Olivia's hand, reaching out to open the door, froze in place, and her entire body followed suit, slowly and completely immobilized, as if frozen solid.

Her mind buzzed with ringing, the repeated echo of Sebastian's words: "If she discovers anything fishy about her father's surgery..."

Fishy? What could be fishy ?

Olivia dared not entertain the thought, but even the slightest uncontrollable speculation sent shivers down her spine, causing goosebumps to erupt all over her body. She felt chilled to the bone, as if plunged into an icy abyss.

If, if everything was wrong from the beginning, what had she been doing for the past three years?

The rapid surge...