Chapter 107: What Are You Talking About, I Don't Understand
"What's going on here? Dr. Wilson's surgical error is an undeniable fact. She's incompetent, and now you're all still making excuses for her. I have serious doubts about her character too," Hawk said angrily.
Everyone knew what Mia was up to. Why did she take on this surgery? Wasn't it just to compete with Ava?
She used tricks to get what she wanted, and then almost killed the patient on the operating table.
Doesn't that show both incompetence and questionable character?
Incompetent! Questionable character!
Mia's body suddenly went weak and she collapsed to the floor. It was over, everything was over.
She looked up at Ava, then at herself, feeling like a complete fool.
Ava met Mia's gaze without saying anything, just a hint of mockery flashing in her eyes.
Seeing Mia fall, Dean quickly crouched down to help her up, his worry making his feelings obvious. "Mia, are you okay?"
Mia kept her head down, crying non-stop.
At that moment, they didn't notice that people's looks had changed from confusion to scrutiny and even suspicion.
"Dad..." Dean looked at Hawk anxiously.
"Don't call me dad. Her surgical error is an undeniable fact. You keep defending her and acting so close to her - do you two have some kind of secret relationship?"
Originally, if Hawk hadn't brought it up, people just thought it was strange, but once it was out in the open, everything took on a different meaning.
At that moment, Dean's hand on Mia's shoulder looked especially damning.
"Yeah, Dr. Palmer was so concerned about Dr. Wilson just now. Does he like Dr. Wilson?"
"And this Dr. Wilson too - his wife is right here, and she has the nerve to cry in his arms. The more I look at that weak and helpless act, the more shameless it seems."
"Exactly. I thought those two looked weird together just now. Are they into each other?"
"That's really possible. I always see Dr. Wilson and Dr. Palmer together."
Thora's face turned cold. She walked toward Dean step by step, each step seeming to take great determination. She slowly asked, "Dean, you like Mia, don't you?"
"I..."
Mia cut in, stepping forward to grab Thora. "No, no, you've got it wrong. Dr. Palmer and I are just friends. Dr. White, please don't misunderstand."
Things were messy enough, really messy enough. Mia really didn't want anything else to happen.
Thora shook off Mia without hesitation, her face growing colder. "Misunderstand? Mia, you've been seducing Dean openly and secretly. You think I don't know?"
Everyone gasped, a wave of shocked voices rising.
"What, Mia and Dean? Dean's a married man. How can she be so shameless, seducing someone else's husband?"
"Exactly. They're colleagues working together. How could she do this? How can they even work together after this? She's just relying on her looks."
"And Dean - I always thought he really loved Thora. Now it looks like it was all an act. What a good husband, what a good man - disgusting."
Thora's push wasn't gentle. Mia's back hit the corner of a table, making her cry out in pain as she fell to the ground.
Dean couldn't hold back anymore and shouted, "Thora, what are you trying to do?"
Thora raised her hand and slapped Dean hard across the face to wake him up.
Dean clenched his teeth hard, staring at her with bloodshot eyes. "You planned all this, didn't you? First you pretended to agree, then you went back on your word today. You father and daughter really have some scheme going."
Thora found him disgusting looking like that.
Thora closed her eyes bitterly.
"Dean, let's get divorced."
Dean instantly broke down. He decided to stop pretending - after all, he had chosen Mia. Everyone has the right to pursue love.
He just hated Thora. Mia was ten thousand times better than her.
A fair lady is a gentleman's good match - what was wrong with that?
"Fine, divorce. I've wanted to divorce you for a long time." Dean grabbed Mia's hand tightly. "Mia is the one I love."
Mia's eyes widened - not with emotion, but with horror.
She desperately tried to pull her hand away from Dean's, but the man gripped it even tighter. "Mia, I know you love me too. You're just worried because I've had a family. Now I'm divorcing her, we can be together."
"Let go of me, you're crazy. Dr. Palmer, what are you talking about? I don't understand anything. Let go of me." Mia panicked, refusing again and again. She really felt like she was going crazy.
"Dean, I have nothing to do with you. I don't like you. Let go of me, let go of me." Mia was really being driven crazy, shouting over and over.
Dean was startled by her rejection. Her harsh words cut deep into his heart. He didn't want to believe it, didn't dare to believe it.