All Chapters of The Chairman’s Ultimatum Disgraced Surgeon’s Second Life: Chapter 51
- Chapter 60
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A New Shift
The next morning arrived, and MMG woke up more quiet than it usually was.Conversations were carried just a little farther than normal, and then it would suddenly die abruptly whenever someone unfamiliar passed by.Nursers clustered close together. More residents lingered in the hallways than usual.Lily could immediately feel something was wrong the moment she stepped into the surgical floor.She walked past a couple of junior doctors that were whispering too quickly to be considered casual.The moment they noticed her, they straightened immediately and released wide smiles. One of them greeted her a second later, while the other avoided her gaze completely.Then when walking through the hallways, she heard that name."...Vale."It was a whisper, yet it floated through the corridor like it was a newly sprayed perfume.Lily didn't slow down in her stride as she passed by a glass wall that showed a clear view to the OR wing.Inside was a small group of senior surgeons that stood togeth
Seeds of Doubt Planted
It was already late into the night at MMG, and yet, Adrian had once again ended up staying late.He didn't notice how late it had gotten, not until the words on the incident report he was reading had began to blur and his eyes began to burn to the point of bringing out tears.His tie hung loosely around his neck, and his sleeves were rolled past his elbows. The collars of his shirt had already creased due to the hours of tension he had forcefully refused to acknowledge.He stood by the glass wall overlooking surgical record archives, flipping through countless logs that no longer surprised him. After all, he had been going through all of them through our the week.While there hasn't been any incident since the patient that was tempered with, he refused to slack off. This time he actually wanted to be well prepared for the next attack, or at least find the Ghost Surgeon before they could strike.He could leave MMG whenever he wanted, it was just that his gut feeling kept on reminding
A Clash
The next day, much early in the morning, Lily approached Adrian's door.She didn't bother knocking.She just pushed open the door and immediately stepped into Adrian's office. She opened the door with such force that it shut harder than necessary behind her.The sound cracked in the quiet room, the echo reverberating through the walls.Adrian looked up from his desk, his pen pausing above a piece of paper below him, mod way through taking a note.Surprise flickered across his face. Throughout his time working with Lily, he had never seen her display such a character before.He wasn't irritated with the way she stepped in, just genuinely shocked.Judging by her facial expression, he could tell that whatever she came here for was very serious."Lily?" He said quietly.She didn't sit down. She didn't even allow her breathing to calm down from the way she rushed to his office.Her hands were clenched at her sides, and her eyes were sharp with frustration and anger."You trust her," Lily s
New Intel
Vivian had already stopped pretending that she needed sleep sometime before dawn.Her monitors shone a bright blue light that reflected off her glasses and also brightened the already dark cyber lab.The air felt stale and heavy with recycled oxygen.Seraphina's file sat open on the main monitor.It was perfect. So perfect that it seemed to make Vivian's teeth ache.No matter how many times she looked at it, she couldn't fathom how someone could have such a clean file.She had already tried verifying the things that were most obvious such as her residency placements.After verifying everything she needed too, everything finally began to align. It all began to make sense now.She exhaled slowly and leaned back on her chair.She stopped wondering who Seraphina was. She knew she couldn't get an answer though the files.Instead a more dangerous question had taken its place in her mind. 'Who built her?'Whoever did, was really powerful. What did that mean for MMG. That another large force
A Psychological Warfare
Throughout the morning, Lily couldn't understand the atmosphere of MMG.Conversation seemed to die down whenever she approached. Laughter would dull, before ending completely.Nurses who once greeted her before now gave polite nods before walking away.Even the residents who were extremely close to her, thanks to her nice and welcoming character would avert their eyes a second too quickly, as if they were caught thinking of something they shouldn't have.No one was rude or openly hostile, but Lily could still feel the difference in the way she was being treated.By mid-morning, Lily walked through the halls of the hospital with a calm face.But deep within, that uneasy feeling kept on pricking at her conscience. 'Am I just being paranoid? Or are people avoiding me today.'It was subtle, but then she started hearing what people were whispering.She didn't hear a whole conversation, she only heard fragments of what they were saying, drifting through hallways and breakrooms.And they all
