The new nurse, Yolanda Dennis, was a classic “dumb blonde.”

During surgery, she left a gauze pad inside the patient’s chest, which led to the patient’s death.

After the incident, she threw herself into my boyfriend Vincent Ford’s arms, tears streaming down her face.

“Waa… I didn’t mean to…”

“Vincent, you know I’m always this clumsy…”

Vincent held her close and comforted her gently.

But when the patient’s family came to confront us, he pushed me forward to take the fall.

I was fired, my license was revoked, and I faced revenge from the family. They splashed sulfuric acid on me and hit me to death.

When I opened my eyes again, Yolanda was at the operating table, fumbling as she tried to stitch up a patient’s abdomen.

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“Vincent, which scalpel should I use next?”

“I’m so nervous, Vincent. Please help me…”

At the operating table, Yolanda was struggling under Vincent’s direct supervision, trying to stitch up the patient’s chest cavity.

Her voice was soft and shaky, making her seem heartbreakingly vulnerable.

Vincent soothed her gently, “Don’t worry, you’re doing great for your first time. You’re doing fantastic!”

As I watched the uneven, haphazard stitches on the patient’s chest, a wave of disorientation washed over me.

I had been reborn!

In my previous life, halfway through this surgery, Vincent suddenly decided I should give up my spot as first assistant to the intern Yolanda.

She had barely graduated and had no business being in the operating room.

But with a few pouts and tears, Yolanda convinced Vincent to make an exception.

During the surgery, she batted her innocent eyes and asked about every tool, handing them to Vincent with a naive curiosity.

Her clumsy handling led to severe bleeding and almost ruined the operation, putting the patient’s life in jeopardy.

I snapped at her angrily, but Yolanda just looked up with teary eyes and apologized.

“I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to. I just wanted to learn, but I’m naturally clumsy and can’t do anything right…”

As I watched Yolanda, who was still stumbling and fawning while trying to stitch the patient, my hatred boiled over.

This time, I would tear away her phony, pretentious mask piece by piece until she was in unbearable pain!

I knew I had to take my revenge, but without hurting the innocent.

Remembering how the patient had died in my previous life because of the gauze left inside, I shoved Yolanda aside with my elbow.

Everyone was stunned by my sudden move.

Yolanda fell right into Vincent’s arms, instantly bursting into tears with a voice full of false innocence.

“Wendy, are you upset because I took your place?”

“But we’re in the middle of a life-or-death surgery. How could you be so mean to me… Waa…”

Vincent’s face turned crimson with anger. “Wendy! What the hell are you doing? Do you want to kill the patient? Get out of here!”

Every second on the operating table was crucial.

I fixed a cold, steely gaze on Yolanda, who was still crying and making a scene.

“Do you even realize the stakes here? You can’t tell one scalpel from another and keep messing up. You’re jeopardizing lives!”

Her tears flowed even harder, her lip jutting out in a dramatic pout.

“It’s not my fault I’m clumsy… Besides, Wendy, didn’t you start as an intern too?”

I ignored her and turned to the circulating nurse to confirm the number of gauze pads.

Seeing my serious expression, everyone in the room tensed.

After surgery, every tool and supply, including gauze, had to be carefully accounted for.

Missing anything could be deadly.

The nurse counted the items, her face turning white as she stammered.

“There’s one gauze pad missing… We’re short by one!”

A wave of dread hit me. Just like in my previous life, Yolanda had left a gauze pad inside the patient’s chest!

Everyone in the room immediately realized the severity of the situation, their eyes glued to the patient.

If that gauze was inside the patient, it would be a catastrophic medical error!

I noticed Vincent’s hand on Yolanda’s waist.

His hand had touched contaminated areas and was no longer sterile. He couldn’t handle the scalpel.

In my past life, right after we pushed the patient out of the operating room, their blood pressure surged, and they died despite our best efforts.

We were out of time.

The gauze had to be removed right away.

I took a deep breath, grabbed the scalpel, and cut through Yolanda’s sloppy stitches.

Yolanda, however, stormed towards me in a fury.

“I had it all stitched up! Even if you’re jealous, you don’t have to… ah!”

