The CEO's Mischievous Little Bride
Chapter 482: At Odds with Vera

The doctor smiled and said, "The surgery was successful. Don't worry, the patient will be out soon." After the doctor finished speaking, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Vera slumped against Patrick, nestled into his embrace, and murmured, "Honey, I'm tired and hungry."

Patrick held Vera and said to everyone, "Ellie is fine. I'll take Vera back to the room to rest; she's been very tense today." The Chase family quickly agreed to let Vera go back, and also suggested that the elderly Shawn should return as well. Shawn had been sitting for a long time and was feeling a bit overwhelmed, so he followed Vera back to the room. As they passed Randall, he said, "I'm not going back. I'll see if I can help with anything."

Patrick nodded.

As soon as they returned to the room, Vera got into bed, and Patrick gently massaged her back. Before long, Vera fell asleep from exhaustion. Shawn and Patrick exchanged glances.

Patrick leaned over, looked at the sleeping Vera, and gently brushed her hair. With eyes full of love, he said, "I've already arranged for the company to donate five hundred million dollars in Vera's name." Shawn was silent for a moment, then said, "Alright, we ask for nothing else but for Vera to have a smooth and safe delivery."

Patrick reached out to touch Vera's belly and then looked at her again.

Ellie was wheeled out of the operating room, surrounded by family, and was sent back to her room in a daze.

Randall helped transfer Ellie from the gurney to the bed.

Now that the surgery was done, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Around six in the evening, the Olteran family returned to Vera's room, where she was still sleeping.

The Olteran family's servants brought dinner and left it there, untouched.

When Vera woke up, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

Only Patrick was there in the room; everyone else had gone home.

"Honey, how's Ellie?"

Patrick replied, "Molly came to check on you while you were sleeping. She said that Ellie has woken up and she's fine." "That's good." Vera found it hard to sit, so she stood up and ate her meal with the bowl in her hands.

Patrick laughed out loud at her actions.

Sebastian returned to the police station for his night shift.

Timothy and Molly stayed at the hospital, taking care of Ellie through the night.

The doctor didn't allow Ellie to sleep during the first half of the night.

So, Timothy and Molly sat by Ellie's side, chatting with her. During this time, Sebastian called every now and then.

In the latter half of the night, Ellie was allowed to eat. She started feeling nauseous and kept vomiting, and was unable to even drink water.

The doctor and nurses were called several times.

Fortunately, by the next day, Ellie's condition had improved.

When Zoey arrived, Molly was sleeping lightly at the foot of Ellie's bed.

She hadn't slept all night and had been highly stressed the previous day. Molly fell asleep right there when she saw that Ellie was finally able to eat.

Ellie felt sorry for Molly. "Honey, Molly should sleep on the couch."

Timothy patted Molly's shoulder, waking her instantly.

"Dad, what's wrong?"

Timothy said, "Go sleep on the couch."

"You didn't sleep last night either, Dad. You take the couch. I'll nap here for a bit and then go upstairs to check on Vera." Molly lay back down at the foot of the bed and fell asleep again.

It was time for the midterm tests at Evergreen University, and classroom management was relatively lax.

Randall looked at Susan. "Susan, what are you doing here?"

Susan leaned in and whispered, "I'll sign in for Molly."

Randall whispered, "There's a test this period!"

Susan wasn't afraid at all. "Then I'll take the test for Molly. She has to take care of Ellie and definitely won't be able to come today. She's got her hands full with Ellie and can't make it. If she misses the test, she'll lose points, and she won't get a second shot. She'll fail the course.""

"Do you know how to do it?"

Susan shook her head, then held up her own notes and leaned closer to Randall. "Randall, let me copy yours."

Randall looked at the bold Susan, who had just started college. "Who taught you to do this?"

Randall knew Susan was innocent and wouldn't have the guts to do this on her own. Someone must have told her about it.

Susan bit her lip, refusing to answer. In fact, it had been Vera's idea.

Randall threatened, "If you don't tell me, I won't let you copy my answers."

Susan frowned slightly and called out Randall's name in a soft, coquettish tone.

Randall said, "Acting cute won't work on me."

Susan was now in a bad mood and decided not to copy from Randall. Vera had told her that a girl with a bit of temper was very charming.

She turned to talk to someone else. "Hello, can I copy your answers?"

"Sure." Another guy agreed readily.

Randall glanced at the guy Susan had asked for help. He grabbed Susan's hair, forcing her to turn her head toward him. He then said sternly, "Come here, copy mine!" Susan's face lit up with a smile.

Susan copied whatever Randall wrote on his paper.

Randall looked at the blackboard, while Susan looked at Randall's test paper, occasionally sneaking a glance at Randall.

Randall caught her looking at him. "Look at the test paper. Are the answers on my face?"

She lowered her head, pouting in frustration.

After they finished, Susan looked at Randall with admiration. "Randall, you're amazing. You knew all the answers."

Randall, with a mix of pride and disdain, said, "It's nothing."

Randall handed in both their test papers and took Susan to the hospital to visit Vera.

On the way there, Randall asked, "So, besides telling you to take the test for Molly, what else did Vera say?"

"Randall, how did you know Vera told me that?" Susan was curious.

Randall snorted. "Only two people could have influenced you like this: Vera and Molly. Molly is very busy right now. What do you think?"

Susan looked at Randall with admiration again. "Randall, you're amazing."

Susan now really admired Randall. She confessed honestly, "Vera also said I shouldn't always accommodate you. I should make it clear that I'm angry so Randall was speechless.

"Vera also said that you're a pure-hearted guy and that sometimes I need to be a bit distant, and I shouldn't always cling to you."

Randall rolled his eyes.

"Vera also said that if you keep being mean to me, she'll introduce me to a boyfriend who will beat you up."

Randall turned the steering wheel.

"Randall, aren't we going to the hospital to see Vera?"

Randall sneered, "Vera can come pick you up. She and I are now sworn enemies."

you'll care about me."