When Mike realized he said something wrong, his hand shot up to cover his mouth.
“You’ve been infiltrated!” Averie sighed.
“No way! He hasn’t been asking about us recently,” Mike said as his pale blue eyes rolled. “I’m sure! He’s not as good a drinker as I am. I get him drunk every time we drink together. He isn’t capable of getting anything out of me.”
Averie did not doubt the veracity of his words.
She was just worried that he was hiding something from her or that he might one day be infiltrated.
“If you fall for Chad’s pillow talk…”
A pained expression appeared on Mike’s face.
Then, he changed the subject and said, “Are you planning on continuing to help Shea unconditionally? It’s a huge loss to not ask Elyette Foster for medical fees!”
Averie shook her head and said, “There won’t be a next time. It’s not that I won’t help her. It’s just that her condition is too severe and there are limits to my abilities. There’s no way of knowing how her condition will be after this surgery, but she won’t be worse off than she was before.”
“Doesn’t that mean Shea would have to suffer if Elyette doesn’t know about the situation and continues to get her treatment?” Mike said regretfully. “Elyette might be a dirtbag, but Shea… She might be mentally disabled, but she’s still adorable and sweet!”
Averie did not retaliate.
She was beginning to feel tired.
She wanted to go home and catch up on some sleep.
At the hospital, Elyette stood by Shea’s bed and watched her pale, haggard face.
He hoped that her condition would have improved when she woke up.
It would be even better if she could remember what happened before the surgery last night.
He really wanted to know what happened during that time.
Zoe opened the door and entered the room.
Elyette glanced at her and said, “You should go home and rest. I’ll let you know when she wakes up.”
Zoe’s pregnancy was clearly showing.
Elyette felt conflicted about the child she was carrying, but he was grateful to her for Shea’s treatment.
His people had yet to be able to contact Eric Santos.
It was as if he had vanished off the face of the earth.
For now, he still had to depend on Zoe for Shea’s treatment.
“I think you’re the one who needs to rest. You stayed up all night when Shea went missing, didn’t you?” Zoe said as she walked to Elyette’s side and patted his shoulder. “Go home and rest, Elyette. I’ll watch over things here.”
Elyette lowered his gaze and took her in.
On top of being gentle and kind, Zoe had superb medical skills. He could not find fault in her.
He could not help but ask himself why he could not be nicer to her.
“I’ll leave after Shea wakes up,” Elyette said.
He was tired, but he would not be able to sleep even if he went home now.
“Go home and rest, Zoe.”
At his insistence, Zoe could only do as she was told.
Shea woke up about an hour after Zoe left.
Her eyes were stone-cold as she glanced around her unfamiliar surroundings.
Elyette did not blink.
He had never seen that look in Shea’s eyes before!
In layman’s terms, her mental disability made her a moron and an idiot. She laughed when she was happy and cried when she was not. Other than that, she had no other complex emotions or expressions.
However, she was different now!
This was the result of the surgery!
Elyette did not expect the effects to be this obvious.
“How do you feel, Shea?” he asked as he held her cold hand and gazed eagerly at her.
Shea studied his face for a few seconds, then fluttered her eyelashes and asked hoarsely,” Where’s Averie? Wasn’t she talking to me? Where is she?”
Elyette felt as if his heart had stopped.
He took in a shaky breath and asked, “When did she talk to you?!”
Averie had been at a hotel with Mike since the night before!
“Just now!” Shea said lightly. Elyette was dumbfounded
The world began to spin around Elyette and he almost passed out.
Did Averie lie to him, or was Shea imagining things after the surgery?
Elyette pulled out his phone, called Zoe and told her to hurry back to the hospital.
Zoe had a bad feeling when she heard the anxiety in Elyette’s voice.
“Slow down, Elyette. Is there something wrong with Shea? She just woke up. She needs some time to slowly recover.”
The apprehension in Elyette’s heart calmed down.
However, Shea did not have this strange reaction after her last surgery.
He hung up the phone, then returned to Shea’s bedside.
“You just got out of surgery, Shea. Don’t think too much. You’ll get a headache,” he said as he gazed tenderly at Shea and smiled. “I can feel that you’re getting better.”
“My head hurts a little,” Shea said as she took a breath.
“Doctor Sanford’s on her way over. We’ll see if she can prescribe some painkillers.”
“I don’t want to see Doctor Sanford,” Shea said wearily as she lowered her gaze.
Elyette’s Adam’s apple rolled in his throat.
“Doctor Sanford was the one who operated on you, Shea. You know your manners. You should thank her when she arrives later.”
“No…” Shea said stubbornly as she lifted her eyes to meet Elyette’s. “It was Averie… She was by my side. I heard her talking to me… She asked me to talk to her and answer her questions… She was gentle, unlike usual…”
“That was just an illusion, Shea. Averie’s been with another man since last night. There’s no way she was with you.”
Elyette was beginning to feel anxious, but he did not show it.
He was worried that Shea would feel even more nervous if she saw him that way.
Shea was stunned when she heard his words.
An illusion?
Was it really just an illusion?
She clearly remembered Averie’s voice and the questions she asked her.
Averie told her that she had to stay awake, and that she could sleep later.
That was why they kept talking.
How could such a fresh, real memory be an illusion?
Zoe arrived half an hour later.
She checked Shea’s temperature and blood pressure, then said to Elyette, “Everything’s fine. Did she say something just now?”
Elyette glanced at Shea, then walked onto the balcony with Zoe.
“She said that you weren’t the one who operated on her. She said Averie was with her the entire time and talking to her,” Elyette explained softly in confusion. “If she remembered wrongly, then why didn’t she say Mrs. Scarlet was the one who was talking to her? She’s very close with her.”
Elyette’s words sent shockwaves through Zoe’s entire body.
Was Averie Tate the one who operated on Shea?!
How was that possible?
How could Averie be that capable
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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