The Triplets My Ex Never Knew About

Chapter 135: Chapter 135: A Thorough Offense from the Beginning

Eleanor Vance’s eyes glinted. "Mrs. Sloan, with that foul mouth of yours, calling people wretches one after another, you still expect Dr. Vance to see you? In your dreams."

"You!!!" Laura Jennings was livid and lunged forward, raising her hand to slap Eleanor Vance!

"Nathaniel!" Noelle Lockwood called out just in time, her voice soft and weak, her eyes filled with tears. "You’re here."

’Nathaniel?’

Laura Jennings’s hand froze mid-air. She turned and, sure enough, saw her son.

Her eyes lit up, and she instantly felt emboldened.

’Mrs. Kendrick just insulted me, and everyone heard it. Nathaniel is my son; he can’t possibly refuse to back up his own mother, can he?’

Laura Jennings planted her hands on her hips, lifted her chin, and announced arrogantly, "Do you know who my son is? He’s a shareholder in this hospital! All of you, get out of my way! Get that Dr. Vance out here, or she can forget about working in this hospital ever again!"

Nathaniel Sloan’s expression suddenly turned cold.

While Laura Jennings was still posturing, Nathaniel Sloan spoke coldly, "So my name is that useful? It lets you throw your weight around in a hospital?"

Laura Jennings had been eagerly waiting for Nathaniel Sloan to help her vent her anger, but instead, she got this. She nearly choked.

"Nathaniel, what do you mean, ’throw my weight around’? It’s these doctors who are being unreasonable! Poor Noelle, I bring her here to see a doctor, and they actually expect me to queue up and get a number? Do you know who I am? How can I be treated like those commoners outside!"

"Nathaniel, you don’t understand. I don’t know what that Yara Lockwood did, but she somehow convinced Dr. Vance not to treat Noelle. She even had Mrs. Kendrick mock Noelle. I just couldn’t swallow that insult—"

Nathaniel Sloan’s expression grew darker and darker. "Enough!"

Laura Jennings instantly fell silent.

Nathaniel Sloan’s gaze swept coldly over Noelle Lockwood. "The hospital has clear rules that everyone must queue. This is a hospital. By causing a scene here, are you expecting me to tear the hospital down to appease Noelle Lockwood? Or do you want me to kick out Mrs. Kendrick and force her to apologize to Noelle Lockwood?"

Laura Jennings retorted indignantly, "This hospital is yours anyway. I can do whatever I want, and it’s nobody’s business. So what if you tear it down!"

Noelle Lockwood and Rose Lowell kept their heads down and said nothing, but it was clear the mother and daughter thought the same.

’This hospital belongs to Nathaniel Sloan. No matter how powerful the Kendrick Family is, they should be the ones to get lost.’

As for whether this would affect the relationship between Evernight International and the Kendrick Group, in Rose Lowell’s mind, Mrs. Kendrick was just a woman. How much influence could she possibly have?

Nathaniel Sloan’s expression remained unchanged. "First, I am not the largest shareholder in this hospital. The Kendrick Family is. The only way to kick the Kendrick Family out would be for the hospital to go bankrupt and shut down. Mother, do you believe Noelle Lockwood is that important?"

Noelle Lockwood’s face turned pale. Laura Jennings, however, remained stubborn. "It’s just one hospital. If it goes bankrupt, it goes bankrupt. How much money could you lose? It’s not like you’re short on cash!"

Nathaniel Sloan didn’t even lift his eyelids. "The loss would be around ten billion. If you can afford that sum, Mother, then fine. I’ll announce Evernight’s immediate withdrawal."

Laura Jennings’s words caught in her throat, and her expression turned awkward.

’Around ten billion... Where-where would she get that much money? But she wasn’t ready to give up.’

"But what right does Mrs. Kendrick have to mock Noelle? Noelle is innocent and kind; she just wanted to meet Dr. Vance. Then Mrs. Kendrick claims Noelle offended Dr. Vance. Isn’t that just baseless nonsense? She’s clearly just trying to frame Noelle!"

