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.

she couldn't quite decipher.

her doubts and

She wasn't alone

hardly daring to blink for fear of a mistake. Time crept by in the operating room, which was so silent

and gloves, a bright smile lighting up her face.

a statue. He didn't appear worried-just patiently waiting. Waiting for the moment she would

"It's been ages, and she's still not out. Looks like I'm winning this bet,

expression turned icy as he cast Harley a frosty glance. "Celebrating midway through a game is the quickest way to lose. The same applies

room but away from Haley. He had no interest in sharing space with someone he openly disliked-a rarity for someone who usually masked

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