Holly choked on her drink and quickly turned away from them.
Kelsie glanced at her retreating figure, her eyes narrowing slightly.
Karen didn't notice anything wrong and beamed even brighter when she saw Serbian staring at Kelsie, dazed.
"See? I told you I wasn't exaggerating it. When I saw her that night, I briefly forgot I was fighting for my life."
"I even dreamt about her during the surgery and my goodness, when I saw her in my ward after the operation, she seemed to have gotten prettier."
"Dr. Sutton, don't you think it should be illegal to be as pretty as pretty as you?"
She was still rambling when a friend of hers came to drag her away.
"Here you are. I've been looking all over for you."
Unable to pry out of her friend's grip, Karen smiled helplessly and flashed her thumb at the duo.
"Oh, the burden of being a host. Dr. Sutton, please do me this little favor of making sure my cousin doesn't crawl out of this party."
