Chapter 136
Chapter 136
“Wonderful! Dr. Miracle is finally here–my husband is saved! Emma exclaimed excitedly, leaning on her cane as she hurried outside.
“Mom, your leg isn’t well–please slow down.” Lincoln and the others started chasing after her.
Soon, the group arrived at the entrance, but instead of seeing Dr. Miracle, they saw Kaia, whom they loathed.
“What are you doing here?” Lincoln asked with a stern face and in an unfriendly tone.
Kaia was just about to speak when Emma’s voice drowned her out.
“Who cares what she’s doing here? Where is Dr. Miracle?” Emma craned her neck to look behind Kaia, but there was no one there.
Lincoln also looked around but didn’t see Dr. Miracle.
“Lincoln, didn’t you say Dr. Miracle had arrived? Where is he?” Emma asked anxiously.
“Wait a moment, let me ask again.” Lincoln took out his phone and called the person.
“Hello? Didn’t you just say Dr. Miracle was already at my door? Why isn’t anyone here?”
The person on the other end of the phone said, “That can’t be. Dr. Miracle sent me a message just now, saying she had arrived.”
Lincoln thought for a moment and said, “Could Dr. Miracle have gotten the address wrong?”
The person on the other end of the phone said, “Um… I gotta go, I’ll call Dr. Miracle”
“Okay.” Lincoln had just hung up the phone when he heard Kaia’s voice.
I’m already here, let me in, said Kaia
Everyone, including Lincoln, was stunned.
Sienna laughed and said, “Kaia, from the sound of your tone, does that mean you’re Dr. Miracle? That’s hilarious!”
Lincoln and Ruth’s faces flushed crimson with shame, even though Kaia had already been kicked out.
Lincoln said, “Kaia, shut up! Get out now!”
Kaia looked calmly at Lincoln. “Are you sure you won’t regret telling me to get out?”
“Never! Just get out!” Lincoln said.
Lincoln’s anger flared as he looked at Kaia.
Zina pressed her lips together, unsure of what to say or how to explain herself.
But seeing Zina like that, Richard instantly panicked. “I didn’t mean anything by it. Zina, don’t be upset with me, okay? It’s just been a long time since I’ve seen something like this. I got excited for a moment
The powerful businessman who always called the shots now seemed like a regular dad, head bowed and shoulders hunched, trying to please the girl in front of him.
Zina snapped out of it, flustered, and hurriedly waved her hands. “I was just a little lost in thought, that’s all. Really, it’s nothing.”
Watching the father and daughter apologizing in turns, Yvonne pressed her hand to her forehead and let out a gentle sigh. “Alright, you’re really too much sometimes. Did you have to make Zina so flustered?” she chided softly.
Yvonne let out a small huff at Richard, then turned back to Zina, smiling warmly. “Your dad’s just a bit rough around the edges. But honestly, what he said is exactly what I wanted to say too. You two…”
“Mrs. Lambert, you really don’t have to worry. I promise I’ll treat Zina well and never let her suffer any grievances. I totally understand your concerns–no parent wants their daughter to get married too early.
“So we were thinking, maybe we could just get engaged first. There’s no rush for the wedding at all. We’ll go at Zina’s pace and do whatever she’s comfortable with,” Kellan said, his voice steady and warm.
Zina’s face turned bright red, and she quickly lowered her head, too shy to meet his gaze.
Seeing this, Richard and Yvonne didn’t say anything more, though Richard kept quietly nudging her with a reminder. “It’s getting late. Zina, aren’t you going to see Mr. Carter off?” he said.
Seeing Richard making silly faces at her, Zina couldn’t help but realize he was just a mischievous old man. She realized, not for the first time, that her occasional silliness must be inherited straight from Richard.
After a moment of silence, Zina suddenly looked up at Kellan, meeting his intense gaze. “Alright, I’ll walk you out,” she said, trying to sound casual.
Kellan’s lips curled into a smile, looking pretty pleased as he followed right behind her. They walked one after the other, not saying a word, but even in silence, the closeness between them was obvious.
Meanwhile, in the living room, Richard and Yvonne watched the two leave, nodding in perfect sync.
Yvonne sighed, her tone a little wistful. “Honestly, things turning out like this for Zina isn’t so bad. Sure, the Carter family has power and influence, but Lambert and Bradley families are no pushovers either.
“If Zina ever gets bullied, the two of us will always have her back. And besides, Kellan seems to really care about her. Maybe we should just keep watching for now.”
With Yvonne saying all that, even though Richard still felt a bit uneasy, he didn’t show it. He just slowly shook
his head.
“We’ll talk about it when the time comes. Things are a little unstable right now, and I don’t want Zina getting too mixed up with the Carter family just yet. Once Kellan has the Carter family fully under control, we’ll still
Ruth glared at Kaia.
Kaia raised her delicate eyebrows and said unhurriedly. “T’ll wait for the day you regret it and beg me?
After speaking, Kaia turned and walked away. After a few steps, she stopped, looked back at Lincoln and the others, and said, “I will not refund the 100 million dollars to you.
“After all, I arrived as agreed; it was you who refused to accept my treatment.”
