Chapter 495

"Hello?" Gideon answered in an exhausted and low-pitched voice. Ethan had called to talk about a recent acquisition. He snapped at Gideon when he detected the latter's tone. "Where are you? You missed a few of my calls! What trouble are you up to again?" Gideon felt like he was dying inside. "I'm at a hospital in Trenesville. Something's happened." "What's wrong?" Sounding defeated, Gideon told Ethan about the rock climbing incident and Giselle's current state. After that, he hung up and started smoking nonstop outside the hospital. Half an hour later, he wandered to the operating room to take a look, anticipating yet fearing the moment the doors flung open. Multiple bad scenarios flashed through his mind. He repeatedly replayed that moment she fell off the cliff, and the more he did, the more suffocated he felt. In the end, he punched the wall hard to release his frustration. After two torturous hours, he looked up and caught a glimpse of a tall guy hurrying toward the operati