The owner paused for a moment, his voice growing slightly colder, more final."So, the only hope now is Kai," the owner said firmly, his tone leaving no room for argument or debate. "That is the only hope. And don't ever interrupt me again. Do you understand?"Immediately, upon hearing the anger in the owner's voice, the sharpness of his tone, the unmistakable fury that radiated through the phone, the director's entire body stiffened, his jaw clenching tightly, his fists balling up at his sides.Without being told, the director could tell that the owner was angry, deeply angry, and that he didn't want to anger the owner even more, didn't want to push him further, didn't want to risk losing what little standing he still had.So immediately, the director forced himself to speak, his voice quiet and subdued, his tone filled with forced humility and regret."I'm sorry," the director said quickly, his voice strained and tight. "I'm sorry for actually going above myself. I apologize. It won

At that moment, Kai was about to say something else, his lips parting slightly as if he were preparing to respond to the director's question, but then he stopped himself, his expression shifting slightly as he reconsidered.Instead, Kai turned his head and looked directly at the director, his eyes steady and unbothered, and then he just laughed—a short, quiet laugh that carried a note of cold amusement and dismissal."I never remembered when I said it was actually your business," Kai said calmly, his tone carrying a quiet edge of finality and warning. "I never remembered when I said it was your concern whether I'm rejecting it or not, or actually saying what I want or not. That is actually none of your business. Yeah, it's actually none of your business at all."Kai paused for a moment, his eyes locking onto the director's, his voice growing slightly firmer, more pointed."And I'm sure that you should know how to respect boundaries, huh?" Kai continued, his tone calm but carrying an u

At that moment in time, upon hearing what Dr. Marcus had just said, the director's expression darkened even further, his jaw clenching tightly, his eyes burning with a mixture of bitter resentment and cold determination."Not just making us look irrelevant," the director said sharply, his voice low and intense, his tone carrying a note of dark frustration and mounting anger. "But he's actually destroying us. Yeah, destroying us completely. He's not just overshadowing us—he's wiping us out, erasing everything we've built, everything we've worked for."The director paused for a moment, his chest rising and falling with barely contained emotion, his hands gripping the edge of his desk so tightly his knuckles turned white."You need to understand something," the director continued, his voice growing more heated, more urgent. "I think, in a matter of days now, in a matter of just a few days, you are going to see how the owners are going to be bending over backwards for him, twerking for hi

At that moment, upon hearing the nurse's urgent words, upon hearing that breathless, panicked announcement about an emergency, Dr. Marcus and the director both looked at each other, their eyes meeting across the room, and then, almost simultaneously, almost as if they were reading each other's minds, they just smiled.They smiled immediately, a cold, calculated smile that didn't reach their eyes, a smile filled with dark satisfaction and dangerous opportunity.This was it. This was the moment they had been waiting for, the opportunity they had been hoping for, delivered to them like a gift from fate itself.At that moment, the nurse, still breathless and urgent, continued speaking, her voice coming out in a rush, her words tumbling over each other with barely contained panic."It's one of our VIP clients, one of our VIP patients," the nurse said quickly, her tone filled with genuine concern and rising desperation. "The Torelli family. One of the Torellis."And at that moment, hearing

Kai did not honor the request of the chief or Dr. Marcus. Instead of returning to the matter they had placed before him, he found himself drawn into another emergency inside the hospital, one that demanded his immediate attention and left him with no time to entertain their demands. By the time the situation had been brought under control, several hours had passed. Kai had collected the gifts presented to him by the grateful patients and their families, exchanged farewells with the nurses who had gathered around him, and finally stepped out of the clinic compound with his travel bag hanging over one shoulder. He had barely crossed the front courtyard when he noticed three black luxury vehicles parked beside the main entrance. The cars were long, polished, and expensive enough to attract attention from everyone nearby. Their tinted windows reflected the afternoon sunlight, while two uniformed drivers stood beside the vehicles with rigid expressions. Kai adjusted the strap of his trav