Surviving in Woman's world as a novel villain.

"Phew~ Finally, Done."

Liza came out of the operation theater And saw Alex waiting in front of the operating room.

She hurriedly walked to him, As she had already taken out all the dirty contaminated dress and wore her normal one.

"Is everything alright?"

Alex looked at her and asked. In the novel, it didn't tell what happened to Gloria, It just said that she was sick and in an operation something major happened, Giving Nathan the protagonist of the novel a chance to shine in front of the heroine.

So he was worried about whether Liza could handle it. After all this was an opportunity for the protagonist. He is right to fear any unexpected events.

"Yes, Everything alright. It's a really good choice of yours to call me here. Otherwise, Her life would really be in grave danger, This doctor couldn't handle the things that happened later."

Liza was looking to get praise from Alex, So she was telling him what had happened in the operation theater.

"Who has thought that a Simple kidney transplant operation would turn out that serious?"

Liza tells Alex in excitement, She loves handling complicated cases and this one can be counted in the top 10 cases in her career.

"Was it that serious?"

Alex asked in shock, It turn out that Gloria had a kidney problem, Which was already a fatal problem if not treated, And then there are more add-on problem, So he was little worried

"Yes, It was serious, You know we normally don't take out failed kidneys, We just put another new kidney to the side, This is a normal procedure."

Liza's voice contained awe and surprise as she was talking, With excitement to say more about her loved topic.

Alex didn't interrupt and let her talk, He too was curious about what had happened to Gloria.

"But her case was different, It turns out there was a big tumor on the kidney, Which might be the reason why her kidney failed in the first place."

Liza continued to speak, She couldn't fathom how doctors could miss that big of a tumor inside her. Even the scans didn't show it.

This was almost impossible to happen as there were double checks before the operations. She in her long career never saw anyone make this big mistake. If not for her present here, This was a fatal mistake.

"Thankfully, That tumor was biennial and not malignant. So normally it was not an immediate threat but in her case, That tumor had to be removed before we could transplant a new one in it."

There was now a very good smile on Liza's face but that smile looked eerie in Alex's eyes. One of her perks is Medical Maniac. So these terrible things in others eyes are very fascinating things for her.

"But the problem at that moment was that There were no available experts in the tumor department available right now in the hospital. They still needed at least an hour to come here."

Liza's smile reached ear to ear. If someone who didn't listen to what she was talking about would think, This "little" girl might be talking about something funny.

Liza indeed thinks this was funny. In her eyes, the more serious the medical problem is, the more her blood boils to treat it. Learn about it.

Gloria's case is also different, cases like this need weeks if not days of preparation before the expert in this field can start an operation to remove the tumor.

Unlike other doctors, Who live close to the hospital and are needed on the call 24×7, They live a little far away and are not that busy. So even if the hospital calls them they will take an hour minimum not to mention the doctor still would have not operated on her, Until they have confirmation that the tumor really was biennial Before they even think of touching the patient.

That would take at least a few hours to get all the reports, But time is a luxury that Gloria didn't have. Right now both of her kidneys are not working and she can't even be put on the dialysis machine for fear of excessive bleeding.

"But I was there. That tumor also was weird. It even took me an hour to remove it. It was surrounded by lots of major veins and arteries."

Liza finished telling her story and looked at Alex to get praise, Just to see Alex looking at her weirdly.

"What happened?"

She put her index finger and her small plump lips and asked in confusion to Alex, She really didn't understand, Why Alex was giving her that look.

"You skip the main part, *Smack* Tell me if Gloria is okay or not?"

Alex had enough of her. He thought she would get to the main point, that's why he even listened to her big explanation but as it turned out, She didn't even talk about Gloria and only talked about her before she finished talking, looking at him to get praise.

That's why he smacked lightly on her head before asking himself the main question.

"Ouch!!? Why did you hit me? Also, do they even need to ask? The operation was successful, I was the one who was operating on her, So of course, she was alright."

Liza felt very wronged. She did Alex a favor but he not only even said thank you to her but also beat her. This was an injustice.

But when she looked at his face, All her anger and wronged feelings vanished. She thought that she said something wrong and that's why Alex hit her.

After all, face value is justice in her book, So everything Alex did is a fair thing.

"When can we meet her?"

Alex didn't want to argue with this maniac. So he directly asked about the main topic.

"You can't meet her today, Anesthesia needs 1 hour or so to completely wear off, And it will take around 1 hour for her to get conscious, Also she still needs to be in the next 24 hours of tight observation. So you can only meet her tomorrow. She is going to need lots of rest."

Liza was still a doctor, She still cares about the well being of her patients. It's just her interest was laying in some weird place, Other than that she was a completely normal person...well sort of normal person.

"Thank you, I owe you one, I don't have time right now, but I will give you a treat for this tomorrow as a thank you."

Alex was finally let go of his worry, Other people can still treat Gloria, It didn't have to be the protagonist. This also means that he can grab the things meant for the protagonist ahead of time, And not have to wait until the protagonist gets to them.

"Okay, Don't forget about it."

