwendolyn was so stunned by his bluntness that she could not find the words to respond. He was
never crass with her, and this was the first time she heard him talk like this.
Overcome with disbelief, she shoved him aside and stormed back to the resting area outside the
operation theatre, then snapped without looking at him, “Not even in your dreams.”
Patrick's face darkened at this, and he pressed his lips into a grim line.
So, she won't even let me touch her anymore, huh? Is she trying to save herself for Zayden?
Presently, Gwendolyn had only just reached the doors of the operation theater when Lucas was
wheeled out. A nasal cannula was still attached to his nose, and his eyes were closed. It did not seem
like he had come to just yet.
Meanwhile, Kevin was talking to the doctor and asking him how Lucas was doing.
Lucy, on the other hand, was standing next to Lucas' bed while holding his hand. She called out softly,
“Luke... Lucas.”
Lucas' eyes were still closed. Thinking that he might be doing poorly after the surgery, Lucy cried. Her
tears rolled down her cheeks and dripped onto the back of his hand.
Lucas' eyes were still closed. Thinking that he might be doing poorly after the surgery, Lucy cried. Her
tears rolled down her cheeks and dripped onto the back of his hand.
It was at that moment that Lucas opened his eyes.
His breathing was heavy, but he managed to say weakly, “I'm fine, silly. Stop crying.” After that, he
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Kevin walked over and reassured Lucy, “Don't worry. Luke is a soldier, and he's been trained to
withstand a certain dose of anesthesia before, so they had to increase the dosage for the surgery,
which is why he's all drowsy now. Just let him sleep it off.”
Following that, the caretaker wheeled Lucas toward the main elevator. Kevin went along, and Lucy
called out after him, “Please take care of him, Kevin!”
She would go with them, but her daughter was still inside the operating theater. I want to be here when
they wheel her out.
By the time Patrick came back, he spotted Lucas at the nearby elevator and hurried over to him.
His strides were long and purposeful, and when he brushed past Gwendolyn, he did not even give her
a second look.
Gwendolyn was holding onto Lucy, worried that she might collapse at any moment. Lucy had been so
high-strung for the most part of the day that she was starting to look worn out.
Sighing tiredly, Lucy muttered, “The surgery went well. Lucas is out, which means Melanie will be out
soon.”
She sounded like she was trying to comfort herself. Nonetheless, Gwendolyn nodded and said in
agreement, “That's right. Melanie will grow up to be a healthy and happy girl alongside Justin and the
others, for sure.”
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