The hospital picked up the call respectfully. “Mr. Sinir.”
Tm Mrs. Sinir. How’s the surgery scheduled?” Ynda asked.
“Mrs. Sinir, we’ve already spoken to the specialists, and the surgery is set to begin in two <b>weeks</b>, the doctor replied.
Ynda lowered hershes and spoke softly, “Tve found a new donor. Since the surgery won’t happen for another two weeks, there’s no need to <b>cut </b>in line for someone else’s kidney<b>.</b>”
“A new donor?” the doctor echoed,
“Alright, please handle the arrangements and have the donor information transferred. If anythinges up. my husband will contact you directly, Ynda said.
The doctor, Hugh Thornton, didn’t think twice. After all, it was Charles’s number, and he was way too cautious to let anyone else touch his phone.
So Hugh thought the woman had to be Mrs. Sinir. “Rest assured, Mrs. Sinir. I’ll arrange for the donor to be transferred right away.”
After hanging up, Ynda looked down at the phone, opened every single app, and set it to drain the battery as fast as possible.
At four in the morning, Charles heard a noise by the balcony door. He sat up, reaching for his phone on the pillow, but it was dead.
He walked over to the balcony and had just opened the door when he heard Ynda’s voice. “But you were the one who left. Charles isn’t the type to take back what he’s let go. He won’te looking for you.”
As she spoke, she caught sight of Charles standing on the balcony out of the corner of her eye. Her heart skipped a beat. “Honey… The panic on her face didn’t seem <b>fake</b>.
Charles threw on a coat. The early spring nights were still chilly, and the wind was fierce. His face was hidden in the shadows as he said, “Give me the phone.”
He clearly knew who had called. Ynda took a step back, her expression calm<b>. </b>“It was just a wrong
number.
Charles strode over and snatched the phone from her hand, but the screen showed the call had already ended. “Ynda,” he said. He almost never called her by name, which meant he was really pissed.
He gave a shortugh, scrolled through her phone, and found a news headline. [International superstar Joelle had gone missing after falling off a cliff during filming.]
His face went cold, and his eyes were icy and bottomless.
Ynda’s heart skipped a <b>beat</b>, and she pressed her lips together.
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He gave her a deep, lingering look before turning and striding away.
Ynda quickly followed after him. “Charles…”
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But he was already changing, tossing her phone onto the bed. He opened the bedroom door and told Jack. “Get me on the earliest flight to Mand, now”
The sound of footsteps faded as they left one after the other.
Ynda took a deep breath and called William’s doctor, Tommy Reese. “The donor kidney is being transferred now. I’ve already got Sinir Group on <b>board</b>. Let’s get the surgery done as soon as possible.”
Tommy nced at the clock; it was only six in the morning, “Alright, Ms. Grant. I’ll perform the kidney transnt tomorrow.”
Ynda’s palms were slick with cold sweat as she hung up, her heart chilled to the core.
By the time it was fully light out, Tommy called. The surgery is set for nine tomorrow morning.
“Can we do it any sooner?” Ynda pressed, not wanting to leave anything to chance.
Tommy hesitated, and then said, “Tonight.”
“Can you really do it?” she asked urgently.
“Yes. I’ll get the patient prepped right away.”
Ynda let out a sigh of relief. Things on Charles’s end should be dyed until <b>tonight</b><b>. </b>After all, he was still on the ne.
She rushed to the hospital. When William heard the donor kidney had finally arrived, he could hardly <b>believe </b>it. He sped Ynda’s hand tightly, his voice shaking with excitement. “I thought we’d never find one?”
“William, just focus on the operation. Everything else is taken care of,” Ynda reassured him softly.
William’s lips curled into a grateful smile as he patted her hand. “Ynda, meeting <b>you </b>is the best luck I’ve ever had.”
The surgery started exactly at six that evening, right on the dot.
At ten that night, Tommy came out of the operating room and pulled off his mask. “The surgery was a <b>sess</b>. <b>But </b>I have <b>to </b><b>ask </b>you. How did you get Sinir Group to let go of that kidney?”
Ynda didn’t say a <b>word</b>. She just headed straight for William’s room. He was still out cold, and wouldn’t be waking up until morning.
By the time Ynda made it back to Moonbay Estate, her nerves had been stretched to the limit, and now she was just dead tired.
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Her phone buzzed with another call from her friend <b>abroad</b>. “Ynda, I’ve managed to hold out until now Joelle’s a huge name overseas. Both herpany and the press have people searching everywhere?
Ynda copsed onto the couch, too tired to move. “It’s done here. Thanks.”
Her friend sounded relieved. “If I weren’t Joelle’s agent, there’s no way I could’ve pulled this off.”
<b>Ynda </b><b>gave </b>a tired smile, rubbing her temples. “Whatever’s between us, let’s keep it that way. No one else can ever find out.”
“Don’t worry. By the way, your husband came over, but he didn’t meet anyone. He just called in a team of experts to search the ce, and <b>then </b>stayed in his car the whole time and never got out.”
Ynda didn’t say a word. Who would’ve thought Charles would get cold feet abouting back?” she sneered, finding it almost funny. She then <b>said</b>, “Thanks. Just make sure you don’t slip up.”
Charles wouldn’t be back for at least two more days, and Ynda needed to make sure she waspletely out of this mess before then. She went straight to Sinir Group’s hospital and found Hugh, the same doctor she’d talked to on the phone earlier.
Hugh held a lot of sway at the hospital, but Ynda knew exactly where his Achilles heel was. Otherwise, she never would’ve dared to set this whole thing in motion.
She arranged to meet Hugh out in the suburbs, and then slid a photo across the weathered tabletop right in front of him.
Hugh’s face turned icy, a hint of panic shing in his eyes. “Who the hell are you? If you don’t start talking. I’m calling the cops.”
“Dr. Thornton, I’m Charles’s wife. I called youst night. You should remember my voice,” Ynda said, her tone steady and in control.
The photo was of Hugh’s daughter. She was just as talented in medicine as he was. If nothing messed things up, her future was set.
Hugh took a deep breath, still in hisb coat. “Mrs. Sinir, what do you want? Why did you ask me out here?”
“The whole kidney donor thing–I did it behind Charles’s back. He’s out of the country for now, but in two days he’ll know everything. I need you to take the me. Say you took six million dors in dirty money and secretly released the kidney.” <fn0b49> Th? link to the orig?n of this information r?sts ?n fin?novel</fn0b49>
Hugh’s face flushed with anger. He’d built a solid career at Sinir Group’s hospital. No way he’d go behind. Charles’s back like that, especially since Charles trusted him more than anyone.
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