Deep Love Hidden From Him
Chapter 317

Everleigh lowered her eyes and looked at the scar on her hand. She said with a faint smile, "It doesn't matter. There's no need for formalities between us."

The corners of Cecil's mouth pulled up. Both of them were in a bad mood, but they didn't talk about their own problems. Instead, they talked about everything except those sensitive topics. Some time later, the two of them were thirsty after the chat. Cecil's phone rang. It was a call from her assistant.

"What's the matter?"

"Tell them to wait."

Then, she said helplessly, "Okay, I'll go back right now."

Seeing that she was very busy, Everleigh said, "Go ahead if you have something to attend to. I'll head back in a while."

"Are you sure you'll be fine?" Cecil said thoughtfully as she pointed at her hand.

"I came here on my own, so why can't I go back by myself? Don't worry." To reassure her, Everleigh deliberately shook her wrist. Except for the obvious scar, everything else fine. Cecil's eyes twinkled. She said nothing more and hurried back.

After paying for the coffee, Everleigh went out and walked with the flow of the crowd.

She walked around and once again realized that it had been a long time since she went shopping. She used to stay in the hospital all the time, so she never got to observe the changes in Ocpeace City.

She hadn't come back for seven years, and things had changed a lot. The small stall that used to sell pasta had become a pasta restaurant. As she smelled the street food, she was a little hungry. She bought some and ate it as she walked.

Just as she was walking into a street corner, she heard a screeching sound coming from behind her. When she looked back, a car had knocked over a person, and there was a child crying next to the victim. The look on her face changed. She put aside the things in her hands to see what was going on.

Other onlookers all gathered around. Some people called the police, and others called the ambulance.

There were quite a number of enthusiastic people.

She watched as the woman, who was lying in a pool of blood, gasped heavily as she slowly became unconscious.

She knelt beside her and performed CPR on her, but her right hand was a little weak.

"Miss, miss, can you hear me?" Everleigh was persistent and her clothes were already covered with blood.

Since her arms could not exert much strength, it wasn't very effective.

"Miss, are your arms weak?" A man in a pair of glasses next to her asked with concern.

She nodded and said, "I am a doctor. I had an accident a few days ago and now, my right arm doesn't have much strength, but if I don't do this... she will die."

"Leave it to me. I'm a doctor too." The man did not say anything when he heard her words. Instead, he motioned for her to get up and let him do it.

She did not hesitate and quickly helped him with other matters. Meanwhile, the victim looked dazed and her pupils dilated. It didn't seem like she would hold on much longer.

"Mommy, Mommy." Watching the scene, the child next to her kept crying. Her arm was also scratched, but she completely ignored it.

Then, Everleigh looked at the victim lying on the ground as well as the doctor and she realized how incompetent she was now. She couldn't even perform simple treatments on patients. Just as she sat there dazed, the siren of the ambulance came from afar, pulling her back to her senses.

The ambulance stopped beside her and she clearly saw that it was the hospital's staff.

"Everleigh."

She looked in the direction where the familiar voice came from and saw Stainley get off the ambulance.

"They sent you?'

"Yes, I'm on duty. Let's talk later, we don't have time."

She nodded and watched them load the woman into the ambulance, but she was very clear that the woman was slowly losing her life. Hence, she wouldn't be able to survive. "So you're Everleigh, nice to meet you. My name is Xanvior."

Everleigh looked at the hand in front of her, which was stained with blood. When she looked up, she saw bloodstains on the man's glasses too, but there was a pure smile on his face. "Nice to meet you."

"I heard about you when I was in the hospital. To be frank, you shouldn't be using much of your hands at all, but I am very surprised to see that you just treated the patient in that way." Xanvior's sincere eyes distracted her a little.

She didn't know how long it had been since someone looked at her like this. Every time, it was always a look full of sympathy and pity for her.

She gave a wry smile and said, "I have some errands to run, so I'll have to go first."

"Okay, but I still hope to see you at the academic exchange conference," he said.

Everleigh was startled and her eyes dimmed. She knew about the conference because she once prepared materials for all the doctors in the state, but now she couldn't go.

The reason was that her hand was now disabled.

Hence, she didn't answer him, and instead, she left the place.

As the incident was not over yet, the police came over to investigate. They found out that the driver was drunk, so he wasn't able to brake in time and eventually hit the pedestrian.

On one side, the crowd seemed very lively, but on the other side, it seemed a little deserted. Theodore sat in the car, watching Everleigh from the back as she looked depressed. He felt somewhat upset. "She likes to eat those, so buy some for her."

"Yes, Mr. Godfrey."

Everleigh seemed powerless as she could do nothing about what happened that day. When she entered the door, she saw the guard holding a lot of things in his hand.

"Miss Trevino."

"What's the matter?"

"These are the things you bought. They were sent from the store." The guard held two bags of food in his hand.

Everleigh smelt the wonderful aroma of the snacks she'd just eaten, but there were other scents too.

"I didn't buy it."

"The person who sent these said that you did."

She took them over, but she was a bit confused about who bought them.

"And these flowers are also for you." The guard took out a bouquet of flowers for her.

Looking at the flowers, Everleigh understood what was going on.

Other than Theodore, no one else would do such a thing.

Adrienne and Alastair were sitting in the living room. When they saw her with the bags, they immediately walked over.

"Mommy."

"Mommy, what did you buy?" Adrienne had a sensitive nose and smelled food in the bag.

Everleigh smiled as she put the bags directly on the table and let the two siblings take their pick of the food.

As for her, she went back to her room to wash up. After taking a walk, her whole body was covered with sweat. She would be very stinky if she didn't take a shower. When she came out of the shower, her phone rang. It was from Christopher.

"Christopher."

"You were at the scene of the incident today."

"How did you know?" She frowned.

He said helplessly, "I saw it from the surveillance cameras. Don't you know that you can't overwork your hands? It's only been a couple of days."

"I was in a hurry and forgot about it."