Chapter 364
Mrs. Jasper Sr. shook her head as she muttered to herself. It was hard to tell whether she was trying to convince Lilian or herself.
The granddaughter she had raised with her own hands had poisoned her son. How was she supposed to accept something like that?
Lilian let out a weary sigh and gave Mrs. Jasper a cold, expressionless glance. She didn’t say another word and simply turned and
walked away.
She made another call to the prison to schedule a visit.
If her suspicion was correct, then Vivian had just added another charge to her name-attempted murder.
Lilian felt it was time to face this ungrateful, cold-blooded girl herself.
After what felt like an eternity, the doors to the operating room finally opened.
Sean, Scott and Desmond rushed forward almost at the same time.
Sean asked, “Doctor, how is Lottie?”
Scott followed, “Doctor, how’s she doing?”
Desmond’s voice trembled slightly. “Doctor, how’s my daughter?”
Everyone else held their breath, watching with tense, worried expressions. Their hearts pounded in unison. They were hoping for good news, but terrified they might hear the worst.
The lead surgeon removed his mask. Though his face looked tired, a faint smile appeared.
“She’s out of immediate danger. We’re transferring her to the ICU now. You’ll be able to visit in three days.”
Everyone let out a collective sigh of relief.
For the first time in hours, light returned to Sean’s vacant eyes. The heavy weight pressing on his chest finally began to lift.
He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them and said solemnly, “Thank you, doctor.”
The rest followed, unable to hold back tears of joy as they repeatedly thanked the medical team.
Desmond, a man nearing fifty, was crying so hard his eyes were bloodshot. His voice shook as he choked out, “Thank you, doctor. Thank you… thank you…”
The doctor gave a small nod and left.
A few nurses wheeled Charlotte out on a stretcher. Sean’s heart twisted at the sight of her pale, unconscious face.
It was a stabbing, wrenching kind of pain. One wave after another, sharp enough to tear him apart.
Everyone instinctively moved toward her.
“Please step aside,” one of the nurses said. “She’s being transferred to the ICU. No visitors allowed yet.”
The crowd parted, making way as the nurses pushed the stretcher down the hallway.
The suffocating atmosphere that had lingered in the corridor finally began to lift.
The girls had all cried themselves red-eyed.
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Jenny wiped her tears and said with a trembling voice, “I knew the universe wouldn’t be so cruel. Miss Riley is too kind. There’s no way anything would happen to her.”
Lena sniffled and dabbed her eyes. “Thank goodness she’s okay. That’s all that matters.”
Mia let out a long breath and wiped her tears away. “I’m just glad she made it. If she hadn’t…” Her voice trailed off, too shaken to finish the thought.
Jenny’s nose was red as she cried softly. “If anything had happened to her, I would’ve blamed myself for the rest of my life. She got hurt protecting me.”
Sophie sat on a bench with her foot still bandaged. Her eyes were red as well. “Thank God… Thank God Miss Riley is okay.”
Petra didn’t cry. But she let out a long breath and finally relaxed, the tension in her brows easing for the first time.
Zac looked at Sean and scoffed coldly. “Sean Jasper, Lottie almost died because of you. Stop dragging her into your mess.
Sean said nothing.
The hours she had spent in surgery had been the most painful, suffocating, and guilt-ridden of his entire life.
He couldn’t argue with Zac.
Because deep down, he felt the same way.
If it weren’t for him, Joseph wouldn’t have gone after her in the first place.
The guilt was overwhelming.
It felt as if someone had gripped his heart in their fist and was twisting it tighter and tighter, until the pain was almost
unbearable.
Desmond lifted his head and glared at Sean, his voice like ice. “He’s right. From now on, stay away from Lottie. Don’t bring any more disaster into her life.”
Sean’s breath caught in his throat. His heart clenched in agony.