I saw the wild look in her eyes as she deliberately aimed at my hand holding the scalpel.

If she succeeded, the scalpel would pierce the patient’s heart!

She was trying to use the patient’s life to frame me and ruin my career.

Acting quickly, I kicked her hard, sending her crashing to the floor before she could reach me.

“Get out!”

I put all my strength into the kick, sending her flying several feet away.

Yolanda lay there, stunned, glaring at me with a mix of anger and hatred.

I swiftly opened the patient’s chest and carefully pulled out the blood-soaked gauze.

A collective sigh of relief swept through the room.

Suddenly, the heart monitor started beeping urgently.

“Code blue! The patient’s in critical condition!”

“Prepare for resuscitation!”

Vincent quickly put on new sterile gloves and took charge of the resuscitation.

With everyone in the operating room focused on the emergency, Yolanda, now sidelined and no longer the center of attention, stood off to the side, looking dejected and out of place.

After an intense hour of resuscitation efforts, we managed to stabilize the patient.

While we had saved them for the moment, the danger was far from over.

Seeing that we had finally saved the patient, Yolanda let out a sigh of relief and moved closer to Vincent, lifting her chin in my direction.

“Looks like you almost killed the patient. Thankfully, Vincent’s skillful hands brought them back to life!”

“Vincent, you’re amazing!”

I removed my gloves, my gaze cold. Without a word, I raised my hand and slapped Yolanda across her insincere face with a sharp smack.

Yolanda clutched her face, staring at me in disbelief. Her eyes were red, a mix of shock and anger, though she tried to keep up her helpless act.

“You… you hit me…”

I slapped her again, sending her stumbling. My tone was cold. “Yes, I hit you.”

“Yolanda, I can’t stand incompetence. If you’re so clueless, go back and get your act together. Don’t come here and mess things up!”

“You knew I had a scalpel and still charged at me like that. Were you trying to hurt me or kill the patient?”

Her eyes flashed with hatred, but she forced herself to look hurt and said in a small voice, “I was just trying to stop you from making things worse.”

“The patient was stable before. It was only after you reopened the chest that their condition deteriorated.”

I pointed at the blood-soaked gauze. “Stable? You left gauze inside the patient during stitching. How is that ‘stable’?”

“Do you only understand the severity when someone’s life is in danger?”

“Did all your training go to waste?”

Yolanda, twisting her clothes, looked pitiful. “It’s not that serious. The patient didn’t die, did they?”

I was furious. “Is it only serious when someone dies? That’s a human life we’re talking about!”

Yolanda pouted and threw herself into Vincent’s arms, crying dramatically.

“Waa… I’m really sorry… I didn’t mean to… I’ve always been this clumsy…”

“Waa… Vincent, she hurt me so much…”

Vincent shot me a disapproving look. “Wendy, that’s enough! You’re frightening Yolanda.”

I was fuming. “If you’re so aware of your own incompetence, then stay out of trouble and don’t make things worse for everyone else!”

Yolanda grumbled, “I’ve already apologized. What more do you want from me?”

I scoffed. “An apology? Do you think a few tears and a weak apology can fix a life? Do you really think your apology means anything?”

“And you, always playing the delicate little thing. How old are you? Haven’t you learned how to communicate properly?”

“Yolanda, stop pretending to be cute. It’s just gross!”

I turned to Vincent and said coldly, “Your lapses in protocol and Yolanda’s incompetence almost caused a major disaster and worsened the patient’s condition. I’m going to report this exactly as it happened.”

“And Yolanda, you’d better figure out how you’re going to explain this to the patient’s family.”

“There’s no way she’s passing her internship with such a lack of professionalism and respect for life.”

Someone like her is a danger to this hospital.

Yolanda was my intern, but from the moment she started at the hospital, she’d treated me like an enemy, constantly at odds with me.

I thought about it carefully and realized her hostility probably began the moment she learned that Vincent was my boyfriend.

One person deliberately stirring trouble, the other just going along with it.

They were a match made in heaven, it seemed.

With that thought, I turned on my heel and walked away, ignoring Vincent’s dark expression.

Behind me, Yolanda’s wailing voice echoed.

“Waa… Vincent, why does she have to target me like this…”