Chapter 520
As the door closed behind him, effectively isolating Yves from Sean, Cynthia secured the contract and took a seat in the hallway outside the operating room.
She did not ask Sean about Joshua’s condition. If it were not severe, he would not have paid such a hefty sum to negotiate with Yves. Requesting Yves’s help was a sign of dire circumstances.
As she waited, Sean approached and sat down beside her.
Neither spoke for a while.
Eventually, Sean turned to her and asked, “What’s your relationship with Yves?”
“Friends,” came Cynthia’s succinct response.
“With benefits?”
“No
heart tightened bit by bit. His expression was
a man and a woman alone together would certainly
Yves, as reclusive as he was, would not have kept company
that when Sean had contacted Yves, he was with
by his questioning
response, Sean pressed on with an outwardly breezy demeanor, “Ms. Yates, you truly take a relaxed attitude toward relationships. It’s been less than
heart was entirely consumed by the situation unfolding in the operating room.
not for the reminders from reason and past experiences, he might have asked
passed slowly. An hour. Two hours. The operating room doors remained closed. Cynthia had a growing suspicion that Joshua’s
of them spoke a word in the quiet hallway.
the morning, the operating room doors finally
to her feet. Sean, however, merely raised his gaze to look at Yws with ring
he?” Cynthia
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