Nathaniel Sloan coolly lifted his gaze. "Baseless nonsense? Mother, didn’t you thoroughly offend Dr. Vance from the very beginning?"

...

’We thoroughly offended Dr. Vance from the very beginning?’

Laura Jennings was stunned and didn’t react for a long moment. Suddenly, it was as if a lightbulb went off. A horrifying thought shot through her mind, and her eyes widened as she stared at Mrs. Kendrick. "You... you..."

Eleanor Vance said leisurely, "Well, as a doctor, I naturally can’t refuse a patient. I was planning on taking a look at Noelle Lockwood’s ears."

"However, I have a bit of a temper. Mrs. Sloan wouldn’t stop insulting my Yara, implying that my Yara deserved to be a stepping stone for Noelle Lockwood."

"And you know, as a parent, when your own child suffers a senseless disaster and then gets cursed out like that, I get very upset. And when I’m upset, my medical skills decline. And when my medical skills decline... well, Noelle Lockwood might only be temporarily unable to hear right now, but after I treat her, she might just become permanently deaf."

Her words echoed in the hallway, leaving Rose Lowell and Laura Jennings both furious and anxious.

Laura Jennings’s face flushed red with anger. She wanted to start screaming curses, but ultimately held herself back.

’Rose Lowell looked down on Eleanor Vance immensely. Just a woman, what right did she have to become an internationally renowned expert! But... but they said only Eleanor Vance could cure Noelle’s condition, so, so...’ frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

Rose Lowell’s expression shifted constantly. Finally, suppressing her disgust, she forced a fawning smile.

"A misunderstanding, Mrs. Kendrick! It was all a misunderstanding just now!"

"We were just overwrought with concern. In fact, we’re very concerned about Yara Lockwood, too! I know you must be hurting because she was injured, but that fire really had nothing to do with Noelle. Noelle is a victim, too!"

Eleanor was disgusted. ’How flexible she is. To go to such lengths for her adopted daughter... How could she have been so heartless back then, allowing Noelle Lockwood to burn her own biological daughter to death!’

Meeting Rose Lowell’s expectant gaze, Eleanor Vance spoke faintly, "Such earnest love for your daughter. It’s truly moved me. If you want me to treat her... it’s not impossible."

Her tone shifted. "However, Miss Noelle Lockwood’s right ear... can it really not hear?" ƒгeewebnovёl.com

"Just now, I was speaking softly on Miss Lockwood’s right side, and she heard every word perfectly. Logically speaking..."

Eleanor Vance paused, a meaningful smile on her face. "Logically speaking, if a person’s right ear is completely deaf, they would subconsciously turn their body slightly to hear clearly with their left ear before turning their head to face me."

"Miss Lockwood, would you like to go for a hearing test? Since everyone is here, let’s all go together. We can see just how severe the deafness in your right ear is."

As Eleanor Vance’s voice fell, the entire area was plunged into dead silence.

Nathaniel Sloan raised an eyebrow. ’Mrs. Kendrick was quite different from what he had imagined.’

Noelle Lockwood clenched her fists, beads of sweat dripping from her temples as she struggled to appear calm. "N-no, that’s not necessary... I only have trouble hearing sometimes. Most of the time, I-I can still hear."

"In that case," Eleanor Vance declared decisively, "a regular doctor can handle Miss Lockwood’s condition. There’s no need to take up public resources!"

With Eleanor Vance saying that, who couldn’t understand what was going on?

The nurse who had been slapped earlier couldn’t help but say sarcastically, "No wonder she’s a big star. Her acting is amazing."

A doctor couldn’t hold back a laugh. "Seriously, just one look at Noelle Lockwood and you could tell her ears were fine. To think the great Mrs. Sloan was deceived and led around in circles. This is hilarious..."