Sienna Bennett let out a scornful laugh. “Still addicted to pretending, are you? You dare impersonate anyone
now?
“That’s Dr. Miracle we’re talking about. Do you even understand medical texts? Yet you dare to impersonate. I bet you can’t even perform the simplest pulse diagnosis.”
Phoebe joined in the mockery. “Even though I’m no longer your relative, I still feel asharned because of you. It’s a good thing we kicked you out of the house back then.
“Someone as audacious as you is bound to get yourself killed sooner or later. If you end up dead, that’s your own problem, but don’t implicate the Bennett family.”
Emma turned to look at Lincoln and Sienna. The meaning in her angry eyes was obvious.
She snapped, “Look at your daughter! If I had known it would be like this, I shouldn’t have brought her back in the first place.”
Seeing how things had developed, Lincoln and Sienna looked at Kaia with hatred.
her.
What did she come back for? They were being scolded because of he
To prove their determination, the couple’s subsequent words became increasingly venomous.
“Don’t you have any shame? You were kicked out, so why did you come back?”
“We don’t have a daughter like you. If you want to court death, then go die! Don’t ever show yourself in front of us again. We don’t want to see you anymore. Get out! Get as far away as possible!”
In the face of their insults, Kaia, whose heart had long since died, felt not the slightest ripple of emotion.
The phone vibrated, and Kaia answered the call.
On the other end of the phone, the person said, “Dr. Miracle, did you go to the wrong place? The Bennett family said they didn’t see you.”
Kaia looked at the Bennett family with a cold expression, her eyes without any emotion. “I’m here. They stopped me from going in to treat the patient and told me to get out.”
“What? Is the Bennett family out of their minds? Wait for me, I’ll call them now! The voice on the other end. of the phone was indignant.
Sienna rolled her eyes and said, “Grandma, look, she can’t stop pretending. How can she be so shameless?”
have plenty of time to discuss it.”
His words lingered in Yvonne’s ears. Yvonne nodded, though there was still a trace of helplessness in her eyes.
Meanwhile, outside, Zina suddenly stopped and turned to look seriously at Kellan, her eyes shining like stars in the night.
Kellan was caught off guard, staring at her in a daze.
Zina slowly lifted her head and quietly spoke, “Kellan, whatever I ask you next, I want you to answer me honestly–no lies, no holding back. Do you understand?”
In that instant, it felt as if the very air around them had turned to ice, and the world fell utterly silent.
Lincoln saw that Emma’s expression had grown even darker. He hurried forward two steps, came to stand in front of Kaia, and reached out to push her, trying to drive her away.
Just as he stretched out his hand, he received a call from the person in charge of contacting Dr. Miracle.
“Humph Lincoln glared at Kaia fiercely, and then connected the phone as soon as possible, with a flattering smile on his face. “How is it? What’s the situation with Dr. Miracle?”
“You really have some nerve, Lincolnl” The voice was furious. “Dr. Miracle was right at your doorstep, yet you claimed she wasn’t there. Even that could be overlooked, but you actually told Dr. Miracle to get lost!
“How dare you! Yesterday at the auction, your whole family begged the other big shots not to compete with you. That’s the only reason your family managed to win the chance for Dr. Miracle to come and treat you.
“If they find out that this is how you treated the opportunity they gave up out of pity for you, what do you think will happen to the Bennett family?”
Lincoln was frightened, and he was about to cry.
He said, “I really didn’t lie to you! Dr. Miracle is not at our door.”
Before he finished speaking, Lincoln suddenly looked towards Kaia, who had left a section away.
Lincoln found it unbelievable Kaia was Dr. Miracle.
In his mind, Kaia was just a twenty–year–old girl. How could she be Dr. Miracle who cured the SR Alliance boss’s mother? Moreover, Dr. Miracle was currently treating Moreno Group’s president’s grandmother.
How could such an important figure be Kaia?
On the other end of the phone, an angry voice continued, “You’re still lying to me! I just called Dr. Miracle, and she said she’s right outside your door!”
Hearing this, Lincoln suddenly remembered that Kaia did indeed answer a phone call just now.
But he assumed this might be a coincidence.
“Excuse me, what is Dr. Miracle’s name?” Lincoln asked.
The person said the other end of the phone, “Kaia.”
Lincoln gasped and stared at Kaia, who was walking away. His mouth was wide open, and he was stunned for a long while.
“Kaia!” Lincoln shouted, “Come back!”
Kaia turned around, her expression calm. “Regretting it already?”
Confused, Sienna looked at Lincoln and asked, “Why did you call her back?”
Emma’s face was grim as she said, “Lincoln, I told you she is a jinx. If you let her come back, get out of the
Bennett family!”
Sienna was quite frightened when she heard that.
Sienna said, “Mom, don’t misunderstand. How could Lincoln let Kaia come back? The way he yelled just now, he probably just wanted to teach her a lesson.”
Emma felt much better after hearing that. “That’s more like it.”
At that moment, Lincoln was sweating profusely, with a strange expression on his face.
Kaia’s patience was wearing thin. “It seems that you really don’t want to be treated.”
“Still not getting out? Do you want me to call someone to throw you out?” Emma looked at Kaia as if she were
an enemy.
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