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

you here?” Sean’s heart tightened bit by bit. His expression was as unruffled as ever,

a woman alone together would

as reclusive as he was, would not have kept company unless it was someone important to

contacted Yves, he was

by his questioning

pressed on with an outwardly breezy demeanor, “Ms. Yates, you truly take a relaxed attitude toward relationships. It’s been less than two months since your divorce, and you’ve

entirely consumed by the situation unfolding in

it not for the reminders from reason and past experiences, he might have asked some questions

Two hours. The operating room doors remained closed. Cynthia had a growing suspicion that

word in the quiet hallway. Each lost in their own

room doors finally

her feet. Sean, however, merely raised his gaze

he?” Cynthia asked.

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