"You can call Jed or my bodyguard before coming over. Wait until I've woken up before you come," she said. "Don't worry too much. The operation will go smoothly."

"I'll stop worrying only when you're able to leave this place."

"I will be able to get out of here safely. And you will too." She put on her clothes and picked up her phone. "I'm leaving then."

"Okay. Be careful on the way there, and call me if anything happens."

"I will."

She came out of the hotel and walked to the hospital.

It took her less than ten minutes to return to the ward.

Fortunately, Jed and the bodyguard had not returned yet.

After going to the bathroom to wash up, she walked back to the bedside and picked up her phone to turn it on.

She realized that Jed had sent her a message at four that morning.

[I can't do the operation. My girlfriend forced me to go back home. I had no choice but to leave. I'm sorry!]

Avery could not have been more stunned when she read that. She knew that Jed had a girlfriend aft