Chapter 515
Lucy and Hayden were equally excited. “Carly, we’ll be waiting for you outside.”
Carly nodded. “Alright.”
Adam’s gaze shifted to Celine. “I’m leaving Carly in your hands. Celine, I trust you won’t do anything reckless.”
Truthfully, Adam was still surprised by Celine’s sudden agreement to perform the surgery. Her change in attitude felt too drastic, leaving him unsettled.
Robin immediately scoffed. “Mr. Alvarez, are you seriously threatening Celine for Carly?”
Hailey crossed her arms and chimed in, “Mr. Alvarez, just wait. You’ll regret this soon enough.”
Adam’s brows furrowed, but he ignored Hailey and Robin, keeping his attention on Celine.
Celine remained unfazed. “Don’t worry, Mr. Alvarez. Carly, let’s go.”
Carly waved at Adam with a bright smile. “Adam, I’m heading in. With you here, Celine won’t dare do anything to me!”
With Adam backing her, Carly had nothing to fear.
Just as Celine and Carly reached the operating room doors, a voice suddenly called out.
“Celine?”
Celine turned to see the person she had been waiting for-Alfred, the village doctor.
Alfred stepped forward. “Celine, you’ve grown so much.”
When Celine was abandoned in the countryside back then, Alfred was one of the few who had shown her kindness, a gesture she had never forgotten.
“Alfred, it’s been years. How have you been?”
“I’m doing well, Celine. I heard you’ve become a skilled doctor now. That’s amazing! Even back when you were a little girl, I could tell you had a talent for medicine. I always knew you were meant for great things. And look at you now, proving me right!” Alfred laughed warmly.
Carly gave Alfred a cold once-over, her disdain evident when she noticed he
came from the countryside. “Celine, enough small talk. We’ve got a surgery to get to.”
Alfred’s gaze flickered briefly toward Carly before shifting to Adam. His eyes
widened in surprise. “Wait a minute… It’s you?”
Adam had a nagging feeling that Alfred looked familiar-as if they had met before. “Have we crossed paths?” he asked.
“Of course! Don’t you remember?
Years ago, you were seriously
injured and collapsed in the forest A
little girl found you and carried you
to a cave. The next morning, she came to me for help, and I brought you medicine,” Alfred recalled.
A faint memory resurfaced in Adam’s mind.
Years ago, he had spent the night in a cave, seeking warmth in the arms of a girl. The next morning, he saw her bring in a village doctor, who administered an injection to him.
“I remember now. I never got the chance to properly thank you for saving my life,” Adam said.
Alfred waved his hand dismissively. “There’s no need for thanks. I only did what any doctor would. The real hero was that little girl. You were in horrible shape. If it hadn’t been for her, you wouldn’t have survived. You should be thanking her.”
Adam’s gaze shifted to Carly. “That girl was Carly. I found her later.”
Alfred stared at Carly in disbelief. “Wait, what? She’s the one who saved you back then?”
“Is there a problem?” Adam asked.
A problem?
No, this was a nightmare.
Carly’s face went pale in an instant. She had never imagined that this village doctor from the countryside was the very one Celine had sought out all those years ago. He had witnessed everything firsthand and knew exactly who was responsible for saving Adam’s life.
Carly’s heart sank. Why did he have to show up at such a critical moment? She was about to have surgery. Why now?
She turned to Adam with an urgency in her voice. “Adam… My heart doesn’t feel right. Let’s stop talking and begin the surgery, please.”
She was eager to cut the conversation short.
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