Love Is Gone ( Nora Smith)

Nora frowned.

Before she could answer, a gentle but anxious voice reached them.

"Are you trying to drive me to my grave, Henry?"

On the hospital bed, a gentle middle-aged woman wearing a hospital gown struggled to get out of the bed.

Her hair was all shaved, and she looked frighteningly skinny due to her illness.Her cheeks were sunken, but it nevertheless couldn’t hide her gentle personality.

She was Irene Smith, her aunt.

Nora took a couple of quick steps forward and sat on the edge of the bed.She held her hand and greeted, "Aunt Irene."

Irene looked at Nora up and down for a moment.Then, her eyes turned red.

"You look so much like your mom after you’ve slimmed down, Nora." Her voice trembled as she spoke.

"You've had such a hard time outside all these years."

During the five years when she lived abroad, Henry had never given her a single cent.

It was instead her aunt who always sent her some money as living expenses.

Although it wasn’t much, it was her way of showing her kindness.

Nora’s heart was warmed.

At this point, her stepmother, Wendy, said, "Nora, your aunt has been pretty nice to you ever since you were a child, right? She's sick now, and you're the only one that can cure her! You won’t watch her die, will you?"

Nora frowned.

A brain tumor...

She casually tugged off the medical report and CT scan next to her and started to read them seriously.

A naggy Wendy said, "Your aunt's operation is too difficult, Nora.A moment of carelessness and she'll suffer brain damage, so no one in the hospital wants to do it.Dr.Larson, the head of the Department of Neurology in this hospital, is Angela’s professor at the School of Medicine in her college.If she begs him to do it, maybe he’d be willing to take the risk and give it a go."

Wendy sighed at this point before continuing.

"But now, Anthony’s saying that without the company, he’ll never get engaged to your sister.Your sister is terribly upset and in a bad mood.You can’t possibly ask someone for help in such a gloomy manner, right? So, as long as you give your sister the company, we'll let Angela beg Dr.Larson for help.Whether your aunt’s operation goes through or not completely depends on you now."

to Angela for sabotaging her marriage proposal, seducing Anthony out of spite, and for

be the good guy, said, "We’re a family.What are you saying all these for? Sigh, Nora, your aunt’s illness can’t be delayed any further.Why don’t you sign the

finished reading her

carelessness would lead to mistakes and

doctors would dare to take on a surgery like this even in New York,

aside from

yelled angrily after hearing what

that Nora’s mother left for her.How can

Irene.What do you mean by she left it for Nora? Henry and Nora’s mother were husband and wife at that time.That's their joint

shameless...!" Irene

to their nonsense, Nora.My illness is incurable.Even if you sign the agreement and have them perform surgery on me, there’s a 90% chance that

you again when I

and turned and walked out.Her aunt was in

to contact the hospital and borrow their equipment and

that she would just up and leave

even disappeared from the ward in the

a total ingrate.Your kindness toward her was

Wendy also spoke sarcastically.

so kind to her, Irene.But in the end, she didn’t even want to stay a moment

lip

nothing to do with Nora from

the top-floor presidential suite of

finish your homework from noon, Pete? This section is completely blank! How are we supposed to proceed with

at the assignment that obviously hadn’t been given to him at noon and was already beyond his syllabus.He didn’t speak but instead stared at the tutor just

curled

these lessons effortlessly when he was your age.Don’t you even know how to do this question? If that’s the case, then it must be your mom who lowered

only when he heard the

jaw was taut as

workbook.He already

wasn’t stupid! But as soon as he finished answering it, the tutor said,

didn’t you include the problem-solving process? I’ve already told you

problem-solving process even necessary for such

took the ruler,

Smack! Smack! The pain made Pete’s eyes widen, yet he

class seriously.Now, your punishment

two hours until even his