Mrs. Stone's face turned grim.

Moments later, a nurse stepped forward and pulled her away, allowing Karina to enter the hospital room.

Her eyes fell on the bed, and she froze. "Kieran, you're awake?"

Karina stared at him, her face a mixture of surprise and confusion. It was baffling that no one in the hospital had mentioned he had regained consciousness, especially with nurses assigned to watch over him.

Wilfred's expression grew colder as he glanced at the nurse behind him. "Who was on duty?"

The nurse lowered her head. "It was Mandy..."

"She's fired. Tell her not to come back," Wilfred said bluntly, leaving no room for discussion.

No one dared to speak up.

Kieran's eyes flickered with panic but quickly settled into feigned composure. He sneered and turned the blame on her. "What are you doing here? Haven't you done enough to ruin me? This is a hospital, Karina. Don't do anything stupid."

with mockery. "If someone ends up dead, don't think your little pretty boy

If you don't know how to speak

to me now? You've gotten bold, haven't you?" Kieran said, his expression growing darker

ignored the argument and instructed the

wanting to waste words, said coldly, "Get up. You're

Kieran refused, leaning back lazily. "And why should I cooperate? If you want me to take the test, fine-you'll have to

her hand as she fought the urge to shove it

she took a deep

could react, Wilfred stepped forward,

him. "I'm a patient! Is this how you treat patients?" Wilfred didn't

furiously on the door,

voice was calm but icy. "If you want to come out, use the bathroom

cursed and yelled for a while longer, but when it became clear no one would let him out, he finally gave in. The

let Kieran out, his expression was calm and indifferent, giving no bint of the forceful

expression softened slightly as she

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