She Made a Comeback as a Renowned Doctor

Chapter 22: Chapter 22: Tearing the White Lotus Apart by Hand

She desperately rushed toward the child only to be pushed to the ground by a man. The man looked at her coldly, a bloodthirsty smirk on his lips, “Hope Williams, you’ll never see the child again.”

“No, no, Waylon Lewis, don’t take the child away, give him back to me, give him back to me…”

“No!” Hope Williams suddenly awoke, drenched in cold sweat and sitting up straight, she held her chest and stared blankly at a spot for a long while.

“Mommy, what’s wrong?” Luke hurried over, his voice soft, his little face filled with worry as he looked at the sweating Hope Williams.

Her butterfly-like eyelashes trembled slightly as she came to. Seeing Luke by her side, she hugged him tight.

What a relief, it was just a dream.

She quickly squeezed out a smile, “Mommy is fine, Luke, you woke up so early.”

“Mommy, why were you sleeping on the sofa? Did you have a nightmare just now?”

Hope Williams tenderly tapped Luke’s little nose, not wanting him to worry and put on a relaxed look, smilingly saying, “Thank you, baby, for caring. Mommy forgot to go back to the room last night, it won’t happen again.” She glanced at her watch, “It’s almost seven, Luke, go wake up your sister, Mommy will make breakfast for you.”

Luke, concerned about Hope Williams, couldn’t help but furrow his little brow, then obediently went to wake Willow.

Hope Williams sighed. Perhaps she was a bit tired, for she had fallen asleep on the sofa last night in a daze.

Hope Williams washed up quickly, made a rich breakfast as usual, finished breakfast, sent the children to school, and then went to work.

Due to the nightmare from last night, Hope Williams hadn’t rested well, and her expression wasn’t very good.

Just as she arrived at the office, she was met by Joy Ward and Valentina River. Whenever there were others around, Joy Ward always had a kind and gentle demeanor, warmly greeting Hope Williams, “Good morning, Doctor Williams.”

Hope Williams couldn’t be like her, hating her to death inside, yet having to put on a face as if they were close sisters.

Hypocritical, artificial.

She couldn’t be bothered to deal with them. There was a surgery to attend to soon, and she needed to focus; she had no time to spar with them.

“Hope Williams, our Joy greeted you, didn’t you hear?”

Hope Williams indifferently organized the files on her desk, not even lifting her brow as she responded softly, “I heard.”

“Then why don’t you say anything?”

“Doctor River, I believe my mouth is my own, it’s not your place to dictate.”

“Do you not have any manners?”

“You have manners, you have the best manners, so please remember this is a hospital, don’t shout and scream.” Hope Williams, holding her files, brushed past the two and left.

Valentina River was left speechless by her retort, almost fainting with rage; she moved to the side, blocking the doorway to prevent Hope Williams from leaving.

Hope Williams’s already displeased face darkened as she looked annoyed at the person deliberately blocking her way.

Lifting her eyes, she said nothing, just quietly stared at Valentina River.

Valentina River wasn’t about to let Hope Williams off easily today. Every time she saw her face, she was driven to insane jealousy.

“Hope Williams, who do you think you are? You think you’re something special because you got into the hospital through connections, explain yourself, or don’t think about leaving today. Let’s have everyone judge, our Joy didn’t provoke her, she even kindly greeted her, and her? She just put on airs, too good to care.”

“It’s okay, Valentina, let it go, I’m fine.”

Joy Ward bit her lip, though she said that, her tone sounded as if she had been greatly wronged.

Seeing this, the surrounding doctors sympathized with Joy Ward.

Joy Ward hurriedly spoke up for Hope Williams, “Everyone, don’t blame Doctor Williams, I’m fine. Doctor Williams and I have a misunderstanding, I know she doesn’t like me, but I just think as colleagues, we should value harmony while working together.”

Valentina River shot back immediately, “Joy, you’re always so kind and easy to talk to. I think she’s just jealous of you, jealous that your skills are better than hers, jealous that you’re about to become Mrs. Lewis.”

Hope Williams gave a faint, cold laugh, somewhat speechless, about to speak when Valentina River was pushed away by someone with great disgust, who then patted the dust off their hands.

The person was a chubby, short-haired girl. Valentina River stumbled a couple of steps from the push, and when she steadied herself, the short-haired girl spoke, “What are you doing? Are you that idle? What are you doing in our cardiac surgery department every day as a trauma specialist?”

“Aurora Wood, are you sick?” Valentina River was not one to control her emotions; at that moment, enraged by Aurora Wood’s push and feeling humiliated, she roared back.

Aurora Wood rolled her eyes, “I suggest you visit psychiatry, do you realize how horrific you look right now?”

As more people gathered, Joy Ward suppressed the displeasure in her heart and grabbed Valentina River, looking helplessly at Hope Williams and Aurora Wood, “Doctor Williams, Doctor Wood, Valentina didn’t do it on purpose, but you’re excessive in pushing people around. Can’t we discuss things peacefully without resorting to violence?”

“If I wanted to talk peacefully, would you listen?” Aurora Wood stood with her hands on her hips, her brow raised, her plump body leaning forward, exerting pressure on Joy Ward as she closed in.

Joy Ward retreated several steps, appearing even more fragile and powerless in front of Aurora Wood.

Aurora Wood especially despised these two women, all dolled up and putting on airs, whether they’d come to work or to participate in a beauty contest was unclear.

“Doctor Williams, you go on with your work.” Aurora Wood crossed her arms, standing before Valentina River and Joy Ward with the air of a boss.@@novelbin@@

Hope Williams nodded appreciatively at Aurora Wood, “Thank you.”

Aurora Wood smiled generously, “No problem, just a public service.”

A public service?

Hope Williams couldn’t help but laugh softly, finding the girl quite amusing.