Chapter 14

The atmosphere had immediately returned back to how it once was the moment Ivory left. Gadreel was back to Evangeline’s side in seconds, rubbing soothing circles on her back with hopes of her heart not being affected. On the other side of Evangeline, Lionel and Samantha grumbled curses under their breaths, insulting the situation that had just happened and behind them, the on lookers also seemed to have their own fair share of say towards what had happened. Hearing from both directions, Gadreel suddenly felt a bit irritated. The movement of his hand against Evangeline’s back stopped and he turned to the whispering crowd, fixing them with a brief glare that had each and every one of them shutting up. Evangeline, ever the observant, did not fail to notice this. She frowned, but just as she was about to ask why Gadreel seemed irritated by their whispers, the door to the ward opened and in came Peter Mendez , the physician in charge of her case. “Doctor Mendez,” Lionel was the first to app