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Owen nodded slightly. “Yeah. I’ve been carving something.”
Caleb curled his lips in a smirk. “Couldn’t you just take it home to work on?”
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Unable to sleep as he waited for Owen even past midnight, Caleb finally gave up and headed straight to the lab. Trying to sound casual, he asked what Owen had been up to, only to learn that Owen and the night shift staff had gone to bring Aria a late–night snack.
Caleb sneered inwardly, ‘This guy’s doing so well. It’s like I’m no use to Aria.‘
Owen rubbed his nose. “That piece is quite important. It’s not something I can easily take elsewhere to carve.”
Caleb instinctively asked, “What is it?”
Owen was about to speak when Caleb suddenly stood up and cut him off. “Don’t say another word.”
Caleb said with forced nonchalance, “If you know Aria’s secret, so be it. It’s not like I’m the petty type.”
Though he said I wasn’t the petty type, deep down his opinion of Owen had definitely taken a nosedive.
Owen added, “I came to bring her a late–night snack and saw her carving, so I lent a hand.”
Caleb’s expression softened slightly. “Gotta say, you really know your way around the kitchen.”
Owen was honestly glad he knew how to cook. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have had any other chances to spend time with Aria. “As a lawyer, I have the freedom to pick and choose my cases,” he said with a smile. “But Caleb, you’re a true business genius. You’ve pulled off some incredible achievements in business. It’s honestly awe–inspiring.”
Even the famously stone–faced executioner of the legal world was handing out compliments.
Caleb was momentarily speechless. “Go back and catch some sleep.”
After several days of acupuncture and herbal medicine, Violet’s condition finally stabilized. As long as she got plenty of rest and proper care, she’d make
a full recovery.
Kate watched anxiously from the side, wanting to help but not daring to step in.
Aria carefully fed Violet the medicine and gently laid her flat. “Violet’s coming around, Mrs. Livingston. Could you go prepare some chicken noodle
soup?”
Kate could hardly believe her ears. Her tear–swollen eyes suddenly sparkled with hope. “I’ll go right away!”
Kate hurried out, stumbling in her excitement. She tripped and fell, scraping her knee.
Kate felt the sting of pain and murmured, “This isn’t a dream. Violet’s really awake!”
Laughing through her tears, Kate rushed headlong into the school kitchen.
Before long, news of Violet’s awakening spread like wildfire throughout Jamelan.
The news hit Hannah like a stinging slap across the face–public, humiliating, and utterly inescapable.
Almost every pair of eyes turned to Hannah, their gazes filled with undisguised mockery.
One of the doctors complained, “The authorities sent out the notice ages ago. Every other village knew the source was poultry and livestock and started taking emergency measures. But we at Heffner Hospital were the only ones who still thought it was Violet. We completely embarrassed ourselves at the meeting today.”
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To make matters worse, Heffner Hospital faced severe repercussions from higher authorities for hastily concluding that the source of infection was a little girl and even planning to cremate her.
At that moment, Ramon’s expression sank.
Hannah and Cyril were held primarily responsible for this grave misjudgment.
Previously, Hannah had claimed she could develop protease inhibitors. Even though many doctors had their doubts, they still chose to trust her and
Cyril.
Reality hit them hard, and Heffner Hospital’s reputation was left in tatters.
Someone cast a sidelong glance at Hannah and sneered, “Aria has got a whole professional team backing her research. Yet you fools actually believe someone could single–handedly whip up protease inhibitors?”
“The point is, there’s not a shred of evidence, yet everyone still bought into it. Utterly ridiculous!”
