The smell of disinfectant in the hospital corridor wrapped around Lin Xiaoman's throat like a spiderweb, her fingers trembling as they clutched the diagnosis report. Her phone screen lit up with a photo sent by her best friend—Jiang Xubai had his arm around the waist of the newly crowned Best Actress, Su Tang, the two of them leaning against the railing of a private yacht, the light refracting off their champagne glasses catching in the wrinkles of Jiang Xubai's smile.
That smile made her eye sockets burn. Three days ago, when she was signing the surgical consent form, Jiang Xubai was in Milan attending a fashion show. At this moment, the digital clock outside the operating room read two in the morning, and she finally dialed that number she knew by heart.
"Jiang Xubai, I..." Before she could finish, the crisp sound of high heels echoed from the far end of the corridor. Su Tang was wrapped in Jiang Xubai's black suit jacket, the tips of her hair still damp with the salty tang of the sea breeze, as she familiarly hooked her arm through Jiang Xubai's. "Xubai, your assistant said you left your phone at the club."
Chapter 68