Chapter 10 Have We Met Before

Cressida gripped her phone tightly as she gradually slid down the cool wall, collapsing wearily on the floor. She had lost for real. Cressida had studied medicine for many years and even saved many strangers. In the end, she couldn't even save her own grandmother, Daphne. That was the cruelest punishment of all time. Dying at the hands of her kidnappers and experiencing Luther's rejection was nothing. The worst thing that could happen to Cressida was watching Daphne, the only family she had, gradually die. But what did Cressida even do to help Daphne? If Cressida hadn't returned to the Ashworth family or clung to fantasies about Luther and chosen to spend more time with Daphne, would she have found out about Daphne's illness? Could things end up differently? Hatred surged within Cressida, engulfing her in an instant. She curled up in the corner of the corridor and buried her face in her knees, her shoulders trembling uncontrollably. "Dr. Leigh, what brings you here?" Cressida