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."

shot a glance at Wilfred, his tone dripping with mockery. "If someone ends up dead,

mouth, Kieran. If you don't know

now? You've gotten bold, haven't

argument and instructed the nurses to prepare for the

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

cooperate? If you want me to take the test, fine-you'll have

in her hand as she fought the urge to shove it down his

took a deep breath to calm

Wilfred stepped forward, grabbing Kieran with

doing? Let me go!" Kieran yelled, thrashing against him. "I'm a patient! Is this how you treat patients?" Wilfred didn't respond. Instead, he dragged Kieran to the bathroom and locked the door from the

Kieran banged furiously on the door,

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

longer, but when it became clear no one would let him out, he finally gave in. The nurse collected

and indifferent, giving no bint of the forceful

as she looked

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