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.

If it weren't for you, our family wouldn't have ended

and all too familiar. Karina felt her scalp prickle,

to remain steady. Taking a deep breath, she hung up. Her head was spinning, and she felt like the world was closing in on her. Desperate, Karina turned to Sera like she was clutching

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

excitement. "I'll transfer it to your account right

this girl wasn't short on cash. Karina hesitated but finally gave her

photos," Sera demanded. "And while you're at it, get the director

he's not going to add some random stranger,

Here, save my number and add yours to my contacts," Sera snapped, shoving her phone toward Karina. Her

She had already taken the money. What choice did she

to her own number to link them. Once done, she handed the phone back

her app showed she was 49th in line. Frustrated, she moved to

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