Karina glanced at the time and quickly gestured for Yvette to sit down as well.

However, barely had they taken their seats when a haughty woman marched up to Karina, her sharp gaze fixed on the chair she was sitting on. "You, get up. I want that seat!"

Karina frowned, studying the unfamiliar woman. She didn't recognize her from the hospital, but the designer jewelry around her neck and the branded bag on her arm screamed wealth. She seemed like the kind of entitled socialite who rarely had to fight for anything, let alone a seat.

Unsure if the woman was trying to pick a fight or genuinely wanted the chair, Karina pointed to the open seats nearby. "There are plenty of seats over there. Take one of those."

Then, she lowered her head, dismissing the woman entirely.

The woman's eyes widened in disbelief. "Excuse me? I said I want your seat. Get up. Now!"

Not content with words alone, she reached out to pull Karina up by force.

her off. "I was here first. There are empty

your seat, and you're going to give it to me. It's

a card and shoved it into Karina's hand. "Here. Two hundred thousand dollars, no PIN. I'm not

the card in her hand. Its cool surface once represented everything she had longed for

all she could think about was how, years ago, she had almost made a grave mistake for a mere hundred thousand dollars. The memory of secretly photographing Wilfred for money

tightened

before suddenly releasing it. Karina stood, grabbed the woman's hand, and

her palm. "I'm sorry, but

And I'm

woman's face

pointed an accusing finger at Karina. "You dare refuse me? Do you even know who I am? A mere doctor thinks she

argue with her. That's Ava Jasper, the daughter of the Jasper

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