Chapter 274

“Mrs. Zoe,” Regina cried for help.

However, Zoe, who had always been kind and gentle to her, now seemed different. Zoe’s face twisted in a near-demonic expression, glaring at Regina.

The next second, Zoetook two steps forward and slapped her hard twice.

“Slap! Slap!” the sound of the slappings echoed.

Regina’s right cheek immediately went numb and swelled up.

She then stared in disbelief.

“Mrs. Zoe?” cried Regina.

“Shut up!” Zoe snapped angrily.

Zoe slapped her face again with a voice filled with anger and disappointment.

“You still have the nerve to call me

Mrs. Zoe? You always claimed to treat Lucas as your own brother. Is this how you treat your brother? While Lucas was fighting for his life in

surgery, you were engrossed in playing games. Even if Lucas were a stranger, you shouldn’t have acted like that. Now, tell me the truth! Did you have an ulterior motive from the very beginning when you approached Lucas?”

“I didn’t…” Regina quickly shook her head in denial.

“Didn’t?” Zoe sneered. “How dare you say you didn’t? Didn’t you perform the surgery on the day of Ziqian’s car accident?”

“I…” Regina stammered.

James decided to speak for Regina. “Miss Fox performed the surgery on the day of the car accident. Regina didn’t trust Miss Fox’s medical skills during the surgery Regina tried to force her way into the operating room. Your son was almost killed by Regina then, yet you treated this shameless fraud as a divine doctor. How ridiculous!”

Zoe’s lips twitched, and the anger in her heart intensified.

The higher her expectations had been for Regina, the greater her

disappointment was now.

“You deceitful wretch who took credit from others. We must have been blind to be deceived by someone like you!” Zoe closed her eyes, feeling a surge of anger. No amount of slapping could relieve her anger.

Ander calmed down a little, but he was still trembling with anger.

“Regina, let me tell you this, as long as I, Ander Morgan, am alive, you and your mother will never step foot into the scientific research world again!” Ander declared sternly.

Regina’s eyes widened in horror, her pupils shrinking to a pinpoint.

“No…” Regina knelt, clutching Zoe’s pants, and pleaded desperately, “Mrs. Zoe, I know I was wrong. I shouldn’t have lied. I shouldn’t have played games while Lucas was in surgery. I was blinded by greed, but I truly cared for Lucas and I really do treat him like my own brother!”

Zoe kicked Regina’s chest and said with disgust, “Hearing Lucas’s name from your mouth makes me sick. Ander, I don’t want to see her anymore!”

Ander nodded and ordered with a waving hand, “Take her away and lock her up! No one is to release her without my permission!”

The tall bodyguards immediately approached Regina.

Regina quickly stood up, backing away.

Now that the truth had been completely revealed, Regina stopped pretending and warned coldly, “What right do you have to lock me up? You’re illegally detaining me!” “Don’t worry. After teaching you a lesson, I’ll hand you over to the police and I can still afford your medical expenses. Take her away!” Ander said coldly.

The bodyguards immediately quickened his pace.

A glint of coldness flashed in Regina’s eyes. Regina suddenly pulled out black silver needles from her sleeve and hurled it at the bodyguards.

“Ouch” screamed the bodyguards.

With a few screams, the tall bodyguards fell to the ground and their faces turned a ghastly green.

“The silver needles are poisonous!” Melody quickly warned.

Panic erupted in the operating room, and Regina took the opportunity to escape.

James quickly reacted and said, “I’ll go after her,” and ran out.

Melody couldn’t care more about Regina at that time. Melody crouched down and removed the silver needles from the bodyguards. She then used her silver needles to puncture several points on their bodies.

The bodyguard immediately spat out black blood, and their faces looked less ghastly.

“They need an infusion immediately,” Melody stood up and reminded Rodney.

Rodney then snapped out of his shock and ordered the nurses to take the men out for treatment.

Finally, the operating room fell silent. “Miss Fox,” Ander said awkwardly, “I apologize for misunderstanding you.” Melody looked up and said, “Do you believe me now?”

Ander looked even more embarrassed, he avoided Melody’s gaze and said. “Not only did you save Lucas twice, but the way you detoxified my men just now proves your exceptional medical skills. I was blind to not see through Regina’s tricks from the start.”

Zoe knelt in front of Melody with her tear-filled eyes.

“Dr. Fox, it’s our fault as parents. It has nothing to do with Lucas. We are willing to take responsibility for our mistakes. But please, save Lucas. He is innocent.” Zoe pleaded.

As soon as she finished speaking, Lucas’s condition suddenly worsened. The monitors started beeping again.

Rodney said anxiously, “Oh no, Mr. Morgan’s heart rate is dropping again.”

Upon hearing this, Zoe hurriedly kowtowed to Melody.

Zoe cried, “Miss Fox, please save my son! We will give you whatever you want!”

Ander added anxiously, “Miss Fox, as long as you can save our son, the Morgan family will be at your disposal!”

Melody frowned and said, “I will save him. Even if you didn’t say anything, I would still save him. But now the operating room is contaminated by all the people who barged in. We need to move him to a new operating room immediately.”

“No problem!” Ander quickly signaled Rodney.

“The operating room next door is empty. I’ll transfer the patient there right away,” Rodney immediately said.

Soon, the new operating room was ready.

Melody disinfected herself thoroughly and entered the operating room. And at that time, Lucas’s blood oxygen saturation had dropped dangerously low.

Melody checked the surgical site and found no infection. The only possible cause for the situation was that Regina failed to remove the silver needles in time.

Rodney followed Melody into the operating room and said apologetically, “Dr. Fox, there was a misunderstanding previously. Please forgive me for being stupid. I always thought Regina was the one with superior surgical skills, which is why I believed her unconditionally. I’m truly sorry, Dr. Fox.”

Melody shook her head and said: “I’m not a miracle doctor. I’m just someone who studied medicine from a young age. You can just call me Melody. Regina is smart. I can understand why you were deceived by her.”

Rodney looked deeply at Melody. He saw that her eyes were calm and there was no arrogance or anger in them, this made her seem particularly approachable.

In stark contrast to the arrogant Regina.

Rodney should have noticed it long ago.

Rodney was filled with guilt and was about to apologize again when Melody raised her hand and said, “I didn’t take it to heart. You don’t have to say anything else. The most important thing now is to save the patient.”

Rodney quickly nodded and said, “I reviewed the surgical records. Your procedure was flawless. Where did things go wrong?”