The Runaway Groom By Hauling Treasures Chapter 394


    Chapter 394


    Irene forced herself to stay calm. “I’ll resuscitate the patient.”


    “It won’t work.” Stephen said-he knew from the start that the surgery itself was almost hopeless.


    In fact, he called in Irene because he had his own agenda.


    “You never know until you try!” Irene snapped, ignoring him and pressing her full weight on La’s ribs,


    pumping as hard as she could.


    It was taxing, and she was soon sweating buckets.


    Even though beads of sweat asrge as peas trickled off her hair and rained over La’s face, she did


    not give up.


    “I’ll save her! I won’t let her die!”


    As there was still no response on the ECG, she tried the defibritors next.


    Although La’s body rose inches into the air from the jolt, itnded heavily soon after, and there was


    still no response.


    “Vitals lost,” someone said.


    frene flipped out right then. “Who was that?!”


    She would save La whatever it took-that was the only thought on Irene’s mind, because La was


    Isaac’s only family and she mattered to him.


    However, even as Irene continued with defibrition, La’s body only moved in response to the jolt,


    but her vitals were not recovering at all.


    Eventually, Stephen stopped her futile efforts. “It’s been half an hour. It’s the same even if you keep


    going…


    Irene’s eyes were red. “How did this happen? How?!”


    Stephen actually averted his eyes, and turned toward everyone else, gesturing for them to leave.


    Irene was not aware, but everyone there was loyal to him.


    After all, he had instructed many interns, and it was no issue finding a handful whom he could trust..


    “Irene,” he said after picking his words. “We need to talk.”


    Irene was standing stiffly by the surgical table, however, watching La’s lifeless body as if she could


    not hear him.


    It was as if she had fallen into an icy abyss, enveloped by coldness and darkness, with nothing able to


    reach her.


    Her mind was empty… until Stephen barked at her, “She’s dead, even if you don’t want to admit it!”


    irene turned stiffly toward Stephen then. “You knew-you knew that she couldn’t be saved from the


    start.”


    “Yes.” Stephen did not deny it.


    Irene’s eyes were very red. “Why didn’t you send her to another hospital? There might have been a


    chance.


    “There was none. It happened out of the blue, and she was already in aa when she was brought


    here.”


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    Stephen closed his eyes-this was neither what he wanted nor what he wanted to see. However, he also


    knew that he called Irene here for this very moment, even though it wouldpletely be against her


    will.


    “There’s something I want to ask of you-I want you to announce that you’re the one who performed the


    surgery on her.”


    What?!


    At that very moment, she realized that she had worshiped the wrong person.


    “I know that you’ll no longer respect me after I ask this,” Stephen sighed. “But if you don’t do it, neither


    Mick nor myself will survive this.”


    Irene’s lips curled up in a cold smile, and she rasped, “Did you think Isaac will spare Mick just because


    I announced that I killed her? You don’t know the man.”


    “Actually, I do,” Stephen replied quietly. “As a citizen of Cloud City, it’s inevitable that I’d hear a thing or


    two-that’s exactly why I’m asking for your help.”


    Irene was left at a loss of words. “So, you knew there’s no saving her, and you called me here to


    be your scapegoat?”


    “Yes,” Stephen admitted, looking her in the eye as he said so. “I know it’s out of line and absolutely


    terrible. for you, but there’s no other choice. This is the only way I can save Mick-he’s genuinely in love


    with Yvaine, and he was the one who carried her to me. She was barely alive, and he begged me to


    save her. Her injury was so extensive even needed a kidney transnt, and he did not hesitate to give


    his kidney to


    her.”


    “Miraculously, they were a match. Mick is the reason Yvaine survived this long, and I don’t want him to


    suffer Isaac Jefferson’s wrath because of this. Yes, there might’ve been hope to turn things around if


    Yvaine survived, but she’s dead, and there’s no doubt that Isaac will me Mick after he made her


    lose. her memories. It’s not to mention that the inhibitor chip was exactly why she died anyway.”


    “But you’re different. You’re Isaac’s wife, and if you imed that it was a mishap in the surgical process


    and not the chip, he wouldn’t be that eager for reprisals.”