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Chapter 497 Surgery
Yelena's breathing had stabilized as she lay in the hospital bed. It seemed like she was no longer in
critical condition.
"Hank, you have worked hard taking care of Yelena. You should go and have a rest since there is time.
Yelena will be sad if you collapse from exhaustion by the time she wakes up."
Elspeth felt something she couldn't put into words when she looked at the serious and focused
expression on the man's face.
"I'm alright. I slept for an hour just now."
"You've been here all day and you've only had an hour to sleep?" She sighed. Just as she was about to
continue persuading him, she suddenly noticed small signs of Yelena opening her eyes. She
immediately exclaimed, "Is Yelena waking up?!"
When Hank came back to his senses, he watched the fingers in his palm trembling slightly. It was as if
she really was about to wake up.
As expected, Yelena opened her eyes a few moments later.
"Hank…"
Seeing the man whom she had been thinking about day and night, Yelena called out his name in a
hoarse voice as tears filled her eyes.
Hank poured some warm water into a glass on the table beside him, slid in a straw, and brought it to
her mouth. "Have some water. Your voice is all raspy."
Yelena gave a nod and took small sips of water. She looked like she was doing well.
"Elspeth! You came, too!"
The aggrievance Yelena felt made her want to cry when she saw Elspeth standing behind Hank.
"You really don't make things easier for me, do you? You don't even take care of yourself when you are
abroad!" Elspeth scolded her out of worry. However, her guilt quickly bubbled up when she looked at
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtYelena's pale face.
Yelena obviously didn't mind. She even flashed an embarrassed smile and curled up her lips. "Alright,
alright. I will pay attention next time."
"Did I hear you say 'next time'?!" Elspeth roared. It pained her to see Yelena in her current condition.
Elspeth and Hank thought about letting Yelena rest for a while, now that she had finished drinking the
water. Hank turned to Elspeth and suggested, "Why don't the two of you get some rest? You can leave
Yelena to me."
"We are done resting. You should go rest instead." Elspeth then loudly snitched on Hank to Yelena.
"Hank rushed here first thing after he found out something had happened to you. He hasn't had any
shut-eye at all."
Yelena was touched when she heard this, and she reached out with difficulty to tug on his finger.
"Get some rest, Hank."
Hank's eyes were utterly red, but he was determined as he shook his head. "I'm not sleepy. I feel more
at ease if I watch you here."
"I will be fine. You must rest. No one can take care of you if you fall sick as well."
Under normal circumstances, Yelena would have pointed at him and started to nag. Now, she could
only lie on the bed and speak in a trembling voice.
However, it was exactly these words of hers that Hank listened to. He looked at her with a deep gaze
and nodded. "Mhm, I got it. I will go take a rest. Let Elspeth know if you don't feel well in any way,
okay?"
Yelena only beamed again after hearing that. "Don't worry. I know what to do."
As Hank stood up, he felt a wave of dizziness hit him due to the long hours without sleep and food. He
struggled to find his footing before he turned around and solemnly reminded Elspeth, "Remember to
alert me first thing if something is wrong with Yelena."
Elspeth promptly agreed to it.
After Hank left, Yelena looked at Elspeth's face and told her in a tired voice, "I'm a little sleepy, Elspeth.
I feel like sleeping for a bit."
Elspeth nodded, and she felt as though her heart had melted when she reached out to pat Yelena on
the head. "Rest up," she cooed. "I will be right beside you."
Hearing that, Yelena slowly closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Elspeth and Callum then took a seat on the couch beside them. The volume of their voices had
lowered by many decibels as they chatted.
"Why isn't Max here yet?"
Callum suddenly remembered that they called Max earlier, but the man was so busy with his
competition that he couldn't make it.
However, it had been two hours. Logically speaking, the race should have ended by now.
Elspeth also thought something was strange. She took out her phone and called Max again, only to
have her call ring until she reached the voicemail box.
"No one picked up. He's probably still busy."
Despite her words, Callum had a feeling something wasn't quite right. The Max he knew wouldn't drag
it out for so long.
Feeling that something was off, he muttered, "Surely nothing happened to him?"
Elspeth shook her head. "Highly unlikely. His coach must have kept him there for a reason. I heard his
voice from the call earlier. The coach sounded like a stern man."
"But—"
She smiled and patted Callum on the shoulder. "Come on. Don't worry too much about it. Max is no
longer a child. He wouldn't be so impulsive."
But at this exact moment, Callum's phone began to ring. He immediately had a bad feeling when he
saw that it was an unknown number from Wohler.
A panicked and worried voice rang out after Callum took the call.
"Mr. Callum Winthrop? Your brother had an accident during a race. He has been sent to the hospital for
emergency treatment."
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmCallum's heart dropped to his stomach when he heard those words.
He couldn't hide the concern and anxiety showing in his eyes as he stood up and demanded, "Which
hospital has he been sent to?"
"Wohler Central Hospital."
Wohler Central Hospital… Isn't this the hospital we are at?!
After the call ended, Callum lifted his head and informed Elspeth, "He got in an accident. He is at this
hospital's emergency ward now."
Elspeth almost dropped her phone as her hand shook.
"What? Max got into a car accident?"
"It's probably because he wasn't in his best headspace after he found out about Yelena."
Callum then started to leave before Elspeth held him by the hand. "Should I go with you?"
"It's alright. Someone needs to take care of Yelena. You can just wait here. I'll go check on him."
Elspeth turned to look at a sleeping Yelena and gave it some thought. Thinking that it made sense, she
released her grip on Callum.
The red light outside the emergency room was still on when Callum hurried over.
There was a middle-aged man nervously waiting outside. He immediately looked relieved when he saw
Callum.
"You are Callum Winthrop, aren't you?"
Callum was now extremely glum, and his voice was frighteningly cold when he asked, "What
happened?"
"The thing is, your brother drove too fast. That's why he…"
"And? You insisted he joined the race even though he wasn't himself, did you not?"
With his right fist clenched, Callum didn't hold back his words.
He knew that he wouldn't be in the mood to do anything else if something happened to Elspeth.
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