Xo Novel
Chapter 210: How Could Such a Woman Be Worthy of Mr. Daryl?
When Audrey Woodwind arrived at the hospital room, she saw Emrys lying obediently on the bed, listening to Lily Ward describe his recovery and give him instructions. Lily Ward, dressed in a white coat and wearing gold-rimmed glasses, looked elegant and beautiful. Holding a tablet in one hand, she spoke with a serious yet slightly assertive tone, exuding a commanding presence.
Emrys gazed at her with an unusually gentle expression, even smiling slightly, a stark contrast to his usual menacing demeanor. Audrey Woodwind shook her head in admiration for Lily Ward; even a man as wild as Emrys behaved like a tame kitten around her.
“Lily,” Audrey Woodwind greeted with a smile as she entered the room, offering a basket of fruits to Lily Ward. “Here are some fruits you like, to replenish your vitamins.”
“Thank you,” Lily Ward accepted with one hand.
“How is Emrys recovering?” Audrey Woodwind glanced at Emrys on the bed. As expected, his expression darkened upon seeing her, as if his earlier gentleness was just an illusion.
“He can stand and walk normally,” Lily Ward said, putting down her tablet and adjusting her glasses. “But he won’t be able to engage in any strenuous activities in the future.”
That practically made him half-disabled. Audrey Woodwind felt a bit gleeful at the thought, wondering how Emrys would continue plotting against her with Amber Reed. If it weren’t for Amber Reed provoking him to confront Jared Farrell, he wouldn’t have been beaten so badly.
Emrys seemed to have already accepted this outcome. He calmly said to Lily Ward, “It’s fine. I’m just grateful I can stand again and don’t have to spend my life bedridden. I owe it all to your excellent medical skills, Dr. Song. I don’t know how to thank you.”
“As a doctor, saving lives is my duty; you don’t need to thank me,” Lily Ward replied expressionlessly. “Besides, the Reed family paid a substantial fee for this.”
Audrey Woodwind nearly laughed out loud at Emrys’ speechless reaction. This was what it meant to be straightforward; Lily Ward dismissed any notion of gratitude with one sentence.
Seeing that it was inconvenient for Lily Ward to hold both the fruit and the tablet, Audrey Woodwind offered to take the tablet for her. “Lily, let me take this to your office.”
“Alright,” Lily Ward nodded and gave some final instructions to the nurse before leading Audrey Woodwind to her office.
In the office, Audrey Woodwind helped open the fruit basket and chatted with Lily Ward while eating. After some small talk, she brought up Amber Reed. “Lily, did you know my cousin Amber Reed caused another scandal?”
“Oh?” Lily Ward frowned, uninterested in gossip.
Amber Reed had visited Emrys in the hospital before, and Lily had heard plenty of rumors about her in the capital city. She considered Amber nothing more than a pretty face and not worth her attention.
“So she got pregnant out of wedlock,” Audrey Woodwind continued regardless of Lily’s interest, showing her the news on her phone. “And she’s delusional enough to try pinning the child on Jared Farrell.”Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.
Lily Ward had no interest in Amber Reed or Jared Farrell from the infamous Farrell family. To her, these mediocre people were beneath notice.
However, she glanced at the news out of courtesy but was taken aback when she saw Jared Farrell’s image. Pointing at him, she asked, “Is that Jared Farrell?”
“Yes,” Audrey Woodwind sneered. “Do you think my cousin is crazy? Jared Farrell would never take responsibility for her child! What was she thinking? Now she’s ruined her own reputation.”
Lily Ward didn’t hear a word; she was fixated on Jared Farrell in the video and then on Tina in his arms. She asked with an unclear tone, “Who is she?”
“Her?” Audrey Woodwind’s eyes flashed with jealousy. “That’s Tina, Jared Farrell’s fiancee and my cousin’s foster sister.”
Lily Ward only focused on the term “fiancee.” “What’s her educational background?”
“I think she’s got dual PhDs from some university,” Audrey Woodwind replied honestly despite not understanding why Lily was asking about Tina. “She’s quite impressive; she finished all her studies by sixteen.”
At eighteen herself, having just graduated high school, Audrey could only feel bitter envy.
Lily Ward pondered silently for a moment before asking again, “So after graduating with dual PhDs, she became a homeroom teacher at such a small high school?”
“Yeah,” Audrey Woodwind frowned, puzzled by Lily’s persistent questions about Tina.
“Short-sighted and unambitious,” Lily Ward commented on Tina.
How could such a woman be worthy of Mr. Daryl?
Ensford High School
“Achoo!” Tina suddenly sneezed while watching the high school graduation ceremony with Jared Farrell.
“Is the air conditioning too cold?” Jared asked with concern.
Tina frowned and shook her head; it felt like someone was talking about her behind her back.
The speeches on stage were almost over, and student performances were beginning when someone tapped the microphone and cleared their throat. “Hello everyone! We are graduates from Class 22D and we’d like to dedicate this final performance to our best homeroom teacher-Tina!”
Tina looked up to see Albert Sitwell holding a guitar, Hendrik Stiller with a bass guitar, Velma Lehman by an electronic keyboard, Shonna Woodham behind drums, and Elena Heisler standing at the microphone.
“Miss Reed,” Elena began emotionally. “I made many mistakes before but you pulled me out of my darkness; you saved 22D and you saved me! Now we dedicate this song ‘Until The End of The World’ to you.”
The metal music erupted instantly; clear drumbeats resonated through everyone’s hearts. Elena’s voice echoed through the hall along with the intense music.
Everyone stood up excitedly in sync with the rhythm while those five pairs of eyes on stage remained fixed on Tina-their sole intended recipient of their heartfelt emotions.