Chapter 552 Not Enough To Go Around
Evelyn felt a pang of pain in her heart as soon as she thought about Iris's illness and what Doctor Lee had said last time.
She could only beg him. "Marty, what happened before is just between the two of us, and it has nothing to do with Iris. I'm begging you, please don't make things difficult for her. Please let her come back to me, okay?"
"She is in poor health. She can't take any blow. Just tell me what you want. As long as it doesn't involve Iris, I will promise you."
Marty's eyes dimmed a little when he heard Evelyn's soft and imploring tone on the other of the line. His face fell.
He didn't understand why. Now that he had found out the truth, there was no need for Evelyn to hide it from him anymore. Why did she still hide her feelings and real thoughts from him, turning him away?
In the past, he could take it as Evelyn didn't want him to know her terrible past, so she refused him. But now he already knew it.
She clearly knew that as long as she agreed to be with him, all her problems could be easily resolved. So, why didn't she agree to him?
Why was Evelyn being so hard-headed?
Marty knew that it was difficult for Evelyn to take the initiative to say her thoughts aloud. But there was no way he could find out what was on her mind unless he kept pressing her for an answer.
From that, he just hoped that she could tell him her real thoughts on her own initiative.
He couldn't believe that Evelyn had no feelings for him at all and liked Jeffrey instead.
Such a man like Jeffrey...
"Ha!"
Thinking of this, he sneered.
"Well, I'll send her back to you on one condition. How about we make a deal?"
Evelyn nodded quickly and said, "Okay, shoot."
Right now, she didn't dare to think about anything else. She just wanted Iris to return to her side as soon as possible safe and sound.
On the other hand, Marty knew what she was thinking. He said coldly, "Leave Jeffrey and be my woman. Whatever he can give you, I can give you too."
As soon as he finished his words, Evelyn fell into silence.
Evelyn was stiff all over. She clenched her nails so tightly that she almost dug into her own flesh.
After a long while, she said in a hoarse voice, "Marty, why bother? There are so many women in this world who like you. Why me?
I just want to live a simple life. Can't you let me go?"
Marty laughed coldly, "If I say I can't, will you agree to me or not?"
The other side was silent for a long time. After a long while, he heard her lowered voice.
"Ha. Do I have any other choice?"
When Marty heard her words, he knew that she had already agreed.
He should have been happy, but for some reason, when he heard her self-deprecating voice, he was not the slightest bit excited.
The hatred and reluctance in Evelyn's tone were not something he could ignore.
But in the end, he still took a deep breath and said, "Alright. Come to St. Peter Hospital. Once you arrive, there will be people who will send you here."
After that, Marty hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, he stood quietly for a while, looking out of the window at the lively scene. He thought, "Evelyn, you kept asking me to let you go. It's not that I don't want to. But I let you go, what about me?"
Those pain and extreme emotions that lingered in his mind for countless nights, who could save him from that?
Twenty minutes later.
Evelyn finally arrived at St. Peter Hospital.
Iris still didn't know what had happened between Evelyn and Marty at this moment, so when she saw Evelyn rushing in hastily, she was a little surprised.
"Evelyn, why are you here?"
Evelyn hurriedly walked over to Iris who was leaning against the head of the bed. She quickly sized her body up to make sure that she was unhurt. Then only she felt relieved.
She let out a sigh of relief. At the same time, she couldn't help but be angry.
"Mom, why did you leave the hospital with someone else without informing me? Do you know that I've been anxiously looking for you these days?"
Upon hearing her words, Iris was also stunned.
"Aren't... Aren't you busy with filming? I thought you were so busy that..."
"Just because I'm busy that you ran away with someone? What if something bad happens? Why did you leave with him when you're not even familiar with him?"
Seeing that Evelyn was so anxious, Iris softened her stance. She said aggrievedly, "I... I am quite familiar with him."
Evelyn was speechless.
Afraid that she would get even angrier, Iris quickly explained with a smile, "I am afraid that you will worry about me. Besides, I don't want to disturb your work. Moreover, Marty is not an outsider. We wanted to tell you once I have settled down here. Anyway, I'm fine. Stop being angry with me."
As she spoke, she even held Evelyn's hand.
Evelyn was so angry that she felt her head was pounding. But when she faced Iris's coquetry, there was nothing she could do.
In the end, she could only warn her seriously, "This will be the only time, and also the last time. No matter what happens in the future, you must ask for my opinion before making any decision. Most importantly, you can't leave as you wish, do you understand?"
Iris nodded her head quickly.
It was only then that Evelyn let her off. After asking Iris who was her attending doctor, Evelyn walked out of the room.
St. Peter Hospital was a private hospital. Not to mention in Flaucford, even in Ascijan, it was one of the top-notch hospitals.
There was a popular saying on the Internet that St. Peter Hospital was the last line of defense between their patients and death.
Anyone who was diagnosed with a serious illness would want to come here.
Therefore, if the doctors here said that their hands were tied, the chances were the illness was incurable. There was no need to waste your effort and money to go anywhere else. All you had to do was sit at home and wait for the time to pass.
Therefore, everyone had a lot of faith in this hospital.
But not everyone could afford a place with advanced medical skills and technology like this.
After all, there were so many people in the world, but there was only one hospital like this.
It was simply not enough to go around. Hence, it was not possible for them to tend to everyone.
Moreover, most of the doctors here were geniuses who genuinely loved to do medical research. Most of the geniuses were either solitary or difficult to get along with. They were not willing to tend to every patient that came to them. Therefore, to seek medical treatment here, apart from being rich, having connections was important too.
Evelyn had thought about sending Iris here before, but since there she still couldn't find a suitable heart donor, it didn't matter where she went.
No matter how skilled the doctors here were, it was impossible to create a heart out of thin air, let alone let miraculously healed a patient who had been suffering from heart disease for more than ten years.
That was why Evelyn gave up on the idea.
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