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

His expression

late hour, a man and a woman alone together would certainly

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

when Sean had contacted Yves, he was with

by his

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

was entirely consumed by the situation unfolding in the

surged in his gaze. Were it not for the reminders from reason and

slowly. An hour. Two hours. The operating room doors remained closed. Cynthia had a growing suspicion that Joshua’s condition might be more serious

a word in the quiet hallway. Each

morning, the operating room doors finally opened,

feet. Sean, however, merely raised his gaze to look at Yws

is he?” Cynthia asked.

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