Chapter 4 - THE SURGEON'S REFUSAL
The betrayal hit Julian like a freight train. Marcus had orchestrated a hostile takeover of Julian’s own company, using this hospital's financial instability as leverage to keep Julian distracted or destroy his reputation.
Julian sprinted to the surgical wing, finding Dr. Arthur Evans packing his briefcase. "Dr. Evans! You took an oath. You are operating on that little girl."
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The gray-haired surgeon looked down in shame. "Mr. Vance, Thorne holds the mortgage on my private practice. If I touch a scalpel tonight, he bankrupts my family. I'm sorry. I truly am."
"You coward," Julian spat. He turned around, his mind racing. He was cut off from his corporate funds. His CFO was staging a coup. He had 47 minutes before the markets in Tokyo opened and Marcus officially seized his empire. But right now, the only empire Julian cared about was the fragile heartbeat of a four-year-old girl and the desperate eyes of her sister holding a torn teddy bear.
