Silence sealed off every possibility.
Celine remained silent, lost in thought as the nurse's words kept spinning in her head.
Confusion set in. It was followed by a sense of suspicion that welled up within Luan. The woman was lost in her thoughts.
Her eyebrows were tightly furrowed, holding back the turmoil in her mind, which was now busy weaving together the worst possible assumptions about the man standing before her.
Why hadn't Luan mentioned a thing about his condition during the surgery? And why had Luan hidden the fact that an emergency blood transfusion had been necessary?
The furrow on Celine's forehead deepened as she held her breath, as if an invisible wall had suddenly crumbled, overturning all her worst suspicions in an instant. Could it be that Luan actually had no idea the man was coming either? Had the hospital acted on its own without informing Luan?
