As the surgery approached, Karina worked overtime, meticulously double-checking for any possible oversights.

Before stepping into the operating room, she took a deep breath.

"Karina, you've got this!" a nurse beside her encouraged.

This surgery was particularly significant, and the assistants and nurses weren't from her hospital. They were brought in by the project, specifically by Harley's team.

Without a single familiar face around, Karina felt a twinge of anxiety. Opportunities to lead surgeries were already rare for her, let alone under circumstances like this, with no one she could truly rely on. But there was no turning back now.

Gritting her teeth, Karina donned her gloves. As she was about to enter the operating room, her peripheral vision caught sight of a figure standing silently in the distance. It was Wilfred.

eyes carrying something profound she couldn't quite decipher. When their eyes locked, a faint

all her doubts

like a stabilizing force coursed through her veins. She wasn't alone

daring to blink for fear of a mistake. Time crept by in the operating room, which was so silent it felt suspended in a vacuum. Finally, there was the faint clink of the

removed her mask and gloves, a bright

didn't appear worried-just patiently waiting. Waiting for

still not out. Looks like I'm winning this bet, wouldn't you

Harley a frosty glance. "Celebrating midway through a game is the

still in view of the operating room but away from Haley.

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