The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 209

When Ashley arrived at the hospital room, she saw Tristan obediently lying in bed, listening intently as Calista briefed him on his recovery and gave him

instructions to follow

Calista, dressed in a white lab coat and sporting a pair of golden–rimmed glasses, looked elegant and sophisticated.

She held a tablet in one hand and looked at Tristan with a firm yet authoritative gaze as she spoke, displaying a unique commanding charm,

Tristan, on the other hand, was looking at her with unusually soft eyes. There was even a trace of a smile playing on his lips. It was such a stark contrast to his usual brooding and intimidating demeanor

Ashley couldn’t help but shake her head in amazement.

Calista had somehow managed to tame Tristan, who was normally as wild and unpredictable as a rabid dog

“Dr Pendleton.” Ashley greeted her with a warm smile as she entered the room and placed a basket of fresh fruits on the table in front of Calista. “Some fruits for you. They’re all your favorites. Eat them to replenish your vitamins.”

“Thank you” Calista replied, taking the basket with one hand

“How’s Tristan’s recovery? Ashley glanced at Tristan who immediately resumed his brooding expression as he met her gaze, as if his earlier soft demeanor towards Calista was a mere hallucination

“He’ll be able to walk again. He just can’t participate in any strenuous activities.“Calista answered while adjusting her glasses and setting her tablet down. “He needs to stay away from any rough sports or heavy exercises

Ashley couldn’t help but feel a bit of schadenfreude. She wondered if Tristan would still take part in Arabella’s schemes against her now that he was semi–disabled Would he have ended up in this state if Arabella hadn’t persuaded him to provoke Percival?

have already accepted this

I’m not bedridden for life. And it’s all

You don’t need to thank me” Calista replied indifferently “Besides, the Brooks family has paid a hefty sum for

laughed out loud

indeed a straightforward woman.

words, she had brushed off any potential sense of obligation Tristan might have

seeing Calista struggling with the fruits and her tablet. Ashley offered to carry the fruits for her “Calista, I

left the room with Ashley without sparing

Ashley

idle chatter, Ashley brought up Arabella. “Calista, did you hear about

mildly. She wasn’t particularly interested in

was in Riverwood She thought of Arabella as nothing more than a pretty face with no brains, an individual not worth a

she heard that Tristan had been beaten up because

even married” Ashley took out her phone and showed Calista the news. “And she has the audacity to claim that Percival is

Arabella or the notorious playboy Paul from the Ellington family. She

worth her attention

the once chippled Percival, against all odds, managed to stand–up

as she scrolled through the news article, she paused when Percival’s picture popped up. She pointed at the image,

with a smirk “Can you believe that my cousin once thought Percival would be her knight in shining armor? She’s

the video of Percival Her eyes fell

bus arms

a tone that was

flicker of jealousy in Ashley’s eyes That’s Vivienne Percivals fiancee,

focused on the term “fiancée.”

background?” Calista

double Ph.D in medicine and biology from Elite University Ashley replied, not quite understanding why Calista was asking about Vivienne. “She’s quite impressive She finished her studies when she was just

Ashley, had just graduated high school at