Karl pulls her shoulders and embraces her into his arms to block all her sight with his chest. With a lower tone, he says, “Stay still.”
“But…”
“Shut up!”
“…”
Lily widens her eyes and looks up at the man in front of her. Rex’s agile eyes are soaked with sorrowful tears, “Rex, I didn’t do it. Don’t do that, okay?”
The last two words are so fragile. it is more like imploration than persuasion.
She really, really, really hopes this man can believe her…
“You didn’t do it?” Rex finally responses and looks at her with his ferocious eyes. After throwing the security manager’s collar, he stands up and points at the scene on the computer screen, “Well, explain this. And I’ll choose to believe you.”
Lily opens her mouth but could not make a sound. How should she explain it?
Saying that Marina framed her?
Or everything was planned by Marina?
“Yes, she…”
Before Lily finished, the phone on Karl’s pocket suddenly rings. Karl frowns at the strident ringtone. It is Melly’s attending doctor. Karl picks up quickly, “Is the operation over? How’s her condition?”
The questions attract the attention of all the people present. All they can see is Karl’s face getting uglier. He hangs up without saying a word.
Karl looks up at the furious Rex. He could not say a word as if his throat seems to be stuffed hard. Even as a doctor for many years, he has been accustomed to the separation of life and death, but never has he been so hard to tell like the current situation.
Sally sees his expression and her heart sinks. She grabs the clothes on his waist, “How was it?”
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