\u201cOhhh!\u201d The voice behind Clementine made her whip around instantly..\u00a0<\/p>\n
Xyla had clearly been eavesdropping for a while. With the expression of someone who had just uncovered a major scandal, she shouted, \u201cI always thought this was a proper public hospital. Who knew it was this shady? So the director\u2019s niece gets to jump the line for promotions?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite the news being an open secret within the department, it was still a secret. Letting outsiders hear it could spell serious trouble.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clementine\u2019s expression tightened as she hurried to explain. \u201cMs. Turner, you\u2019ve misunderstood-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did I misunderstand? Aren\u2019t you the director\u2019s distant niece?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m his cousin\u2019s daughter, not his distant niece\u2013I mean, no\u2013ugh!\u201d Clementine sputtered, her face flushing red.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever.\u201d Xyla waved her off. \u201cEither way, you\u2019re still a distant relative.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, my dad is George Turner, and I\u2019m his daughter. By that logic, shouldn\u2019t I be more qualified than some distant niece like you? Should I just come in here and grab a department head position? I\u2019ve never studied medicine, and I don\u2019t even know what glucose is. But I could always have my dad donate some money to the hospital.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Xyla was shouting so loudly that people down the hallway overheard. Hearing the commotion from his office, Jeremy rushed\u00a0<\/p>\n
out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur hospital absolutely does not tolerate favoritism or unethical practices. You can\u2019t make baseless accusations like that,\u201d he retorted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBaseless?\u201d Xyla swung her leg lazily and continued, \u201cHow about I file a complaint with the Department of Health and Human Services and have them investigate? If I\u2019m wrong, I\u2019ll apologize and have my dad donate some new equipment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As she spoke, Xyla pulled out her phone. Jeremy swiftly snatched it from her hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She furrowed her brow and snarled, \u201cWhat do you think you\u2019re doing?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeremy\u2019s expression darkened. \u201cMs. Turner, I\u2019ve shown you plenty of courtesy out of respect for your father. I have no personal grudge against you, so why are you threatening to report us? Do you have any idea how much trouble that would cause the hospital?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGive me my phone back!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeremy didn\u2019t take a young lady like Xyla seriously at all. He held the phone behind his back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Turner has partnered with this hospital for years. Do you really think he\u2019d allow you to behave recklessly?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Xyla\u2019s temper flared. She shoved her wheelchair forward, trying to grab her phone back. However, confined to a wheelchair, she was no match for a grown man.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clementine, naturally siding with Jeremy, stepped in and pushed Xyla away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Xyla was anything but restrained. She grabbed a fistful of Clementine\u2019s hair and hissed, \u201cHow dare you push me? Do you think I\u2019m an easy target just because I\u2019m in a wheelchair?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clementine bent forward in pain, her expression contorted as she shrieked and flailed her arms. \u201cLet go of me! Let go!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeremy froze for a split second, then barked at Scarlet, \u201cPull them apart!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, Scarlet couldn\u2019t even find a safe way to intervene.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone is recording this on their phone. If you don\u2019t mind this ending up online, feel free to keep fighting,\u201d Scarlet said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
B\u00a0<\/p>\n
VIP UPGRADE REWARDS\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
172\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 72\u00a0<\/p>\n
212\u00a0<\/p>\n
As her words fell, Clementine went rigid. After all, she was a doctor. Not only would it shatter her image if she were filmed fighting a patient, but she\u2019d also be torn apart online.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHaha, scared now, aren\u2019t you?\u201d Xyla seized the moment to yank Clementine\u2019s hair once more and even kicked her with her leg still wrapped in a cast. \u201cI\u2019ve got three million followers. I\u2019m not afraid of going viral!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet pressed a hand to her forehead in exasperation. \u201cXyla!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Xyla let out a defiant snort and finally released her grip.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seething, Clementine saw her chance and shoved Xyla hard while she wasn\u2019t paying attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Xyla hadn\u2019t anticipated such an underhanded move. Caught off guard, her wheelchair shot backward instantly. Screaming in panic, she fumbled clumsily with the joystick, only to make it speed even faster.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet rushed forward to stop it. However, she underestimated the combined weight of the electric wheelchair and Xyla. The momentum slammed into her knee, throwing her off balance and sending her stumbling backward several steps.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just then, she bumped into something solid. An arm wrapped around her waist from behind, steadying her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Heart still racing, Scarlet turned and caught sight of the sharp, defined line of William\u2019s jaw.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With one hand gripping the wheelchair handle to stop it, he kept the other firm at Scarlet\u2019s waist as he pulled her safely out\u00a0<\/p>\n
of the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOhhh!\u201d The voice behind Clementine made her whip around instantly..\u00a0 Xyla had clearly been eavesdropping for a while. With the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-end-of-the-contractstart-of-his-obsession"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13587,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13549\/revisions\/13587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}