Chapter 285
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Mia raised her head, studying Timothy. His face reflected in her crystal–clear eyes.
They stood in the corridor, where the windows welcomed the warm summer breeze.
He saw himself in her eyes, his heartbeat picking up its pace.
“Mia Bowen, you’ve become more shameless since we last met a few days ago. Do I look like I have feelings for you?” A quick denial.
Despite his steely expression, his eyes wavered. He even tucked at his necktie to mask his mixed feelings.
“Okay. Then, why do you care so much about my relationship when you don’t even like me? Why tell me that those men are bad guys? Don’t you think that you’re crossing the line as my ex- husband?”
“That’s because you have a bad judgment of character.”
She nodded in acknowledgment. “You have a point. If I had good judgment of character, I wouldn’t have chosen you.”
Frustration boiled within him as he gritted his teeth. “Don’t you regret this, Mia Bowen.”
He left after saying that.
Bitterness reached the tip of Mia’s tongue as she watched him leave. She caressed her belly. confident that she wouldn’t regret it.
After coordinating her emotions, she held the plate of fruits into the room. “Grandma.”
“Mia, did you see Timothy? He came by.”
She paused. “No.”
The reflex reaction of a lie brought a pang of guilt.
Laura grabbed Mia’s hand. “You must’ve missed him. He went downstairs for the meeting about
my surgical plan. He should be back later.”
Her
r expression slightly shifted at that. Timothy went for the meeting?
This was bad! Connor was downstairs too!
Only then did she realize that Timothy left in the same direction as Connor did. Why didn’t she
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What should she do? Would a fight break out when Connor saw Timothy?
Mia was on edge. Anxiety got the best of her. “Grandma, I want to attend the meeting too.”
Mainly because she wanted to observe the situation. If a fight really broke out, she could at least
stop them.
Laura asked, “What for? It’s enough for Timothy to go alone. You know how boring a meeting can
She managed a forceful smile. Actually, it wasn’t that she wanted to attend the meeting, but she wished she could stop a fight from happening.
“Grandma, you don’t know what I’m going through right now,” she sighed inwardly.
What should she do? On what excuse could she attend the meeting?
At that moment, almost every doctor in the hospital gathered in the meeting room downstairs to
finalize the surgical plan.
As the main doctor in charge, Connor took the center seat and highlighted the things that required
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