Mr. Campbell replied, "He’s alright for now, but you might as well take good care of him. If this happened to him again, we would probably not be able to bring him back, no matter how good we are."

Mrs. Conduibh said, "I’m sorry for that. To reward your hard work, I’ll invite all of you to dinner and give you extra bonuses when Tassach gets well."

Mr. Campbell and everyone else’s faces softened when they heard that.

"It’s so kind of you, Mrs. Conduibh, but we’re just trying our best to accomplish our own job, and we aren’t doing it for the reward," explained Mr. Campbell.

"A reward is essential since you’ve saved Tassach’s life."

It was after the small talk was done that Mr. Campbell and his surgical team left.

Tassach was wheeled back to his ward by a few nurses, while Mrs. Conduibh said to Ophelia, "Ophelia, I appreciate what you’ve done today. It’s late now. Why don’t you go home? You’re pregnant, and you can’t stay up late."

Madeleine pouted with contempt upon hearing that.

Even though she should be in the least sincere, Mrs. Conduibh should long have said that, not now.

Probably because Madeleine didn’t like the Conduibhs at all, everything Mrs. Conduibh did seemed hypocritical in her eyes.

me when Tassach wakes up,

and said, "I appreciate your kindness, and

that, Madeleine dragged

and asked, "So, you allow

is the woman he will spend the rest of his life with,

looking after Tassach, but that meant nothing against Ophelia’s little attention to him, and now, even Mrs. Conduibh’s balance

gave everything like a fool.

an extravagant life. She was the center of attention all the time. When had she ever

a fallback candidate, Mrs.

these days, but you’ve also seen how ill Tassach is, so I have no choice but to be nicer to Ophelia. Otherwise, Tassach would get angry and his condition might take a turn for the worse. I have only one son, and I don’t want anything bad to happen

face softened

you’re taking Ophelia into account now. You were the one who proposed making an alliance through marriage to my parents back then, and that’s why I flied all the way home. I fell in love with Tassach at first sight, and I intend to

smiled, "You’re the only girl I recognize to be Tassach’s wife. Now Ophelia already married into the Chambers family, and there’s no future

a smile, her

the elevator and they went downstairs. Since it was 1 a.m., there were few people

moment. Madeleine rubbed her hands and asked, "Honey, do you

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