Chapter 12 Confrontation
Mandy took a deep breath and stammered, "What do you want me to say? I told you, I didn''t hear
anything."
She stood firm with her denial. She raised her head to meet Nathan''s sharp gaze and yed it like a
weak and innocentdy. She would never admit she heard their private conversation.
Nathan was not buying her show, so he calmed himself not to hurt her further. "Well, then, I''ll teach you
a lesson."
He swiftly released her from his grip in frustration. Mandy lost her bnce and almost tumbled.
"Fred," Nathan called hispanion in a deepmanding voice. Fred rushed towards them and
stood behind Nathan. He was wearing a ck suit and poker face.
Mandy got more scared, looking at his expressionless face.
"What will you do?" Mandy asked with a challenge. "We are in a hospital!" she added with confidence.
She was nervous but tried to conceal her fear with grit. Her blood was rushing, and she could almost
hear the pounding of her heart, ready to blow off her chest. She leaned against the wall to support her
bnce.
"So what?" Nathan replied with unrelenting power. He smirked, thinking about her challenge. "Believe it
or not, I can get this hospital closed tomorrow if I want to," Nathan said calmly, implying that everything
was under his control. There was distinct aggressiveness lurking in his simple words that made
breathing pretty hard for Mandy.
"If you are that powerful around here, who are you, and what is your position here?" Mandy was
doubtful about his im and thought it was just an act of delusional bragging. Her fear faltered, and she
gave a faintly mischievous smile.
''He was just bluffing, '' she said in her head. She had encountered such people before. She had also
noticed that Nathan was being childish by trying to coerce and seduce.
"Are you questioning me? You don''t believe me, do you?" Nathan was surprised at the strange and
doubtful attitude.
He thought, ''No one has ever been so bold to question me with such an inquisitive tone.''
Mandy nodded her head firmly and said, "Yes! And let me remind you that we are in the hospital. There
are surveince cameras in every corner. If you don''t believe me, you can check it for yourself."
There was silence. Nathan didn''t bother to look around, but he knew that Mandy was right. Indeed, the
hospital was covered by installed surveince cameras, especially for this kind of safe passage.
"You''re right." His eyes narrowed and gave her a prating and calm look. Mandy got uneasy at the
uncertainty of events.
He asked in a cold deep voice, "Do you think you can threaten me with this excuse?" With a quizzical
look in his eyes, he gleamed a crooked smile on his thin lips.
''Threaten?'' Mandy repeated the word in her mind. She had no intention of threatening Nathan. She just
wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible. She didn''t even dare to admit that she was a doctor in this
hospital because she was afraid that he would impose unimaginable troubles here in the future.
"Mr. Jin, I''m really sorry if I offended you, but I swear that I didn''t hear anything. I''m very busy. May I
leave now?" Mandy asked pleasantly with a forced smile and slightly trembling voice. She kept smiling
in the quiet passage. She felt better after saying those words.
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"Remember what you said today. Pretend that you didn''t hear anything, or you''ll be sorry." He warned
Mandy with both sincerity and coldness in his face and then left her in the dark corner. Mandy pulled
her lips in silence and blinked her eyes. The shock in her face was evident. She couldn''t believe she
survived such a difficult situation.
"Whew!" she released her breath, which she held for a second.
''That was indeed dangerous.'' When she went back to the office, Mandy sat in her chair and quietly
read the patient''s condition report. She could still hear the words Nathan said, especially that name,
Luke Shi! The name sounded familiar to her, but she was sure she didn''t know him personally. As she
studied the case, to her surprise, she saw the name, Luke Shi!