Chapter 496


    The mysterious doctor and Julian froze. They exchanged a nce when they heard Hesper''s question.


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    Just when they thought Hesper had realized something, she just acted normally and told them to


    continue the treatment as if she was just joking.


    Julian frowned and the mysterious doctor patted his shoulder. "Focus. Hand me the needle."


    "Yes, sir."


    Hesper watched their reactions, and a hint of amusement flickered in her eyes. In the end, she did not


    say anything, but her gaze involuntarily fell on the bouquet of roses by the bedside.


    *


    When Hesper woke up the next day, she skillfully got onto her wheelchair. She went downstairs, and as


    soon as she turned her head around, she realized that the bouquet of roses she ced on the


    windowsillst night had withered.


    Hesper frowned and maneuvered her wheelchair over to the roses. Sure enough, the whole bouquet


    had wilted overnight and lost all its vitality.


    ''What happened?''


    Just then, Pennleigh''s phone call came in. Hesper decided to put the roses aside and went forward to


    answer the phone first. "What''s the matter?"


    "Matthew hase to Eustoma," Pennleigh said, sounding a bit nervous. "He said he wants to see


    you. I''m hiding in the bathroom right now as I''m talking to you. Do you want toe up with an excuse


    and run?"


    Hesper was silent for a moment before asking, "Did he say why he wanted to see me?"


    "He didn''t say anything. He just said that he wanted to see you," Pennleigh whispered after switching


    the phone to his other hand and opening the bathroom door slightly to make sure that Matthew was not


    around.


    Hesper frowned. "There''s no use in running. If he''s really discovered my identity, he''ll find me


    eventually. Tell him that I''ll be there soon. I have a little problem here."


    "What''s the problem?" Pennleigh asked.


    Hesper looked at the wilted roses on her windowsill and sighed. "Well, it''s nothing serious, but do you


    know where I can get carnation?"


    "Huh?"


    *


    Matthew sat on the couch. While he was flipping through the fashion magazine, he gazed around River


    A.''s office from time to time. Since the door was made from ss, he could see the decoration inside


    clearly. It was simple and clean, much like Hesper''s style.


    Even though the designer''s name was just simr to Hesper''s, Matthew still decided toe to


    Fredonia and see whether this designer called River A. was Hesper or not. He had been looking for


    Hesper for the past four months. He had found many people who looked like her but none that were


    her.


    When Rachael told him about River A., he did not know why but he had a hunch that this person had


    some simrities to Hesper, so he came here to check.


    Even if it was not her, he still wanted to confirm it with his own eyes.


    When Hesper entered the office in her wheelchair, she saw Matthew sitting on the couch with a frown.


    He was looking at the magazine as if it had offended him.


    It had been a long time since shest saw her brother.


    Hesper''s intense gaze finally caught Matthew''s attention. He looked up and saw a familiar yet


    unfamiliar face—or rather, apletely unfamiliar face, but with a strange sense of familiarity.


    "You''re…"


    Hesper stretched her hand forward and greeted him. "Hi, I''m River A., the designer that you were


    looking for."