Although Liza was reculent to part away with him, She didn't want to appear desperate. That's why she agreed. Tomorrow they will be meeting anyway.

So Alex bid her farewell and walked towards the waiting room to give good news to Grace.

[Ding! +20 Favorability of Alia increased for the host (Current: 240 Unhealthy Obsession)]

Just as he was about to open the door, He heard the system notification pop up in his mind.

'Did she just eat it now?'

It's obvious how there was this big increase in the favorability, Alia should have eaten the egg's he fried in the morning.

He was just surprised that Alia took this much time to eat it. She should have been awake 1 hour before as it was when she messaged him.

'Think about her later.'

Alex didn't want to worry about Alia now. He had to leave her alone for the time being Until time was right to tame her.

*Click*

He shook his head and opened the door of the waiting room, and saw that Grace was already awake.

She was sitting on her bed, Gazing at her phone blankly. Her jade-like delicate cheeks had trails of tears running, Her whole body was shaking while trying to press down her heavy sobs.

"Grace, what happened?"

Alex was startled by this sight. He quickly came to her and asked hurriedly.

"Ahh!! No- Nothing happened, I-I was just worried about my mother. Tell me if the operation was successful, Mom is alright, Right?"

Seeing it was Alex who came, Grace got surprised and she quickly hid her phone behind her back. She then tried to mask the pain in her eyes before she asked him a question.

Alex didn't have to guess what could have happened here. But he also knew sooner or later, He had to face this for future development.

"Operations was successful and aunty is safe, It's just we can only meet her tomorrow morning as she is still under observation."

He didn't confront Grace yet and first delivered the news that her mother was alright, So the physiological pressure in her weakened.

"That's a relief."

Grace didn't have a big reaction but worry in her heart calmed down. After all, she didn't know about the complicated thing that later happened. She only thought that her mother was having a kidney transplant. Which was not that big or risky operation. It's just that this didn't stop fear in her heart. So he was really relieved hearing everything was alright.

This is the reason why Alex brought her here in the waiting room and let her stay inside, So she would not find out about how serious things had gotten and let worry without reason.

After all, he knew the magical powers of the heroine, So he was pretty confident that the heroine could handle it, And even if she couldn't He can gamble and enter the operating room.

Saving an important character in the plot is also considered a very big world decision, So he was confident that the system would jump in and give him options, Which will definitely include skill or something that can save her.

His confidence was laying there. That's why he was the one who signed in the consent form required for the tumor operation. He didn't let her know about it.

"...."

A very uncomfortable silence fell in the room. Neither Alex nor Grace speak of anything.

"Alia messaged you right?"

Alex was the one to break the silence, He knew Alia would do this and he was prepared for it.

"What!! No- She I-"

Grace didn't know how to answer him, She struggled to speak, She didn't anticipate Alex to speak straightforwardly like this, Yes it was Alia who messaged her and warned her to stay away from Alex.

Saying that they just had a simple fight before, And Yesterday night they solved it and even broke the final limit of their relationship, So she should not try to dig corners.

At first, she didn't want to believe that they crossed that final line, But she also knows Alia's personality. She will never lie about something like this, Her pride will not allow her to do it.

So they should really cross that line and take their relationship on the next level. She wanted to be happy for Alex, and She wanted to congratulate him.

Through the song he sang to Alia, She felt how much he love her, So she too was happy that he was happy but her mind was only agreeing with her. Her heart protested.

Why can't she have him? Was she not beautiful enough? Did she not care enough for him? Is her love lacking somewhere? She can even guarantee that she was the one who loved him the most.

She knew everything about him, What he likes, What he hates, What are his hobbies, What dish is his favorite, and What place he goes to when he is sad. She knows everything about him, The things that Alia couldn't bother to know about.

So she didn't understand, Why he chose Alia and not her. Is money the only reason? Did Alex hate her because she was poor? She was afraid this was the reason.

She wanted to earn money, So much money that she would not be less than Alia, Then she will ask Alex to marry her on equal footing with Alia but she realized that releasing Alia already have him. Her heart felt like bleeding.

She felt like someone jabbed a blunt knife in her heart and started to twist it. She felt so much pain that she can't even describe it in the words. Tears didn't know when it started to flow from her eyes.

"So did she say about how we fucked for hours last night or How I lusted after her body? If that's what she said then it was all true."

Alex didn't didn't hold back and said everything in a one go.

*Crack*

Grace felt like something had just cracked inside her, Tears like a river without a dam started to flow out once again from her red eyes.

At first when Alex said it she thought Alia might really lie but now Alex also confirmed it, That fantasy got broken.

A huge amount of sorrow washed over her. She felt like she lost something very precious in her life. For the first time she hated herself for being poor. She hated her fate which had only misery written in it as if destiny played some sick joke on her.

"Also, Although I was drunk but I also did it willingly, No one forced me."

Well, Alex said a half-truth, But this was necessary to tell Grace, It's better to learn this thing from him than from Alia.

*Crack*

There was that cracking voice again, She felt like her heart would literally break, A immense pain washed over her but unfortunately for her, Alex was just getting started.

(A/N : Like always, Thank you for reading, and have a good day �.)