Filed To Story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
Cora said,
“My mom is in the ICU again, so I came here.”
Cora greeted her, and Hazel comforted her.
Cora said,
“It’s okay. You are going to get off work, right? Go back quickly, or you will fail to catch the last bus.”
Hazel said,
“Okay, you should go back to rest early. There are doctors on duty in the ICU all the time.
Your mother will be fine. Take care of yourself, and have a good rest.”
“Okay, thanks,”
Cora said.
When she waved her hand to Hazel, she saw a small ornament on her bag.
“Hazel, where did you get this pendant?”
Cora hurriedly called out to her.
Hazel smiled and said,
“Dr. Yoris gave it to me. I think it looks pretty, so I hung it on the bag.”
Hazel didn’t know if it was her illusion, but she thought that Cora’s eyes dimmed a lot after hearing her words.
That pendant was the one Flora had knitted before.
Cora thought that the pendant was knitted for her, so every time she saw it, she would hold it in her hand and observe carefully. She had seen every detail clearly, and it was impossible to mistake it.
She had been waiting for Flora to finish it and give it to her, but Flora said that she threw it away because it wasn’t good. Cora even rummaged through the trash can to look for it.
Now Cora knew that Flora didn’t throw it away but gave it to Jane.
However, Jane didn’t like it, and she gave it to Hazel.
Suddenly, a terrible idea popped into Cora’s mind.
“Jane was Flora’s biological daughter!”
Cora also admitted that this idea was a bit ridiculous.
But the fact was that Flora treated Jane, the child of her romantic rival and ex, very well and even sacrificed her daughter’s happiness to fulfill her.
However, she treated Cora, her daughter, more like treating the child of her romantic rival.
Cora aspired to be a doctor who cured diseases and saved lives, but Flora would enroll her in different after-school classes and do everything possible to stop her. She and Byron would finally get married, but Flora forced them to break up and even frightened Cora with death.
Furthermore, Flora had always been indifferent to Cora, but she was so gentle with Jane, who she had met several times, and even made seafood porridge and knitted a scarf for her.
Today, to please Jane, Flora even ate the mango pastry she was allergic to. And finally, she was sent to the ICU.
Another point was that Cora and Jane had the same birthday.
Just when Cora fell into a terrible thought and dazed, Hazel asked her nervously,
“Dr. Lane, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing.”
Cora came back to her senses and quickly comforted Hazel.
“You look terrible. Why don’t I send you home to rest?”
Hazel thought Cora had taken a hit by the news that Flora had entered the ICU again and wanted to settle her down and send her home.
But Cora rejected her, saying,
“No, thanks. I still have some things to deal with here, and I will come home after I finish.”
“Then I’ll go back. If you need any help, call me anytime.”
When Cora was transferred to the cardiac surgery department, Hazel was around Cora to help her.
She had a good impression of Cora and felt her life was tough, so she always helped Cora as much as possible.
“Okay. Thank you,”
said Cora.
After Cora watched Hazel leave, her smile disappeared without a trace.
Then, she called Jane to ask her out for a meal.
Jane was quite surprised to learn that Cora would invite her to a meal.
She also wanted to know Cora’s motive for the sudden invitation, so she agreed.
The two agreed to meet at a restaurant near the hospital. When Jane arrived, Cora was already eating steak.
“Dr. Lane, what can I do for you?”
Cora asked the waiter to come and said to her,
“Order first. We’ll chat while eating. It’s been a long day.
I’m starving.”
Jane actually wanted to end their conversation quickly. But seeing Cora eating with gusto, she finally ordered a steak.
The steakhouse near the hospital was not high-end, but it served the food fast.
Less than ten minutes after Jane had ordered, her steak was served.
Cora even told her enthusiastically,
“This mushroom soup is also good. Try it.”
Jane ordered the food after arriving, so she didn’t feel Cora could do anything and started eating.
But the delicious mushroom soup Cora had recommended tasted like essence to her. It was processed from instant food and couldn’t compare with the one her chef made at home at all.
After one bite, Jane lost her appetite and threw the spoon aside.
“What do you want from me? Just tell me,”
Jane asked.
Cora glanced at the spoon Jane threw aside, which still had her lipstick marks on it, and then took a tissue to wipe her mouth.
“I just want to tell you that my mom was sent to the ICU today because of the mango pastries you gave her.”
Jane frowned. She thought Cora wanted to put the blame on her, so she said unhappily,
“She contacts many people and is exposed to many things every day in the hospital. Why do you just conclude that the mango pastries I sent made her allergic?”
“She has always been allergic to mangoes and can’t eat a bit.”
Cora looked at Jane coldly.
“She ate it, and I didn’t know she was allergic to mangoes! That’s your return to kindness!”
Jane admitted that she had other motives for visiting Flora, but she really didn’t expect Flora to be sent to the ICU because of the pastries she had sent.
She felt like Cora found fault with her and felt upset.
Hearing her almost cursing tone, Cora was sure what the nurse had said before was almost true.
Seeing Cora’s cold stare, Jane became even more annoyed.
“You don’t really think that I put it into her mouth, do you? It is a public place. Do you think I would risk my career and future to kill an old, sick woman?”
Cora still remained silent. Jane even wanted to settle the problem with money.
“Okay. How much do you want?”
While taking out the checkbook and about to write the numbers, she cursed unwillingly,
“What the hell?
I’m being blackmailed for sending pastries!”
But at this time, Cora told her,
“I don’t want to blackmail you, nor do I want your money.”
“Then what do you want?”
Jane felt wronged, so she almost exploded.
“I just want to tell you, don’t send her mangoes or anything in mango flavor.”
“That’s it?”
“Yeah! Do you think I will ask you to take care of her with me? Are you willing?”
Cora’s half-joking tone made Jane heave a sigh of relief.
But Jane still said,
“I always feel you are weird today.”
“Why? I’m not weird but pretty, right? That’s why you copy my style!”
Cora’s almost joking smile embarrassed Jane.
“I didn’t copy!”
She finally understood that Cora asked her not to remind her not to send mangoes to Flora but to humiliate her.
“If you didn’t, tell me what’s with your hairstyle and clothes.”
With Cora’s reminder, Jane found that she wore a dress similar to the purple slim-fitting dress worn by
Cora today.
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