Chapter 197: Ego

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Chapter 197: Ego "Really, Athena, you just escaped by a hair’s breadth a couple of hours ago, and you are already trying to loop yourself into another trouble?" Aiden asked, stepping into the room, followed by Gianna, after Mary and Matthew had angrily stormed past them—they had been eavesdropping. Gianna was nonplussed, to say the least. Athena snorted softly and turned away from them, toward her children, who also wore expressions of surprise on their faces. "You can’t blame me. They just had to don those stupid airs of theirs in front of my children," She finally said, swinging her legs out of the bed, testing their strength by tapping them softly on the floor. Aiden shook his head. "You should have just ignored them." Athena cursed and swivelled to face him, glaring at him hotly. "Why are you sounding like you don’t know what those two are? Why did you even let them treat me?" Gianna immediately walked toward the twins and hugged them to herself. Together, the trio watched Athena’s sudden outburst of anger, and Aiden’s unflinching gaze, which spoke of a man not backing down from this particular fight. "Be reasonable, Athena! So you would have preferred to be dead? You would have preferred to be disfigured by other doctors, or maybe die before your favorites arrive from their far places, just because you didn’t want to be touched by Matthew and Mary?" "I would have lasted until my trusted range of doctors arrived! Why would you even listen to Ewan?" Athena retorted, not backing down either. Aiden flung his hands in frustration. "You wouldn’t have lasted if those two hadn’t been here any sooner. The doctors of your Whitman Hospital had almost rejected treating you because of your state! Don’t you understand? If Ewan hadn’t pulled the strings he pulled—I don’t know how he did it really—you would have left your children as orphans! So, can you put aside your ego for once and listen!" Athena’s eyes flashed with anger as she stood to her feet, looking at herself from head to toe. "Please tell me there was a supervisor at least when they were doing their work?" Aiden’s deep silence told her what she needed to know. She angrily walked up to him and jabbed her index finger against his chest—once, twice, four times in total—while glaring at him fiercely. "You left me naked with them? Who says they hadn’t left something in me?!" She screamed up at Aiden’s face. "Damn you, Aiden! You know how despicable they are!" "They didn’t. I tasked Finn to check after they were done." Yet Athena wasn’t satisfied with that response. "I can’t believe you let them touch me." Aiden sighed tiredly and placed his hands on Athena’s shoulders, but she shrugged them away. "Can’t you let go of your grievances toward them for one day, at least as a ’thank you’ for saving your life? Because I did. There was no other choice. I even owe Ewan a thank you." Athena scoffed at that. "Did you ask him how he was able to get them here on such short notice? We both know what those two are like. If anything, we should be worried about their payments." "I’m sure Ewan can handle himself, especially since Sandro gave me the report that he is getting better. He is eating normally, too. Give him a few weeks, and he’ll be back to his normal weight." AIden stated calmly. Athena retraced her steps back to her bed. "Did the shareholders meeting still hold today?" She asked, taking the takeout from the bed and placing it on the stand, arranging the bed. She was done with the hospital atmosphere. There was work ahead. "No, but it will hold tomorrow. Will you go?" Athena looked at Aiden as if he were asking an unnecessary question. "Of course, I will go. I am a shareholder. And did you forget that we have Alfonso and Fiona to take care of?" Aiden shook his head, taking a seat on one of the sofas in the large room. "Not at all. I just think you need to rest. You don’t need to be in the meeting." And miss the hot gossip? Nah, Athena thought, walking toward Gianna and the children. "I will be there with Old Mr. Thorne. The agreement is still on. Are you two ready to go home now? Mommy is fine." The twins nodded, understanding their mother’s prickly state. She needed to be away from those doctors. "One more thing, Aiden..." Athena muttered as Gianna finally handed her the aspirin to take. "What is it, Athena?" Aiden got to his feet. It was time to go home. "This is a one-time visit, right?" Aiden furrowed his brows. "You have to be more clear, Athena." "The doctors..." Athena began impatiently. "They just came to treat me, right? They won’t be suddenly hired here by Herbert, right?" Aiden pursed his lips. "I don’t know, Athena. I guess we have to find out. And even if they are, what are you going to do? Quit your practice?" Athena said nothing to that, though furrow lines marred her forehead. "You seem to forget they occupy the second rank behind you in the doctoral field. They would have been first, but for your existence. They are good at what they do, Athena." Athena looked at Aiden as if he had just grown a new face. "What is wrong with you, Aiden? Why are you talking like you don’t know how these two are? Like you don’t know the ridiculous way they practice medicine?!" Her voice started rising again. Aiden scoffed, startling Athena. "It’s easy for you to talk now; you are fine and good. Maybe if you were in my position, watching your friend struggle with life and death, rejected by doctors, perhaps you would speak much better." After he spoke, he walked out of the room first without another word. "Aiden!..." "Athena, that’s okay... rest it..." Gianna spoke for the first time since the fiasco started. Athena turned to look at her, surprised that Aiden had walked out on her. "I don’t know much about your history with those twins, but Aiden does. I wasn’t around when they brought you in, but Aiden was. For him to allow them to touch you, you must know that the situation must have been dire. And if I were him, I wouldn’t appreciate you attacking me for making sure you lived. Don’t you see he is stressed out? Or do you only care about your ego and feelings?"

Chapter 197: Ego

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