Chapter 2
Lynn was rather taken aback. “Dr. Thorne, I didn’t expect you to know the patient’s husband.”
Lysander took a long, deep stare at the familiar face in front of her. There were hints of
bewilderment, surprise, unease, but most of all—concern for the woman inside. Although he
seemed to be doing a good job restraining himself, he couldn’t hide the look of distress and urgency
on his face. “Are you her…” Lysander nced into the operating room, “husband?” Lynn interjected,
“Yes, that’s him. He’s the one who signed the surgery consent form.” Lysander felt a chill all over
her body. Her face didn’t look too good either. “I see.” Josiah gritted his teeth. “Lysander, I’ll exin
this to youter.” Lysander forced herself to calm down, maintaining her professionalism as a
doctor. She then took a deep breath and said, “Don’t worry, the surgery was sessful. Both the
mother and child are safe. They will need to stay in the hospital for a few days for observation and
IV fluids to maintain the pregnancy. If everything goes well, they can be discharged this weekend.”
Josiah was visibly relieved. “That’s great.” After a pause, he added, “Lysander, thank you for your
hard work.” “It’s nothing. Regardless of whose wife she is, as a doctor, I will do my best to treat her.”
Lysander returned to her office, drank a ss of cold water, and took a while to calm down. After
about ten minutes, there was a knock on the office door. She heard his voice outside saying,
“Lysander, it’s me.” Lysander stood up and went to get the door. Josiah looked better than before,
but his eyes were still red, and the furrows between his eyebrows had notpletely disappeared.
She just noticed now that there were bloodstains on Josiah’s white shirt, the clothes were wrinkled,
and there wererge water stains on the cuffs. There were two possibilities: either he got amniotic
fluid on him when he carried that woman to the hospital, or it was from her tears just now in the
ward. She turned around and returned to her seat, asking lightly, “Have you visited her?” Josiah
nodded slowly. “Yes, she’s asleep.” “She…” Josiah said, “The child is not mine.” Lysander suddenly
felt relieved, and she sat back in her seat as if all her strength had left her. “She got into a car
ident and was found in critical condition. I was the one who brought her to the hospital. Later, I
received a notification that surgery was needed, but the surgery consent form could only be signed
by a family member, so I…” Lysander came to a realization. “I asked my assistant to get the family
member’s consent.” “I know now,” Josiah said. “There were too many people, and it was notN?velDrama.Org exclusive content.
convenient for me to exin this to you at the door of the operating room. If others knew that I was
not her husband, no one would be able to sign for her, so saving her life was the priority.” Lysander
got the full gist of it, and she felt a little guilty. Silly me. How could Josiah, such a gentle and
steadfast person, possibly have an affair? He must havee across the car ident on his way
to thepany and couldn’t bear to see the pregnant woman in distress, so he hurriedly brought
her to the hospital. “Is everything at yourpany okay? I’m here, so you don’t need to worry about
that pregnant woman.” Josiah opened his mouth, seemingly on the fence about something.
“Lysander, I…” Lysander asked, “What’s wrong?” In the end, Josiah shook his head. “Thepany
is fine. Are you done with your work? I… I’ll wait for you outside. We can go home together.” After
she finished the surgery, the pregnant woman would have nurses taking care of her, so she had
nothing else to do. Changing out of her white coat, she took out the prenatal examination report
from the drawer, folded it, and put it in her wallet before picking up her bag and leaving. Lysander
was already very familiar with Josiah’s white Porsche Cayenne. She saw it at a nce and quickly
walked over. From a distance, she could smell a pungent tobo scent. In the dim light of the night,
Josiah’s tall figure leaned against the car window. A small, orange light dot could be seen flickering
in the dark. Lysander frowned and walked over, asking, “Why did you start smoking?” Josiah was
startled, and the cigarette in his hand fell to the ground. Lysander then noticed that there were
already about ten cigarette butts on the ground, all seemingly smoked by him. He was acting a bit
out of character today. “What happened exactly?” Josiah shook his head, but there was visible
fatigue between his brows. Yet, he still gentlemanly opened the car door for her. “It’s just work stuff.
Come on, get in the car.” “Is it serious?” “It’s nothing.” Lysander got into the passenger seat and
fastened her seatbelt. After a while, Josiah finally got into the car, started the engine, and stepped
on the gas pedal. “Stop!” Lysander immediately called out to him. Josiah was startled by her sudden
shout. “What’s wrong?” Just as he spoke, they heard a grumbling voice from outside, cursing, “Are
you blind? Look where you’re going! Can’t you see me standing here? Can you afford the
responsibility if you hit me?” Josiah used to pick her up from the hospital often, always being careful
and never making mistakes. Something must’ve gotten into him today. Fortunately, the person didn’t
pursue further and just left after a few curses. Josiah pursed his lips tightly, restarted the car, and
merged into the traffic. Lysander was a bit worried. “Are you really okay?” Josiah looked a bit
troubled and impatient. “I said I’m fine.” Lysander was stunned for a moment. She remained silent
and never said anything else. After a few minutes, Josiah’s slightly apologetic voice sounded. “I’m
sorry, Lysander. I’ve been dealing with a lottely. My mood isn’t the best, and I didn’t mean to snap
at you.” Lysander nodded slightly. “Okay, just drive carefully.” “Yeah.” There was a momentary
silence. “Lysander.” “Yes?” “That woman just now…” Josiah licked his lips, seeming hesitant to
speak. “The one you operated on, she’s alone in the hospital. Do you think she’s okay?” Lysander
chuckled. “So, you’re thinking about her.” “No, I wasn’t thinking about her. I’m just concerned.”
“There are nurses in the hospital to take care of her, and the hospital will also contact her family to
come over.” “What if her family can’t make it?” “How do you know?” Josiah opened his mouth but
didn’t say anything. He merely kept his eyes on the road ahead as if focusing on driving carefully,
just like what she said. After that, there was silence all the way. By the time they arrived home, the
sky was slowly getting brighter. Josiah parked the car in front of the house, didn’t even get out of the
car, and said to her through the car window, “You rest well. I have to hurry back to thepany to
deal with some things.” Lysander nodded. As for whether he really went back to thepany,
Lysander didn’t want to ask. Having too keen of a sixth sense could sometimes be a bad thing. If
she were more easy-going, perhaps she could pretend that nothing unusual had happened tonight.
… This Saturday was Josiah’s thirty-first birthday, and Lysander and Josiah had agreed early on to
go back to the old house together. She had worked a night shift the night before and got off work at
eight o’clock on Saturday morning. As she was about to leave, she opened her wallet and looked at
the prenatal examination report, which she had folded into the size of a matchbox and quietly
ced in thepartment of her wallet. This was the birthday gift she had prepared for a long time,
but now she was hesitating, unsure whether to give it or not. Lysander put the wallet back in her
bag, changed out of her white coat, and got ready to leave work. Suddenly, her phone rang. It was
her bestie, Daphne. “Lysander, I just saw your husband going home with a pregnant woman!”