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Chapter 1172
At the Topaz mansion…
Naomi was sitting in the study room with a jacket draped over her shoulder. She had only left a lamp on. The lamp
cast a halo of light around her and made her look ethereally beautiful.
She was working on her draft on a piece of paper. The sky was still dark and heavy outside while heavy rain lashed
against the windows. The pitter-patter sound was loud, but it did not seem to affect her.
At that moment, the phone downstairs rang, snapping Naomi back to reality. She put the pen down and walked out
of the study room. She then switched on the light in the corridor and went downstairs.
She did not know who would call them in
the middle of the night, but she had a feeling that it was her father.
When she reached the phone, she answered it with a smile on her face, “Dad However, the person from the other
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtside said something, and her smile froze.
At the hospital…
By the time Naomi and her caretaker, Mrs. Irving, arrived, there were two people outside of the emergency room.
When Mrs. Irving saw the face of the woman amongst the two people, her expression changed.
The woman turned her head to look at Naomi. The latter was looking back at her as well. She had not put on her
sunglasses this time, but Naomi could recognize from her aura that she was the woman who had come to look for
her father that day.
She approached Naomi with a smile on her face. Unexpectedly. Mrs. Irving pulled Naomi over and looked at the
woman warily before she could say anything. “Mrs. Gosling, please stay away from Ms. Topaz.”
Naomi was stunned and looked at Mrs. Irving in confusion.
The man in black beside Mrs. Gosling wanted to step forward, but she stopped him. She looked at Mrs. Irving and
said, “I didn’t expect that you’d still be working for Anthony after so many years. Could it be that you take Anthony
as your own son?”
Mrs. Irving’s face turned dark.
At that moment, the doctor came out of the operating room. “The patient needs blood infusions. Which one of you
has B-type blood?”
Me. I have B-type blood,” Naomi stepped forward. The doctor measured her for a while and asked, “You are…”
“The patient is my father,” Naomi replied. The doctor nodded in assent. “Then please follow me.” “Wait,” Mrs.
Gosling suddenly said. Just when both of them turned their heads, she rolled up her sleeves and said, “Take my
blood. I have B-type blood too.”
Before Naomi could do or say anything. Mrs. Gosling left with the doctor. When she walked past Naomi, she pitched
her voice low and whispered, “This is what I can do for you.”
Naomi stood frozen stiff on the spot as she was overwhelmed by confusion.
Three hours later, the operation was done.
It was already 5:30 a.m. by the time Anthony came out of the operating room. Since the anesthesia had not worn
off, he had yet to regain his consciousness.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmNaomi sat beside the sickbed to watch over her father. Mrs. Irving draped a blanket over her and said, “Ms. Topaz,
you should take some rest. You still have to go to work at nine tomorrow. I’ll take care of Mr. Topaz.”
Naomi nodded. She lay down in the recliner chair but did not close her eyes.
“Mrs. Irving, do you know Mrs. Gosling?”
Mrs. Irving was stunned and averted her gaze. “If you want to know about her, you can ask Mr. Topaz when he
wakes up later. He Il tell you everything.”
Naomi did not ask anything anymore.
It wasn’t until early in the morning that Naomi woke up from her nightmare. She turned her head to look at her
father in the hospital bed and breathed a sigh of relief when the electrocardiogram showed that her father’s heart
was still beating slowly.
Mrs. Irving came back with some breakfast. “Ms. Topaz, why don’t you sleep a little more?”
“I had a nightmare.” She took the blanket off her body and sat right up. “I can’t sleep.”
Mrs. Irving comforted her with a smile on her face. “Don’t worry. Mr. Topaz is a good man. I’m sure he’ll be fine.”
At that moment, Naomi received a text message from Maisie. She asked her to take a day off and rest.
In the meantime, at the Blue Bay villa…
Nolan found out that Anthony had gotten into an accident last night and was hospitalized after a phone call.
As Maisie helped him to put on his tie, she said, “I wonder how Mr. Topaz is doing.”
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