Chapter 454

Melody's thoughts were in turmoil, and her steps quickened. Krystal's words kept replaying in her mind until someone suddenly grabbed her wrist. Jeremy pulled her aside and frowned. "I called out to you several times." Melody shook his hand off and looked at him. Her eyes were slightly red. "Jeremy, do you think I'm that easy to fool?" Jeremy's usually composed expression darkened. "I didn't lie to you." "Then why aren't you performing the surgery on Madam Callahan? Why are you having another doctor take over?" It wasn't that Melody insisted that Jeremy be the one to treat Lydia—if he had just refused from the start, she would have immediately found someone else. What she couldn't accept was that he had agreed, and then simply walked away like it didn't matter. He knew how critical Lydia's condition was, yet he treated the situation as if it were of no consequence. She stared at him, waiting for an explanation. But Jeremy said nothing. What was he supposed to say—that his han