Chapter 142

No matter who the patient Wendy treated was, she always gave her all. Yet, the outcome was still the same. Liam squeezed her hand gently. "Don't worry. I'm here." Those few words were like a shot of adrenaline for Wendy, slowly washing away the sadness from her face. Returning to her senses, she noticed the warmth spreading through the back of her hand. Looking down, she saw an elegant hand with defined knuckles tightly holding on to hers. Wendy blinked in surprise, then, feeling a bit flushed, gently pulled her hand away. "Thank you, Liam. If it weren't for you earlier, I probably wouldn't have realized so quickly that Flynn came to visit a patient, not to find me." She had been genuinely frightened. Noticing her hesitation, he silently withdrew his hand and started the car engine. "It's nothing." His brief reply was cool and distant, a sharp contrast to his earlier warmth. Wendy pressed her lips together and glanced sideways at Liam, who was focused on driving. An awkward