Chapter 875

In truth, Natalie was tethering on the edge of consciousness right then.

She was only awake from sheer will because she knew that she wouldn’t be able to save the baby in her
stomach if she were to succumb to sleep.

No matter what, I can’t pass out, let alone be anesthetized again!

As that thought blazed within her, she bit her tongue hard. Her face paled from the excruciating pain, and
sweat beaded on her forehead. In the next moment, the metallic taste of blood permeated her mouth.

Nonetheless, she didn’t care about any of that, for her only thought was to protect her baby.

At the sight of the needle that was drawing ever closer to her, she took a deep breath and flipped herself
over. Rolling off the operating table, she fell onto the floor. By doing so, she managed to dodge the
needle in the nurse’s hand.

The nurse was stunned for a moment, obviously not having expected her to still have the strength to
move.

Likewise, even the doctor was amazed.

After all, he personally prepared the anesthetic for her. In usual circumstances, she would’ve lost
consciousness long ago, and they would be currently halfway through the operation.

But because she wanted to protect her child, she held on by sheer grit.



Whoa! Even a man might not necessarily possess such strong willpower, much less a petite woman like
her! Regretfully, I still won’t show any mercy no matter how admirable she is.



“Hoist her back onto the operating table,” the doctor ordered.

Grunting in assent, the nurse headed toward Natalie.

As Natalie heard the approaching footsteps, a glimmer of despair flashed across her eyes. Right on the
heels of that, she shouted at the top of her lungs, “Shane, help! Save me, Shane!”

“Cover her mouth!” the doctor barked, his expression changing drastically.

At once, the nurse rushed forward and clapped a hand over Natalie’s mouth.

Biting her hard, Natalie seized the opportunity when she retracted her hand in pain to continue yelling,
“Shane!”

Outside the operating theater, Shane’s brows creased suspiciously when he heard Natalie’s shouts.

What’s happening? Isn’t the operation underway? Why did she suddenly scream and sound so frantic at
that?

He stood up with his thin lips pressed into a tight line as a sense of dread pervaded him.

Although Natalie’s voice had faded, her cry earlier still echoed in his ears, and he simply couldn’t shake
off the uneasy feeling plaguing him.

After a moment’s contemplation, he strode toward the operating theater. Pushing open the doors, he
barged right in.

The moment the door was pushed open, an alarm started blaring.

Both the doctor and nurse in the operating theater froze at once as the alarm indicated that the doors to
the operating theater had been opened without their permission.



In other words, someone had barged in.

Panicked, they immediately swung their gazes at the doors.

Sure enough, a tall and powerful man stalked in from outside. His crisp footsteps struck fear into them,
gradually intensifying their terror.

With his eyes narrowed into slits, Shane swept his gaze over the doctor and nurse, who both wore
peculiar expressions. Then, his gaze finally fell on Natalie on the operating table. All at once, his face
contorted into a murderous mask.

Not only was Natalie securely bound with medical bandages, but her mouth was also stuffed with a
medical towel to stop her from making a single sound.

Nevertheless, her eyes were bright as she gazed at him.

Her gaze shone with an emotion that could only be described as elation at having seen a ray of hope at
the end of the tunnel.

“Mmph…” Natalie emotionally tried to speak to Shane.

Clenching his fists, Shane swiftly rushed forward.

Just when he was about to remove the towel from Natalie’s mouth, the doctor hurriedly stopped him.
Forcing a smile though he had broken out in a cold sweat, the doctor insisted, “Sir, we’re still in the midst
of an operation here, so please step out.”

Hearing that, Shane pinned a murderous look on him. “An operation? What kind of operation
necessitates tying up a patient like this?”



A flicker of guilt flitted across the doctor’s eyes, but still, he adamantly explained, “The anesthetic didn’t
work on Ms. Smith, so we were afraid that she’d make sudden movements during the operation. For that
reason…”

“For that reason, you want to operate while she’s still conscious?”

No matter how shrewd he was, he couldn’t possibly figure out the real reason Natalie was being bound.

“W-We…” The doctor panicked all the more.

They couldn’t possibly admit that it had indeed been their plan since it was a grave violation of the
International Code of Medical Ethics, and they would be doomed once word got out.






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