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The reporters’ questions were sharp as they tried to push Everleigh into a corner, but she managed to avoid answering them directly. She never revealed her relationship with Selena and strongly denied that she had bad blood with the leading actress. It was amazing how she could pull something off like that while still maintaining the truth behind the press conference.

The purpose of the press conference was to clarify the hospital’s innocence, not Selena’s. Therefore, when the time was almost up, Mr. Lawson gave the administrative manager of the scene a nod. Dr. Harper understood and dismissed everyone immediately.

“That’s it for today. Thank you to every reporter who came. About this matter, our hospital will not respond to it anymore. After all, it’s a place to cure diseases and save lives. We’re not going to involve ourselves too much with the public opinion. We hope you understand.”

After saying this, security guards instructed the reporters to leave in an orderly manner.

Everleigh returned to her office, took off her coat, and hung it on the rack. She poured a glass of water and sat down to catch her breath. She felt tired when she thought of the questions that had been thrown at her.

Somehow, out of nowhere, Selena crossed her mind.

When Selena was a young girl, she was very quiet and disliked talking. No one expected her to have enrolled in an arts academy and choose acting as her career. Everleigh wondered how Selena handled the reporters as she herself had been abroad for some time.

While she was thinking, a message notification popped on the screen of his phone.

“Dr. Trevino, I saw the press conference. Thank you for your help.”

The person who sent the message was Winnie, Selena’s manager. Winnie had contacted Everleigh the night before the press conference, hoping that she would be willing to clarify the matter.

“You’re welcome.” Everleigh was going to write more as her reply, but she hesitated. In the end, she added another sentence, “Please continue to take care of Selena in the future. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.”

After a while, Winnie replied with a message, “It’s Selena’s blessing to have a sister like you.”

Everleigh didn’t know how to reply, so she simply put down the phone. She had mixed feelings.

To Selena, she probably wouldn’t think that it was a blessing. In fact, she would probably rather Everleigh be gone.

The press conference somehow put a stop to the controversy surrounding the drama crew.

Since the victim had already come out and clarified that the controversy was baseless, the public decided not to ponder on it anymore. Discussions about the incident on the Internet also disappeared overnight.

Everleigh had no time to care about public opinion. After she was back to work, she became occupied with it. Consultations, clinical surgeries, and intern examinations kept her busy on a daily basis. At night, she would help Dr. Harrison with his students’ thesis.

After her last operation on Friday, Everleigh came face to face with Dr. Harrison as soon as she changed out of her surgery scrubs.

As soon as they met, Dr. Harrison asked, “What do you think about the thesis from two of my students?”

“I’m not done with them yet, but from what I’ve seen, they have to fix the format. That alone is going to take a lot of time.”

“Hurry up and finish their thesis.”

“Sir, I’m just a human, not a machine. I’m already busy with my work. Why did you urge me to help you?” Everleigh said bitterly.

Dr. Harrison put his hands in his pockets and huffed, “Hey, I paid you, didn’t I? You take the money and you work. It’s common sense.”

“Okay, okay, I won’t argue with you. I’m exhausted. I’ll go back and finish reading the thesis, okay? I’m going back to the school tomorrow anyway so I’ll bring the thesis along for the students.”

Everleigh really had no strength to argue with Dr. Harrison. After the operation, she was worn out.

“Tomorrow, after the anniversary celebration of the university is over, my wife wants you to come have dinner at our place.”

Hearing this, Everleigh laughed and said, “Sir, why don’t you just stop beating around the bush? We could’ve ended the conversation if you did.”

“It was my wife’s idea, not mine. You don’t have to go if you don’t want to.”

Leaving those words behind, Dr. Harrison turned around and left, looking as if he was too lazy to talk to Everleigh.

Looking at the back of her old teacher, it did not look as strong as it used to be seven years ago. In fact, he was a little hunched to the front. Everleigh leaned slowly against the wall behind her as she felt a little sad.

It had always been said that time is short, but Everleigh disagreed. She thought that the things that faded too soon were youth and vigor. Time had always been there, unflinching and unchanging.

The next day was Saturday, and it was also the 100-year anniversary of Ocpeace Medical University.

Everleigh arrived at school at eight o’clock in the morning, followed by Adrienne and Alastair.

She had promised Stainley to give the students of clinical medicine that year a talk on the spread of viruses. Although there were many opportunities for the depository of the students, many cases were hard to come by in a short period of time, such as the spread of viruses, new tumors, and so on.

As soon as she got out of the car, she received a call from Stainley.

“Everleigh, have you arrived?”

“I just arrived and found a parking space. There are too many people coming to the school. Where are you?”

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“I’m here too.” Everleigh looked around. There were people everywhere, and her eyes caught no sight of Stainley at all.

“I see you.” Stainley’s voice came from the phone, and just like that, the call ended.

Everleigh looked up and saw a white figure walking towards her in the distance. As the figure approached her, he waved his hand and said, “Hi Everleigh, Alastair, Adrienne.”

Adrienne’s mouth was sweet. At the sight of Stainley, she rushed towards him and said, “Hi Stainley!”

“Ah,” Stainley lifted Adrienne up and let her sit on his arm. After bowing his head and greeting Alastair, he said to Everleigh, “Let’s go. The students are waiting in the big reporting hall. They will start soon.”

Everleigh nodded and said, “Stainley, put Adrienne down. She’s really heavy, so you’d better let her walk by herself.”

The seven-year-old girl was no longer as light as she had been when she was a child. It was already very difficult for Everleigh to hold her now and she would always avoid hugging her whenever she could.

“It’s quite okay. She’s not heavy.” Stainley smiled. His expression was as bright as the sun of the day.

They walked side by side to the reception hall. The handsome man and beautiful lady were like an attention magnet. It was especially so if the couple brought children with them. They seemed to emit a kind of warm feeling as onlookers eyed them enviously.

A black car passed through Magnolia Street of Ocpeace Medical University and found a parking spot in front of the landmark building, just by the two people.

The car moved slowly as it ventured through the big crowd. It was not going to end well if it bumped onto anyone.

“Isn’t that Dr. Trevino?” Moses, who sat in the passenger seat, looked at the figure in front of him and said without hesitation, “Is Dr. Trevino also a graduate from the Ocpeace Medical University?”

Those words echoed in the car. The figure reflected in the rearview mirror frowned slightly, raised his eyes, and looked out.

In front of the windshield, there were two familiar figures in the distance. One of them was Everleigh and the one beside her was Stainley. They were laughing and seemed to enjoy each other’s company very much.

Theodore’s expression suddenly darkened.