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
bit. His expression was as unruffled
man and a woman
was, would not have kept company unless it was someone important to
had contacted Yves, he was
puzzled by
on with an outwardly breezy demeanor, “Ms. Yates, you truly take a relaxed attitude toward relationships. It’s been less than two months
consumed by the situation unfolding in the operating
the reminders from
Cynthia had a growing suspicion that Joshua’s condition might be more serious than she’d thought.
quiet hallway. Each lost
morning, the operating room
raised his
he?”
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