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Just after 5 p.m.
At Stratexon Hospital.
Synthia had picked out a few tricky medical cases and conducted a detailed screening. After that, she prepared to use the case of Darion’s unforgettable love to draft a surgical plan.
Darion’s unforgettable love was in a critical condition. No matter how much she hated Darion, she wouldn’t turn a blind eye.
Just then, her phone on the desk rang.
She glanced at the screen and saw an unknown number.
She answered.
“Hello, Dr. Duffy. This is Joslyn…”
Immediately, she hung up.
She wasn’t familiar with Joslyn. Besides, Joslyn had everything to do with plotting against Nicole. She didn’t feel the need to show Joslyn any courtesy at all.
But soon, Joslyn called her again.
She hung up a few more times, but Joslyn just wouldn’t give up. Pressing her temple, she answered, saying, “Ms. Aguirre, what is wrong with you? I’m a neurosurgeon and can’t help with your mental illness.”
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“Dr. Duffy, do you have to be so mean?” Joslyn said pitifully. “I know I was wrong earlier in the morning, and I wanna apologize to you. I hope I can make it up to you by treating you to a meal. I mean it, Dr. Duffy. In fact. I’ve already sent the driver to the hospital entrance to pick you up. Surely, you don’t wanna make a scene at the hospital entrance, right? It’ll be so embarrassing.”
Synthia couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
She wouldn’t even bat an eye even if Joslyn sent someone here to beat her up.
But she didn’t turn Joslyn down.
If it weren’t for the incident at the bar last night, she couldn’t even remember Joslyn’s name. She was determined to find out what Joslyn was up to.
“OK.” she said.
After hanging up, she packed her things and headed out.
After about forty minutes or so, she arrived at a place that seemed like a private resort.
She got out of the car and spotted the place’s name at once–Cloudtop Resort.
The name rang a bell, but she couldn’t place it at once. Soon, someone came over and led her to a small banquet hall with luxurious decorations.
As she stepped inside, she caught everyone’s eye.
Joslyn had deliberately put on a resplendent attire tonight. The dazzling lights accentuated the diamonds on the necklace around her
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neck, further highlighting her alluring curves.
“Who’s this? Doesn’t she know this is a private party?” someone at the table said with a frown. “Hector, please don’t tell us you allowed at beggar in Mr. Raymond’s private resort.”
Synthia dressed casually, and she seemed out of place amongst those dressed–up elites.
But she didn’t care.
She remembered something. When she married Darion, Becky Raymond, Darion’s grandmother, had especially had someone tell her about his assets. She saw the resort’s name back then. In other words, Cloudtop Resort was one of Darion’s properties.
Did Darion organize tonight’s party?
For Joslyn?
Just then, Joslyn said to Drake Williamson, the man who had scolded Hector Soto, the manager of the resort, “Mr. Williamson, it’s my fault for not introducing her in time. This is Dr. Duffy from Stratexon Hospital. I invited her to join us today.” Joslyn walked over to Synthia in her high heels. “Dr. Duffy, Mr. Williamson can be blunt sometimes. Don’t take it personally.”
Joslyn had indeed invited Synthia, but she didn’t tell Synthia it’d be an upscale private party.
Darion was prese
present.
Sitting in the main seat, he was the star of tonight’s party.
He didn’t shoot a glance at Synthia.
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“I’m so sorry, Dr. Duffy, that I forgot to mention this to you. Vantedge Capital’s higher–ups and a few owners of live streaming companies invited me to the party tonight, and I talked to Dary and had his. permission to discuss business collaborations with them here…” Joslyn said while looping her arm around Synthia’s with a warm smile. Then she continued. “Gosh, Dr. Duffy, I forgot that you don’t know anything about business at all. I’m sorry for baffling you. Besides, this is just my private affairs, and I don’t need to explain it to you at all, right?”
Synthia scoffed, “Ms. Aguirre, not everyone is as stupid as you. I didn’t want to have anything to do with you, but since you wouldn’t stop messing with me, you should shoulder the consequences.”
With that, she tried to pull Joslyn’s hand away.
Yet, the second she touched Joslyn’s hand, Joslyn suddenly let out a cry and fell to the floor.
Joslyn had already picked the right spot and angle. Besides, no one would expect someone to fall to the floor on purpose. So, in everyone’s eyes, Synthia had pushed her.
Synthia felt speechless.
Joslyn’s acting was so lame.
Someone immediately spoke up for Joslyn, “What’s wrong with you? Ms. Aguirre was kind enough to invite you here. Look at yourself–you
dress like a hobo. But she mind and instead introduced you to
- us. And you actually pushed her to the floor? You should be ashamed of yourself.”
Everyone in the business world was shrewd and could read the room.
They were on Darion’s turf. By hurting Joslyn, Synthia disrespected
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Darion.
So. they’d point fingers at Synthia no matter what the truth was.
They all jumped on the first opportunity to side with Joslyn. To them, it was the same as groveling before Darion.
Joslyn said self–reproachfully through tears, “Please don’t blame Dr. Duffy. It was my fault… I was so careless. I’m so sorry, Dary. Please don’t get Dr. Duffy wrong. She really didn’t push me.”
“Ms. Aguirre, stop defending this bumpkin. What she did to you was horrible!”
“Ms. Aguirre, no need to be afraid of her. Mr. Raymond’s got your back. She wouldn’t dare to do anything to you.”
Everyone was defending Joslyn.
Sitting in the main seat, Darion remained motionless, his gaze fixing on Synthia intently.
He was waiting.
In fact, he saw the whole thing and knew Synthia was framed by Joslyn.
But he said nothing because he wanted to know what Synthia would do when facing their criticism.
Just then, Synthia sneered. Before anyone could react, she grabbed a bottle of wine and smashed it against the table, causing a loud crack.
The whole scene fell into cerie silence.
Joslyn was dumbfounded.
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In the next second, Synthia pressed the broken jagged bottleneck against Joslyn’s throat.
Joslyn screamed,
The fractured edges cut into her fair neck, blood oozing out and dripping onto the floor.
Joslyn thought, “This crazy bitch!
“How dare she do this!”
Meanwhile, Synthia looked down at Joslyn with a scrutinizing gaze and then said word by word, “Ms. Aguirre, I’ve got limited patience. I wouldn’t show any mercy to those who mess with me.”
“You… You… You’re crazy. I…” Terrified, Joslyn turned pale–faced, trembling nonstop. “I didn’t mean to. I… slipped…”
“Oh, really?” Synthia smiled.
In the next second, she suddenly raised the broken jagged bottleneck and aimed it at Joslyn’s neck, ready to thrust it.
“No! Dary, help! Help!” Joslyn screamed at the top of her lungs, her cries deafening.
Just then, a pungent smell filled the air as her dress was stained by yellow liquid.
She was so frightened that she wet herself.
Synthia tossed the bottleneck away, stood up, and said with disdain, “Coward.”
