Filed To Story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
In truth, William understood what Cora meant and empathized with her humiliation and frustration upon being trampled on and defamed by others.
If a similar situation happened to Jane, the Yoris family would stop at nothing to ruin the reputation of the mastermind and prevent any further harm to Jane.
However, Cora wasn’t part of the Yoris family, so William just wanted to resolve the issue quickly and minimize its impact.
Since Cora wasn’t his daughter, he didn’t think her sorrows had much to do with him.
“A decision was made regarding this, and it won’t be changed. You can go back to work in the emergency room now. The statement and letter of apology will be issued in the afternoon.”
Cora was dissatisfied with William’s final decision.
However, she had no choice but to compromise. Lowering her gaze, she replied,
“Alright, I understand.”
The hospital didn’t belong to her but to the Yoris family.
Thus, she had no choice but to put her grievances aside.
As Cora was about to leave, William thought of something and added,
“By the way, you’re an adult, not a three-year-old child. There’s no need to complain to others about everything. Byron isn’t your parent.
You making repeated complaints to him will only annoy him.”
Cora laughed upon hearing that.
Although it seemed as if William was giving him advice as her elder, he was actually reprimanding her for reporting their actions to Byron, which put pressure on the Yoris family.
In reality, she had never filed a complaint with Byron. He was directly informed of her situation by the men who he had sent.
However, she felt that nothing would come of explaining that to the unscrupulous Yoris family, so she didn’t bother to.
Instead, she retorted,
“Am I supposed to keep this from him and allow the Yoris family to do as you wish and ruin my career that I’m passionate about, leaving me penniless and desperate?”
William seemed like he wanted to say something more, but Cora spoke first,
“Mr. William Yoris, you don’t need to put on an act to comfort me. To me, you’re no different from anyone else in the Yoris family. You’re all hypocritical and disgusting.”
She rarely expressed her dislike for others so directly, but she was extremely disgusted by and hostile toward the Yoris family.
She was especially so toward William, who always pretended to be nice to her but was the driving force behind the Yoris family’s persecution of her. She felt even more repulsed by him than she did Sara.
Cora didn’t want to look at his face any longer and left the office without turning back after saying that.
As William watched Cora leave, he felt an inexplicable ache in his heart.
It was as if something important had been quietly taken away from his life.
When Cora returned to work in the emergency room that day, many colleagues congratulated her.
There were also some who gossiped behind her back, assuming that she probably slept with the higher-ups, which was why the matter was resolved quickly.
“Cora, either ask the higher-ups to find the person who posted the photo and issue a public apology or thoroughly investigate the matter. It’s awful that their solution only muddled things up.”
Sally couldn’t stand hearing the gossip and had already argued with them several times. When she saw Cora, she couldn’t help but make such a suggestion.
Cora was also aware that the solution was particularly unhelpful to her. However, she couldn’t stand alone against the Yoris family. Thus, she smiled wryly.
“This isn’t anything to be worried about if you don’t let it deter you. Sally, just ignore the gossip. It’s not worth bothering about it.”
“But I can’t shake the feeling that they’re plotting for your ruin!”
Sally was no fool.
Ever since she found out about Cora’s relationship with Byron, she became acutely aware of the Yoris family’s various tactics to force Cora into a corner.
It was especially apparent during the incident with the sexual photos.
Since they couldn’t pull Cora and Byron apart, they figured they would ruin Cora.
It was natural that Sally grew more and more worried about Cora’s well-being.
However, Cora smirked impassively.
“It’s alright. They can make attempts on my life all they want, and if they fail, they’ll just have to watch me grow stronger…”
Cora seemed determined.
Since the Yoris family was targeting her at every turn, she would make herself stronger, so they couldn’t hurt her anymore.
Thus, she put in her utmost effort to gain experience while working on her job.
She also paid no heed to the gossip and rumors circulating about her.
As the days rushed by, it was soon two days before Flora’s second surgery.
On that day, Flora found herself at Jane’s office door once again.
Jane happened to have just ended her session with a patient, so she invited Flora into her office.
“Mrs. Flora Lane, did you come to have a chat with me? Come on in.”
Jane’s warm welcome surprised Flora.
Although Flora had been hanging out quite frequently at Jane’s office, Jane rarely was accommodating, nor did she smile much. On the contrary, she had always been aloof and closed off.
“Dr. Yoris, I brought some delicious pastries…”
Prior to that, Flora had always been the one who initiated conversations with Jane, so Jane’s sudden enthusiasm made her nervous.
“Thank you. We can have this together.”
Jane seemed unfazed as she immediately opened the box of pastries Flora had brought and even sampled one in front of her.
“Well, these did taste really good,”
Jane commented before going to prepare coffee for Flora.
“I’m having my second operation tomorrow, and I may not be able to come here for a few days.”
Flora started a conversation while waiting for Jane to prepare the coffee.
Jane thought to herself,
“Your absence doesn’t concern me at all. You’re just a nobody, and I don’t even want to see you.”
Despite what she thought, she comforted Flora.
“You must be feeling anxious. You don’t need to worry too much. The success rate of this operation is extremely high, so there shouldn’t be a problem.”
Flora immediately felt reassured, tears rolling in her eyes.
“But it is still a surgery, and with any surgery, there is a possibility of failure. I am really scared that I might never see this world again, nor will I again see…”
She couldn’t bring herself to finish her sentence.
“Nor will I again see you,”
she thought.
“That won’t happen. Dr. Cohen never failed. Besides, you are so brave and strong, so you’d definitely pull through this.”
Jane brought the brewed coffee to Flora and held her hand encouragingly.
“I’ll visit you after the operation. You have to stay strong and get through this, okay?”
Flora grasped Jane’s hand in response, feeling a surge of excitement.
“Okay, I’ll work hard to make it through!”
Just then, the intercom rang.
After answering it, Jane apologized to Flora.
“I’m sorry, I have to attend to the patient in bed number 45
now. Please wait here. I’ll be back shortly.”
“Sure, go ahead and don’t worry about me.”
Soon, Jane left the office, and Flora picked up the coffee that Jane made for her. She brought it to her nose and savored the aroma, enjoying its taste after taking a sip.
After finishing her coffee, she noticed two new photo frames on Jane’s desk.
Although Jane had scolded Flora for meddling with her belongings before, she couldn’t hold back her curiosity and checked out the new photos.
She didn’t want to miss any of Jane’s precious moments, and by looking at the photos, she also wanted to soothe her own regrets for not being able to accompany Jane.
However, she was stunned as soon as she laid eyes on one of the photos.
“Isn’t that Byron?”
She wondered.
The photo seemed to have been taken at an event.
Jane stood with Byron, both dressed elegantly.
Although Byron kept a neutral expression, Jane wore a radiant smile.
In the photo, they didn’t look like strangers to each other.
“What’s going on? Isn’t Byron Cora’s boyfriend?”
She thought.
It wasn’t until then that Flora remembered Jane mentioning that her fianc?’s surname was Hansen.
“No way…”
Flora was trembling all over.
Unbeknownst to her, Jane was standing outside the office, observing everything through the crack in the door despite having claimed that she would be heading to bed number 45…
Before Cora received a call from Flora, she was accompanying Nora to attend another one of those wealthy wives’ parties.
The theme this time was music appreciation.
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