Hundred thousand dollars felt like a lifeline.

But if Dr. Wilfred found out about this, there was no way she would be able to keep her job at the hospital.

"Dr. Norman, don't tell me you want five hundred thousand instead?" Sera pushed, trying every angle to get closer to him.

It was clear she had hit a dead end with Wilfred's assistant and saw Karina as her last option. If Karina got fired because of this, that would be her problem, not Sera's.

Karina's head throbbed. "Look, I need to deal with something urgent right now. We'll talk about this tomorrow, okay?"

"But you're going to the director's office tomorrow, aren't you?" Sera pressed. "Dr. Norman, we really should settle this now."

Sera's relentless chatter was interrupted by Karina's phone ringing again.

most is you! If it weren't for you, our

furious, and all too familiar. Karina felt her scalp prickle, her chest

okay?" she said, forcing her voice to remain steady. Taking a deep breath, she hung up. Her head was spinning,

right? Send it to me now, and I'll take care of

excitement. "I'll transfer it to

pulled out her phone, Karina couldn't help but notice. It was the latest model, complete with a diamond-studded case. Clearly, this girl wasn't short on cash. Karina hesitated but finally

at it, get the director to add me

going to add some random stranger, right? And how exactly am I supposed to pull that

phone toward Karina. Her tone turned sharp, her gaze icy. "I'm trusting you with this. If you don't follow through,

a thin layer of dread settling over her. She had

her contact and made a brief call to her own number

app showed she was 49th in line. Frustrated, she moved to a different spot, determined to get there as

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