Lily Confronts Seraphina
Lily had gotten tired of Seraphina at this point. She felt it was finally time she confronted her, but she didn't do it immediately.Instead she watched her carefully.It started subtly. Lily watched and noticed how Seraphina had begun to move through MMG as if the hospital's rhythm had already adjusted to her.Conversations always seemed to bend towards her direction whenever she was present.Staff seemed to straighten up before she even spoke and nurses seemed to anticipate her needs before she even spoke about them.No one needed to tell her anything, because Lily could already feel it. Seraphina was slowly gaining authority.Lily then began observing her through the periphery of meetings she once used to oversee. She saw as residents seemed Seraphina's approval concerning some things with the same eagerness they once showed her.She kept on hearing her name, and whenever she heard it— it was spoken with admiration and respect.It was clear the Seraphina wasn't trying to hide anymo
A New Plot Behind the Scenes
William sat in his study room quietly. His gaze stuck on a device that sat on his polished desk. It was a device he hadn't touched in years, because he had never needed anyone's help within that time.The device was what he used to communicate with the Foundation back then, through a contact of course.He had been staring at the device for a while now, still contemplating on whether to use it or not, because using it to call this contact would mean admitting something that William had spent a long time denying.MMG was no longer his. And Lily had become a problem he could no longer contain.Robert was basically useless, as all he did was lounge around in the mansion.He thought he could rely on his Lillian, but she had done nothing but provide him with rubbish that didn't even matter.He released a long exhale. He had made his decision. He grabbed the device and placed the call.The screen didn't light up with a face...or an identifier. They didn't even greet each other.A distorted v
The Game Changer
Eric's voice still rang in Adrian's ear even after he had left."It seems her access codes were restricted," he said. "And it wasn't from IT."He hadn't given a pepky at that time.He didnt sit down, or ask for clarification.He simply just turned around and grabbed his coat, before leaving his office.As he walked through the corridor, it felt more narrower than usual, like the walls were closing in on him as he moved through the administrative wing.Staff instinctively stepped aside, giving him enough space to walk after seeing his cold face.Someone even tried calling his name, but he doesn't hear it. Another person tries again, but he still doesn't slow down.This was something he wouldn't just delegate.If Lily's access had actually been touched, and without his permission as well— then it meant the problem was personal.He found Seraphina in a surgical prep corridor on the third floor, standing below a harsh florescent light that seemed to highlight all her features. Her attenti
An Uncovered Secret
Adrian didn't relax after Lily had left his office.He remained seated on his chair, one of his hands braced against the edge of his chair.His eyes were unfocused as the hospital gums on beyond the glass wall.The promise he had made to her still hung in the air.He grabbed his tablet and activated a secure channel. Then he typed a single message."Whatever you are doing, I want you to finish it. Now."He didn't explain further. He knew the person he had sent it too would understand.Moments later, Vivian's phone buzzed. She grabbed it and saw the message Adrian had sent to her.Her eyes immediately widened in shock. 'How the hell did he know that we were looking into Seraphina.'She re-read the message, and she could immediately feel the urgency in the message.She sighed softly. "Well... Who am I to question how that man thinks, or how he even gets his information. Sometimes it feels like he is everywhere." She whispered to herself.She didn't reply to the message, instead she stoo
Adrian’s Revelation
Adrian was still standing by the window around the time when it happened.The security feeds still glowed silently across the far end of the wall. It covered corridors, stairwells and the surgical wings, continuously moving in a loop.His eyes didn't stay on just a single screen, instead to the kept on drifting between the screens then circling back to a particular frame.It was Seraphina, walking through one of the corridors with a calm and composed stride.Something about her presence kept causing an itching feeling at the back of his mind. It was an irritation he couldn't fully explain.He wasn't suspicious yet. But he just seemed to feel a certain pressure. Because if Seraphina really was against them, then they had allowed her to get too close.Before his thoughts could continue processing, the door slammed opened.Adrian turned sharply, quick enough to see Vivian walking in with hurried footsteps.She didn't greet him like she usually did, and that usual playful appearance was c