Mr. Campbell replied, "He’s alright for now, but you might as well take good care of him. If this
happened to him again, we would probably not be able to bring him back, no matter how good we are."
Mrs. Conduibh said, "I’m sorry for that. To reward your hard work, I’ll invite all of you to dinner and give
you extra bonuses when Tassach gets well."
Mr. Campbell and everyone else’s faces softened when they heard that.
"It’s so kind of you, Mrs. Conduibh, but we’re just trying our best to accomplish our own job, and we
aren’t doing it for the reward," explained Mr. Campbell.
"A reward is essential since you’ve saved Tassach’s life."
It was after the small talk was done that Mr. Campbell and his surgical team left.
Tassach was wheeled back to his ward by a few nurses, while Mrs. Conduibh said to Ophelia,
"Ophelia, I appreciate what you’ve done today. It’s late now. Why don’t you go home? You’re pregnant,
and you can’t stay up late."
Madeleine pouted with contempt upon hearing that.
Even though she should be in the least sincere, Mrs. Conduibh should long have said that, not now.
Probably because Madeleine didn’t like the Conduibhs at all, everything Mrs. Conduibh did seemed
hypocritical in her eyes.
Ophelia replied, "Well, fine then, I’m going back with Madeleine now. Please call me when Tassach
wakes up, Mrs. Conduibh. Madeleine and I will visit him when we have time."
Mrs. Conduibh nodded and said, "I appreciate your kindness, and I’ll definitely call you when Tassach
wakes up."
After that, Madeleine dragged Ophelia away.
Gracie walked up and asked, "So, you allow Tassach to bond with Ophelia, Mrs. Conduibh?"
Mrs. Conduibh held Gracie’s hands and explained, "Gracie, please don’t take me wrong. You’ve also
seen what kind of situation Tassach is in now. He’s a stubborn man. Once he decides that Ophelia is
the woman he will spend the rest of his life with, he’ll never forgive me if I try to stop him. So we might
as well go with the flow. But I don’t think there’s a future between Ophelia and him, because you’re the
woman I want him to be with."
Gracie stared at Mrs. Conduibh with mixed feelings. She had worked so hard looking after Tassach, but
that meant nothing against Ophelia’s little attention to him, and now, even Mrs. Conduibh’s balance
was tilting to her.
Meanwhile, she gave everything like a fool. What did everyone take her for?
Gracie was a lady from a wealthy family and had always lived an extravagant life. She was the center
of attention all the time. When had she ever been humiliated like this before?
"Do you take me as a fallback candidate, Mrs. Conduibh?" Gracie asked frankly.
Mrs. Conduibh answered her in embarrassment, "Gracie, I know you’ve worked hard these days, but
you’ve also seen how ill Tassach is, so I have no choice but to be nicer to Ophelia. Otherwise, Tassach
would get angry and his condition might take a turn for the worse. I have only one son, and I don’t want
anything bad to happen to him."
Gracie’s face softened a little.
"Mrs. Conduibh, it’s not that I want to confront you, but I’m afraid that you’re taking Ophelia into account
now. You were the one who proposed making an alliance through marriage to my parents back then,
and that’s why I flied all the way home. I fell in love with Tassach at first sight, and I intend to marry him,
so I don’t know what to do if you don’t support me."
Mrs. Conduibh smiled, "You’re the only girl I recognize to be Tassach’s wife. Now Ophelia already
married into the Chambers family, and there’s no future between Tassach and her. Stop bothering
yourself with this issue anymore, or you’ll make a fool of yourself."
Gracie nodded with a smile, her eyes grim.
Meanwhile, Madeleine pulled Ophelia into the elevator and they went downstairs. Since it was 1 a.m.,
there were few people out of the hospital entrance.
A cool breeze was blowing, and it was chilly at this moment. Madeleine rubbed her hands and asked,
"Honey, do you feel cold?"
Ophelia shook her head and replied, "I’m alright."
Madeleine grabbed Ophelia’s arm and suggested, "Honey, we’ve had a rough night and I’m getting
hungry now. How about we have some midnight snack? Let’s eat something warm!"
Ophelia nodded.
Madeleine drove themselves to the nearest barbecue stand. Before they got off, she asked, "Honey, I
wonder if this kind of street food still agrees with you."
Ophelia got amused by Madeleine’s question.
"Madeleine, I’m no princess living an ivory tower. Don’t forget that I made myself through some rough
days before I married Zachariah. We used to eat at this kind of barbecue stands before, you forget?"
Madeleine replied, smiling, "I thought you’d only eat fancy food now since your life has become better."
Ophelia unfastened her seat belt and said, "Let’s get off now. Keep your mind off those ridiculous
thoughts."
Madeleine also unfastened her seat belt and the two walked up to the barbecue stand. It was after
midnight now, but there were still a lot of customers. Their appearance, nonetheless, attracted
everybody’s attention.
It was totally understandable because both of them were stunning. Even if Ophelia was seven-month
pregnant now, she still looked beautiful, less seductive due to her pregnancy, but more charming
somehow.
As for Madeleine, she was a pretty girl to begin with, and she knew how to dress herself, so
undoubtedly, she was an absolute stunner. The two beauties, who were elegant and sophisticated
dressers, caught everybody’s eye once they turned up.
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